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7 B 13.25, 7 B 13.25 (7 C 1.26) ECLI:DE:BVerwG:2026:160126B7B13.25.0 AI generated

Admissibility of revision to resolve whether interconnected wind turbines on a shared site constitute a single facility for noise assessment under TA Lärm

Case Number 7 B 13.25, 7 B 13.25 (7 C 1.26)
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Jurisdiction Germany (DE)
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The Federal Administrative Court (7th Senate) overturned the Higher Administrative Court of North Rhine-Westphalia’s decision refusing to allow appeal and granted leave for the revision of the lower court’s judgment of March 25, 2025, with the final cost decision reserved for the main proceedings. The dispute concerns administrative planning law and environmental protection, specifically the legal classification of multiple wind energy installations owned by the same operator, situated on a shared operating site, and connected by common facilities, for the purposes of noise assessment under the Technical Instruction on Noise (TA Lärm). The court held that the case involves a matter of fundamental legal significance under Section 132(2) No. 1 of the Administrative Court Rules (VwGO), necessitating a determination on whether such interconnected wind turbines must be treated as a single facility to be assessed jointly for noise impact.

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§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO, § 63 Abs. 1 GKG, § 47 Abs. 1 und 3 i. V. m. § 52 Abs. 1, § 63 Abs. 1 GKG; Admissibility of revision to resolve whether interconnected wind turbines on a shared site constitute a single facility for noise assessment under TA Lärm: The dispute concerns administrative planning law and environmental protection, specifically the legal classification of multiple wind energy installations owned by the same operator, situated on a shared operating site, and connected by common facilities, for the purposes of noise assessment under the Technical Instruction on Noise (TA Lärm). The court held that the case involves a matter of fundamental legal significance under Section 132(2) No. 1 of the Administrative Court Rules (VwGO), necessitating a determination on whether such interconnected wind turbines must be treated as a single facility to be assessed jointly for noise impact.

Keywords

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environmental impact assessment wind energy revision proceedings matter in dispute noise exposure cadastre common law

Cited Legislation

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§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO
Ground for granting leave to appeal based on the fundamental legal significance of the case.
§ 63 Abs. 1 GKG
Die Streitwertfestsetzung beruht auf § 47 Abs. 1 und 3 i. V. m. § 52 Abs. 1, § 63 Abs. 1 GKG.
§ 47 Abs. 1 und 3 i. V. m. § 52 Abs. 1, § 63 Abs. 1 GKG
Basis for the determination of the amount in dispute for the revision proceedings.
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7 B 12.25, 7 B 12.25 (7 C 7.25)
Admissibility of Revision for Clarification on Whether Interconnected Wind Turbines on One Site Constitute a Single Installation under TA Lärm Noise Regulations
7 B 15/22
Wind turbine noise limits: obsolete status of TA Lärm standards and calculation of immission values in mixed-use residential zones
7 B 19/23
Substitution of TA Lärm noise guidelines by state decrees and obsolescence due to technical advances in wind energy permits
7 B 4/21
Wind turbine noise limits in landscape protection zones and adequacy of TA Lärm weather modeling
7 B 3/21
Admissibility of revision challenging noise limit values in landscape protection areas and proof of health impacts from wind turbine infrasound

Key legal questions extracted by Legislator

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§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO

Ground for granting leave to appeal based on the fundamental legal significance of the case.

§ 47 Abs. 1 und 3 i. V. m. § 52 Abs. 1, § 63 Abs. 1 GKG

Basis for the determination of the amount in dispute for the revision proceedings.

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Revisionszulassung; Lärmbetrachtung durch gemeinsame Betriebsanlagen verbundene Windenergieanlagen

[TENOR]

Die Entscheidung des Oberverwaltungsgerichts für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen über die Nichtzulassung der Revision gegen sein Urteil vom 25. März 2025 wird aufgehoben und die Revision zugelassen.

Die Kostenentscheidung bleibt der Endentscheidung vorbehalten.

Der Wert des Streitgegenstandes wird für das Revisionsverfahren vorläufig auf 30 000 € festgesetzt.

[GRUENDE]

Die zulässige Beschwerde ist begründet. Der Rechtssache kommt die geltend gemachte grundsätzliche Bedeutung zu (§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO). Das Revisionsverfahren wird dem Senat voraussichtlich Gelegenheit geben, die höchstrichterlich noch ungeklärte Rechtsfrage zu klären, ob mehrere gemeinsam geplante, auf demselben Betriebsgelände liegende und durch gemeinsame Betriebsanlagen verbundene Windenergieanlagen desselben Betreibers im Rahmen der Lärmbetrachtung nach der TA Lärm als gemeinsam "zu beurteilende Anlage" zu behandeln sind.

Die Streitwertfestsetzung beruht auf § 47 Abs. 1 und 3 i. V. m. § 52 Abs. 1, § 63 Abs. 1 GKG.