Landscape work permit

In Lappeenranta, you need a landscape work permit for earthworks that permanently change the landscape (e.g. digging, filling, leveling and quarrying, building noise barriers, spreading surplus soil), felling trees and other comparable measures.

You need a permit in the site plan area and in the general plan area, if the general plan stipulates so. A permit is also required in an area that is prohibited from building for the purpose of drawing up a site plan or for which such has been prescribed for the purpose of drawing up or changing the master plan.

The landscape work permit is processed by the building board and the permit is generally valid for three years.

Requirements

No permit is required for work with only minor impacts.

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.

Service background and legislation

The owner or holder of a land area must apply for a landscape work permit in order to carry out earth works, tree-felling or similar action altering the landscape in areas covered by a local detailed plan. A landscape work permit is also required in areas covered by a local master plan, if the plan so requires.

The decision on the application is taken by the authority designated for the task by the municipality. No landscape work permit is required to fell individual trees for the purpose of caring for plots. Neither is a landscape work permit required for actions that are related to an issued building permit or action permit.