how is -what Robin Falck did- possible

[raymondo]

hey peeps, I was reading the story about a Finnish guy who built his own very small hut on a piece of land he does not own and without the need for a planning permission.
related story here --->gizmag.com/finnish-micro-house/22580/
I understand from the story that there is a Finnish law that allow the building of less than 9m square cabin without planning permission (even though i searched a lot to find an reference for that but i could not).
but the question remains, how can one does that on a land he does not own...is there any laws in this regard?
thank you for reading.

[CH]

I understand from the story that there is a Finnish law that allow the building of less than 9m square cabin without planning permission (even though i searched a lot to find an reference for that but i could not).
but the question remains, how can one does that on a land he does not own...is there any laws in this regard?
thank you for reading.

If I don't remember totally wrong from the Helsingin Sanomat article, his family owns the land (parents or grandparents... I don't remember). Of course you don't have to own the land you build something on, but you do need the landowner's permission.

What they wrote in the story is way too simplified. It's not the square meters that is the point... basically more or less anything falls under "you need either a rakennuslupa or toimenpidelupa". There are some "unless", though, most playhouses would be one. What exactly needs or doesn't need permission depends on the municipality, so ask the local rakennusvalvontaviranomainen.

[raymondo]

thanks for the information...yeah i got back to the original article in Finnish (thx to google translate) and i found that the land belongs to his family so yeah u r right