Extending the construction experiment act
Act amending the Act on an Experiment with Simplified Building and Planning Regulations
Flexible building and planning regulations used in major cities will be extended by five years. The experiment streamlines the granting of building permits and housing construction.
- Status
- Passed
- Submitted
- 6 Sep 2018
- Latest event
- 2 Nov 2018
- Votes
- 0
- Confirmed
- 9 Nov 2018
- Statute
- 892/2018
- Source
- eduskunta.fi ↗
What is proposed
The period of validity of the Act on an Experiment with Simplified Building and Planning Regulations will be extended until the end of 2023, and an authorisation to issue decrees that has become redundant will be repealed from the act.
What it means
The amendment applies in particular to Helsinki, Vantaa and Turku, as well as to parties undertaking construction projects in these areas. Municipalities can continue to grant building permits before plot division is completed and the plot is parcelled out, which speeds up the start of projects and saves costs for permit authorities and developers. In Vantaa, the option to oblige properties to connect to the Marja-Vantaa pneumatic waste collection system will also be retained.
How Parliament voted
The bill passed without a vote – no MP proposed rejecting or amending it in plenary.
Stages of consideration
The bill's path from the preliminary debate to the decision, as recorded by Parliament.
- 6 Sep 2018Eduskuntakäsittelyn vireilletulo · Ympäristöministeriö
- 11 Sep 2018Lähetekeskustelu · Täysistunto
- 16 Oct 2018Valiokunnan mietintö tai lausunto · ympäristövaliokunta
- 23 Oct 2018Ensimmäinen käsittely · Täysistunto
- 26 Oct 2018Toinen käsittely · Täysistunto
- 26 Oct 2018Eduskunnan vastaus ja kirjelmä
Decisions by law proposal1
- 1Laki kevennettyjen rakentamis- ja kaavamääräysten kokeilusta annetun lain muuttamisestaHyväksytty · 892/2018 · 9 Nov 2018
Proposed law text
The law proposals in the bill as the Government presented them. The final act may differ after committee consideration.
The law text is shown in Finnish or Swedish from Parliament's official documents; it is not translated into English.
Laki kevennettyjen rakentamis- ja kaavamääräysten kokeilusta annetun lain muuttamisesta
Eduskunnan päätöksen mukaisesti kumotaan kevennettyjen rakentamis- ja kaavamääräysten kokeilusta annetun lain (1257/2010) 7 §, sellaisena kuin se on laissa 990/2013, ja muutetaan 8 §, sellaisena kuin se on osaksi laissa 990/2013, seuraavasti:
8 §Voimaantulo
Tämä laki tulee voimaan 1 päivänä tammikuuta 2011 ja on voimassa 31 päivään joulukuuta 2023.
§
Tämä laki tulee voimaan päivänä kuuta 20 .
Main content of the bill (official)
The summary and title were produced with AI on 13 Sep 2026. They are not official documents – check the details in the original bill. The title and summaries are machine translations of the Finnish AI summaries. Speeches and quotations are always shown in their original language.