Der Plan was founded in 1979 by Frank Fenstermacher, Moritz R, Robert Görl & Chrislo Haas. Görl and Haas left after the first release, and were replaced by Kurt Dahlke. This trio remained constant until the group disbanded in 1993.
In 2004, Moritz R reformed the band with new members Achim Treu & J.J. Jones, but due to disagreements with old band members with the slightly changed bandname: Der Plan V. 4.0
For the 50th birthday parties of Andreas Dorau in Hamburg and Berlin in January 2014 Der Plan was reformed again for two short sets by Frank Fenstermacher, Moritz R and Kurt Dahlke.
In May 2017 a new single Lass die Katze stehn had been released and in June the album Unkapitulierbar came to light.