Deviation permit

Apply for a deviation decision using the Planning Requirement Decision Application, Deviation Application form, and submit your application to the registry of the city of Oulu.

Attach to the application an account of the ownership or possession right to the building site or plot (title certificate, land lease agreement, certified copy of the deed of sale, etc.), as well as a site plan with the neighbours’ signatures.

Order the neighbour list with a location map, from the customer service point of the Ympäristötalo. The hearing of the neighbours shall be carried out in accordance with the list of neighbours. The hearing shall be carried out by the applicant or the city. If the city conducts the hearing of the neighbours, the applicant shall be charged the costs incurred by the city.

If the driving intersection of the building site comes from a public road, apply for an intersection permit from the Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment. The need for drawings or other attachments needed to assess the environmental impacts of construction will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Before submitting the application, discuss with the permit preparers in town planning.

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.

A deviation decision can be applied for by the owner or holder of the building site. A fee in accordance with the rates is charged for the deviation decision.

In certain situations, applying for a building permit may first require a planning requirement decision or a deviation decision.

The builder must have a valid planning requirement decision if they are applying for a building permit in an area requiring planning. The application for a planning requirement decision must be submitted to an authority designated by the municipality before applying for the building permit.

The municipality will determine whether the site in question is located in an area requiring planning. An area requiring planning is an area that is not covered by the municipality’s local detailed plan but where there may be a need to take measures such as constructing roads, water pipes or sewers.

The planning requirement decision will be in effect for the period stated in the decision (a maximum of two years). An application for the building permit must be submitted during this period.

If the builder wants to deviate from the local detailed plan or other provisions, regulations, prohibitions or restrictions that are in accordance with the Land Use and Building Act or that have been issued under it (such as the building code), they must obtain a deviation decision before being granted the building permit. The municipality may grant the deviation under certain conditions.

There must always be a particular reason for deviations. The deviation may not interfere with other uses of the area, for example, or cause damage to nature.

The deviation decision will be in effect for the period stated in the decision, which is two years at most.