Pending land use plans

Land use plans (“zoning”) regulate the future use and construction of areas. They guide the location of housing, workplaces, parks, and transportation, among other things.

Turku draws up city plans and detailed plans. With city plans Turku guides the use of areas throughout the city in broad terms. Detailed plans are used to guide the use and construction of individual areas in detail. You can read more about how plans are created.

Detailed plans create the conditions for future construction. Detailed plans specify, for example:

• the intended use of the area, such as a park, street, or residential plot
• the building rights for plots and properties
• where buildings may be located
• what types of buildings may be constructed.

The plan could cover an entire neighborhood or just a single plot.

You can view pending detailed plans in two ways:

• This map view shows the boundaries of individual plan changes.
  You can open the detail plan’s own website by clicking on the red area on the map and then on the link “Additional information”.
• You can also browse detailed plans through the website’s own search. 
  Enter an address, neighborhood, or working name of the plan into the search bar. Find the plan you want in the list and click on its name. This will open the plan's own website, where you can read the estimated schedule for the plan and view the documents published about it. 

If you would like to provide feedback on detailed plans, please refer to this page for more information.

If you are looking for information on plans that are already in force, you can find them on this page.

When does the planning procedure start?

The schedule for land use plans is guided by the planning program. It specifies which plan initiatives have been approved for planning over the next four years. The document is approved by the city council and updated annually. The completion date for detailed plans is always an estimate, as many factors affect their completion.

A city plan is a municipality's general land use plan that guides the more precise planning, such as detailed planning.

You can view pending city plans in two ways:

• This map view shows the boundaries of the city plans.
  You can open the plan's own website by clicking on the red area on the map and then on the More information link that opens. Please note, that the information provided is in Finnish.
• You can find information on pending city plans in the list below.