Permits

Building permit

If you want to construct a building within the area of Port Esbjerg, you must apply for a building permit from Esbjerg Municipality.

Prior to submitting the building project to Esbjerg Municipality for approval, the project must be submitted to Port Esbjerg for comment.

In practical terms, this means that the entire project must be submitted via e-mail to Port Esbjerg (adm@portesbjerg.dk), after which Port Esbjerg will revert with its comments, if any. After this you can apply for a building permit from Esbjerg Municipality. Any comments put forward by Port Esbjerg must be attached to the final application.

Please do not hesitate to contact Port Esbjerg for further assistance during the construction process.

Please note that Port Esbjerg has no knowledge of utility cables on leased areas.

For more information about building permits, please see here.

If you want to demolish a building, the procedure is the same. For more information about demolition of buildings, please see here.

Digging permit

If you want to perform digging activities within the area of Port Esbjerg, you must apply for a digging permit via www.virk.dk.

It is important that the application is filled in carefully with relevant information about the digging and the digging period. The section and/or the area must be marked in the application.

A digging permit must be applied for in respect to all roads. If the digging is to be carried out within the area of Port Esbjerg, the application for a digging permit must be submitted to Port Esbjerg, however, with a few exceptions. If the digging is to be carried out on the road H. E. Bluhmes Vej or the roads north of it, the application for at digging permit must be submitted to Esbjerg Municipality. For more information, please see the map on this page.

All utility cables laid down in the roads of Port Esbjerg must follow the public roads. Neither main cables nor branch cables may cross leases. Branch cables for leases must be laid down from the nearest public road. Utility cables crossing leases may be required to be rerouted. If there is the slightest doubt about cables and leases, you must contact Port Esbjerg.

Please remember to enquire in the Danish Register of Underground Cable Owners: www.ler.dk.

“Standardvilkår for ledningsarbejder i og over veje, oktober 2016” (the Danish “Standard conditions for cable work in and over roads, October 2016”) also apply at Port Esbjerg.

Equipment permit

If you want to set up equipment within the area of Port Esbjerg, you must apply for a permit via www.virk.dk.

A permit is required for the following:

• Scaffolding
• Container/containers
• Mobile cranes
• Mobile passenger lifts
• Other materials
• Events (jogging, cycling and the like)
  

It is important that the application is filled in carefully with relevant information about the work and the work period. The section and/or area must be marked in the application.

An equipment permit must be applied for in respect to all roads. If the activity is to be carried out within the area of Port Esbjerg, the application for an equipment permit must be submitted to Port Esbjerg, however, with a few exceptions. If the activity is to be carried out on the road H. E. Bluhmes Vej or the roads north of it, the application must be submitted to Esbjerg Municipality. For more information, please see the map on this page.