You can request old building permit documents from the City Archives information service for examination. These include building permit decisions with appendices, main drawings and structural drawings. You can also request to see construction supervision documents, such as final inspection reports.
The building permit documents information service operates at the Tampere City Archives. Documents are delivered for viewing at the customer's request. A document request regarding documents is made using an electronic reservation form. The reservation form can also be filled out at the Tampere service point. At the service point, it is also possible to examine digital archive materials of the building supervision from a customer terminal based on an order.
The processing time for a document request is a maximum of 14 business days. However, in the case of more extensive material, it takes more time to display the documents.
The reserved material is displayed for 1 week from the day the customer is notified that the documents will be displayed.
More information can be found on the Tampere City Archives website at tampere.fi/en/organisation/city-archive.
Building supervision documents are public and anybody can view them. Municipalities must archive all documents deemed necessary for archiving. Municipalities keep in building supervision archives designs, technical drawings and blueprints produced for building and action permit processes. The same applies to documents concerning such matters as structural and ventilation work. Many towns have an online shop where you can find these drawings and data.
The building designer has the copyright to the design, as laid down in the Copyright Act.