The Haar construction committee has rejected the investor plans at a central traffic junction.
True to the motto: Housing construction, yes, "but not at any price".
Haar - The “Opera” project does not fit into the musicians' quarter in Haar; too high, too massive, traffic would be drawn into the streets of the settlement. At least that is the opinion of the majority in the building committee, which rejected a project-related development plan for the residential project on the corner property between the south side of Wasserburger Straße (B 304) and Grasbrunner Straße (B 471) with 11: 6. The votes for the project came from the SPD and the Greens, although there were also dissenting votes from these two groups. But it will definitely not be the last time that the building committee will have plans for this property, which currently has two smaller houses, on the table.
The investor would have liked to build a building with 17 apartments there, in two structures at right angles to one another.
So that the living and sleeping rooms could be arranged within the corner on the south and west side, which would then not be so affected by the noise of the two federal highways.
The junction B 304 / B 471 is loaded with around 44,000 vehicles every day.
Sonorous name
The investor may have chosen the sonorous name “Opera” for his residential project because it would be accessed via Richard-Wagner-Straße and is located in the musicians' quarter.
This is what the people of Haar call the residential area between Mozart- and Ludwig-van-Beethoven-Straße as well as the federal highways 304 and 471. It is characterized by one- and two-family houses, surrounded by gardens and still relatively loosely built.
But the settlement pressure is growing.
“Opera” is four floors high on the plan, exactly 12.12 meters, with the top floor being designed as a slightly recessed terrace floor.
This more massive block development on the corner plot of the district would fit into the logic of the master plan for the south side of Wasserburger Strasse.
He recommends taller, dense buildings facing the street, which could keep the noise from the neighborhood behind.
"That will hurt the residents."
With this argument, CSU parliamentary group leader Dietrich Keymer contradicted resolutely. “That turned out to be a mistake,” he said, referring to a recent noise report. The presented building with its four full storeys simply does not fit into the quarter, which is characterized by houses with two storeys plus attic. "We also want housing - but not at any price," said the CSU spokesman. Although people already live there, replied Peter Schiessl (SPD). The investor wants to build in such a way that healthy living is guaranteed - and at least the first one or two rows behind the new building would have noise protection through the building transom.
Ulrich Leiner (Greens) finds opening up through the musicians' quarter problematic.
“That will hurt the residents.” The planner should check again whether an approach from one of the two federal highways might not be feasible.
Peter Paul Gantzer (SPD) turned to investors with an urban development criticism.
A more striking building would have to be built on this corner plot, a kind of entrance gate according to Haar with bold architecture.
"When I come up to it, I have to say: thunderstorm!" Demanded Gantzer.
That would then also fit the name “Opera”.
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