Data content of the system
The information submitted to the built environment information system complies with jointly agreed technical requirements, meaning that it uses the standardised national data models.
The data is generated in the basic work of municipalities and regional councils and, as a rule, is submitted to the national information system via an interface in as automated a manner as possible.
The submission of the data has been possible since the beginning of 2024. Municipalities must start to submit building permit and land-use data to the national system no later than by the end of 2028.
Building data that will be submitted to the system
- building permits
- demolition permits
- landscaping permits
- deviation decisions
- building codes (PDF-format in 2024, data-model format at a later date)
Transition period provides flexibility
The Construction Act will enter into force on 1 January 2025. Municipalities must submit their construction-related data to the information system no later than 1 January 2029. Municipalities are nevertheless required to issue construction permits that use the data model format already in 2026.
Area use data
- local detailed plan
- local master plan
- regional plan
- plot divisions
- building prohibition
- building restriction
- restriction on action
- area requiring planning
In the future, planning data will be produced in Finland using a nationally interoperable, spatial data-based planning data model and will be stored in the built environment information system. The digitalisation process will not change the roles of land use planning.
Transition period provides flexibility
The law requires municipalities and regional councils to submit new land use plans and other data on area use to the national built environment information system. The data can be submitted from 1 January 2024 onwards, and must be provided no later than 1 January 2029.
Data content will expand later on
The system has been designed in such a way that content can be added to it later on and new links can be created with other systems.
In the future, the system is likely to be expanded to include data model-based information on building codes, general area plans (street and park plans) and the cultural environment.