Every year, the IBA and district office (Bezirksamt) provide information about their construction projects in Wilhelmsburg. We have gathered the following:

Planning for the so-called Spreehafenviertel district resumed in September, and objections from public authorities (TÖB), including nature conservation associations, are currently being examined. All of these authorities have spoken out clearly in favour of preserving the forest.

At the beginning of February 2026, the Main Committee (Hauptausschuss) of the Mitte district will hold a public hearing, “Spreehafenviertel/Wilder Wald, taking conflicting goals seriously”. Each political group can appoint experts who can be questioned on the topic by the committee members. The hearing is open to the public and is intended to provide the committee members, who will later decide on the development plan, with more background information.

The “Öffentliche Planauslegung” (in english: +/- public showing of the plans) has been renamed to “Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung” (in english: participation of the public). When this part of the plan will take place they didn’t want to reveal. They did show the following timeline:

• End of 2026 right to build, meaning building plan (B-Plan) completed
• Starting 2027 start of making the land ready for building, meaning date of a possible clearing of the forest!

Neither the clearing nor the building permit for the 800 m² on Schlenzigstraße have yet been approved. They tried to blame BM-Bau for the construction plans on the 800 m² and claim that it has nothing to do with the so-called Spreehafenviertel. However, the city itself submitted the application, is the landowner and the land swap is only ‘necessary’ because they are planning new sports grounds in the so-called Spreehafenviertel on what is currently still part of the BM-Bau terrain.

We are staying alert, the battle for the Wild Forest has not yet been decided!