Demolition permit and notification
- Permit or other obligation
- Pielavesi
- Public service
Without a permit, you may not demolish a building or part of a building in a zoning plan area or in an area where a building ban is in force in order to draw up a local detailed plan. You also need a permit if the general plan so requires.
Do the following
Describe in the permit application, in detail, how the demolition work will be organised and the building waste managed and whether usable components and parts can still be reused. Submit the permit application to the municipal building supervisory authority.
Notify the municipal building supervision authority in writing of the demolition of a building or part of it at least 30 days before commencing the demolition work (demolition notification). Within that period, the building supervision authority may demand that you apply for a permit for justified reasons.
In the demolition permit application and the demolition notification, explain how the demolition work will be organised: what will be demolished, how the resulting demolition waste will be handled and how the usable building elements will be used.
To whom and on what terms
No permit is required if it is stated in a valid building permit or another decision issued by the authorities that the building must be demolished. Neither is a permit required for the demolition of an outbuilding or any other minor building, unless the building can be considered to be historically or architecturally important.
If the entrepreneur has established itself in another country in the European Economic Area and temporarily offers services in Finland, the same permits are required as from entrepreneurs established in Finland.
No permit is required if a valid building permit, an approved street plan under this Act, an approved road plan under the Highways Act, requires the demolition of the building.
Period of validity
A demolition permit is valid for three years.
Background information
In an area covered by a local detailed plan, a building or its part may not be demolished without a permit. The permit is granted by the municipal building supervisory authority. The demolition permit is also required for buildings outside an area covered by a local detailed plan if a building prohibition is in force or if it is so stated in the local master plan.
Even if no permit is required for the demolition, the municipal building supervisory authority must be notified of the demolition 30 days before the start of the work.
Land Use and Building Act