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New grounds not admissible on administrative appeal

VVGE 1971/75 Nr. 23Other CourtJun 18, 1974Dismissed

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The Regierungsrat held that in a building-objection matter, planning-law arguments raised only for the first time in the administrative appeal could not be considered. Since the appeal is confined to reviewing the first-instance decision, relief cannot be sought on a basis that was neither requested nor assessed below. The complaint point was therefore not entered into.

Omnilex headnote

Administrative appeal; new arguments on appeal; scope of review. Because the administrative appeal serves to review the contested first-instance decision, the appellant may not raise demands or grounds that were not already presented to, and positively or negatively decided by, the lower authority. New planning-law objections first invoked in the appeal are inadmissible; the reviewing authority will not enter into such a complaint point (consid. not specified).

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Entscheidpublikation VVGE 1971/75 Nr. 23, S. 25:

Verwaltungsverfahren.

Neue Vorbringen im Beschwerdeverfahren.

Entscheid des Regierungsrates vom 18. Juni 1974 (Nr. 210).

In der Baueinsprache hatte der Beschwerdeführer raumplanerische Gründe nicht vorgebracht. Aus dem Wesen der Beschwerde, welche die Nachprüfung einer Verfügung bewirkt, folgt jedoch, dass mit dem Verwaltungsrekurs nichts verlangt werden kann, was nicht bereits von der erstinstanzlich verfügenden Behörde verlangt worden war und was von ihr positiv oder negativ beurteilt worden ist (vgl. Imboden, Max: Schweizerische Verwaltungsrechtsprechung, Band II, 4. Aufl., Basel 1971, Nr. 636 I). Auf diesen Beschwerdepunkt kann demzufolge nicht eingetreten werden.

Keywords

administrative appealnew argumentsscope of reviewbuilding objectionplanning lawnon-entry

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether new planning-law arguments may be raised for the first time in an administrative appeal against a building decision.

Extracted holding

No. An administrative appeal is limited to reviewing the decision already taken; relief cannot be sought on grounds that were not raised before and assessed by the first-instance authority.

Extracted reasoning

Because the appeal serves to review an existing decision, the appellant may not demand anything that was not already requested from the first-instance authority and that it did not positively or negatively decide.

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