Building inspection archive services

The archives of the City of Imatra store permit documents, annexes created in connection with permit decisions, drawings and special plans.

License point shop

The city of Imatra has a Lupapiste store in operation.

Lupapiste kauppa is an online service where you can purchase construction drawings stored in the building inspection archive. 

License point shop

The service mainly provides more recent material, but older material is being digitized continuously. If you cannot find the material you are looking for, you can send a request for material directly to the municipal building control through the service.

Data requests/information requests and fees

According to the Freedom of Information Act, requests for information are mostly free of charge. According to Section 34 of the Freedom of Information Act, no fee is charged for providing a document when a public document is delivered to the requester by email or when the document is given to an authority for reading or copying. 

However, a fee corresponding to the costs incurred in retrieving the information will be charged if the requested document is not in the electronic archive, but requires a visit to the archives of the old city hall. 

A fee is also charged for providing information in the form of a copy or printout. The fee is determined in accordance with the building control fee. Archival and copying services, which require more work than usual, cost 53,97 euros per hour. It includes a visit to the central archive and the search and scanning of drawings from there. The fee is determined on a case-by-case basis and according to the amount of material.

As a general rule, requests for information must be responded to no later than two weeks (14 days) after the request for information has been sent (Section 14). Responding means providing the materials.

Building control payments 2026

Service background and legislation

Building control documents are public, and anyone has the right to access them. Municipalities are obliged to archive documents deemed necessary. The municipality stores building and operation permit drawings, as well as, for example, structural and ventilation drawings, in the building control archive. Several cities have an electronic online store for building drawing materials.

The designer of the building has the copyright to the plan under the Copyright Act.

Archives Act