Excavation permits and permits for area use

Work on streets and other public areas may not be carried out without the permission of the City. Any work carried out in public areas managed by the City must be subject to a fee granted by the City. The exceptions are sudden repairs that are necessary to prevent significant damage.

Work subject to a permit includes:

construction and repair work on properties, if the area is defined as a part of the street or public area
placement of municipal technology in general areas
buildings’ water supply, electricity, district heating and sewerage connections
street scaffolding
street lifting
short-term storage of construction materials, supplies and snow and placement of pallets on the street or other public area, for example
storage of site facilities on the street or other public area

Removing snow from the roof does not require applying for a street work permit. However, a notification must be submitted by email to the service e-mail of the maintenance services at kunnossapito@kuopio.fi

Unannounced snowfall work can be considered unauthorised street work, for which a fee is charged in accordance with the operating license price list.

The most important provision of the street work permit is the “Work permit instructions and conditions for streets and other public areas in Kuopio” document The applicant commits to the procedures presented in it with the granting of the permit.

When planning excavation work in the area of the city of Kuopio, it is necessary to make sure that the underground structures are known. Such structures include:
- district heating and cooling networks
- water pipes and sewers
- data cables
- traffic light cabling
- outdoor lighting cabling
- thawing systems
Work permit instructions for streets and public areas (pdf, in Finnish)
The permit is applied for through Lupapiste.fi.

The work may be started once a possible establishing inspection has been carried out and the permit has been granted. This ensures that the permit applicant has appropriate site arrangements, that any damage caused in the past can be recorded and that the applicant does not have to compensate for them.

The establishing inspection is agreed upon with the permit authority well in advance of the planned start of the work.

You will be notified of the completion of the work through Lupapiste.fi. If the establishing inspection has been held, the final inspection will be held on the approval of the area back for public use and for the termination of the rent.
The purpose of the fee is to keep the streets and public areas in the public use reserved for them, to keep the opening hours of the excavations short and to coordinate the works, and to cause the least harm possible to the users of the areas.

An increased fee may be charged for areas taken over without permit.

The fee consists of:
• the inspection and supervision fee and
• compensation for the use of the site according to its surface area and location

Price list (pdf, in Finnish)

Payment category map (pdf, in Finnish)
Landowner permits for temporary use and placement of permanent structures on city-owned land are always handled on a case-by-case basis.

In the placement of permanent structures, the starting point is that all structures must fit on their own plot. The fee will be charged in accordance with the rate approved by the Urban Structure Board.

Permits for permanent structures are applied for by using an application form. The application and its appendices must be submitted in one of the following ways:
- by e-mail to maaomaisuudenhallintapalvelut@kuopio.fi
- by post to City of Kuopio, Land Management Services, P.O. Box 1097, FI-70111 Kuopio
- by delivering to the Urban Environment customer service at Suokatu 42
 

Application form (pdf, in Finnish)Price list (pdf, in Finnish)