Municipal management of planning and building applications

Updated: 29 June 2023

Next update: Not yet determined

Change in dispensations for new buildings in the coastal zone
Change in dispensations for new buildings in the coastal zone
2021 - 2022
-23
%
Management of planning and building applications. Principal figures
Management of planning and building applications. Principal figures1
2022Change in per cent
2018 - 20222021 - 2022
Dispensations for new buildings in the coastal zone (number)737-2-23
Share of building applications i coastal zone approved (per cent)82-12-8
Average processing time for one-step building application in accordance with municipal plan and 3 weeks processing deadline (calendar days)19120
Building applications processed by the municipalities (number)74 696-7-13
Approved detailed zoning plans filed by private actors (number)861-263
Gross operating expenditure per capita in municipal planning, handling of building applications and land surveying (NOK per capita)1 035-35
Gross operating expenditure per capita in local and regional development, in County council districts (NOK per capita)2562610
1The key figures are based on the summation of reported figures from municipalities and county council districts. No estimations have been made to compensate for missing reporting.
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Selected tables and charts from this statistics

  • Average processing time and administration fee for area development plans, building applications and subdivision of land including survey.
    Average processing time and administration fee for area development plans, building applications and subdivision of land including survey.1
    Area development plansBuilding applicationSubdivision of land
    Administration fee, residential area development plan. NOKProcessing time. Calendar daysAdministration fee, single-unit dwelling. NOKProcessing time. Calendar daysAdministration fee. NOKProcessing time. Calendar days
    202079 13266815 6651719 65620
    202184 67770816 1981919 89122
    202290 29178416 6531920 44923
    202396 762.17 228.21 155.
    1The statistics are based on the summation of reported figures from municipalities and county council districts. No estimations have been made to compensate for missing reporting.
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  • Number of area development plans, building plans and subdivision of land including survey per 10 000 inhabitants. Weighted average
    Number of area development plans, building plans and subdivision of land including survey per 10 000 inhabitants. Weighted average1
    Adopted area plansAdopted detailed area plansApplications for general permission approvedApproved building applications undertaken by an enterprise with the right to accept responsibilityApproved building applicationsApproved dispensation applicationsSurveying carried outApproved applications for sectioning
    20190.22.519794335426.4
    20200.12.318844638446.2
    20210.12.020934337474.8
    20220.12.018833331414.5
    1The statistics are based on the summation of reported figures from municipalities and county council districts. No estimations have been made to compensate for missing reporting.
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  • Number of inspections, orders and sanctions regarding building projects
    Number of inspections, orders and sanctions regarding building projects1
    Inspections in building applications, with final report. NumberInspections, in building matters not applied for. NumberInstructions given, aggregated for all inspection subject areas. NumberSituations improved. NumberSituations not improved. NumberPolice reports. Number
    20188 1892 8541 9311 4112229
    20197 1502 0531 7311 22528511
    20206 4442 4751 6611 21528214
    20215 6771 6511 7319522538
    20226 7192 3051 7571 19222714
    1The statistics are based on the summation of reported figures from municipalities and county council districts. No estimations have been made to compensate for missing reporting.
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  • Objections to municipal plans and zoning plans
    Objections to municipal plans and zoning plans1
    Municipal masterplansZoning plans
    Plans submitted for consultation. NumberPlans objected to. NumberPlans submitted for consultation. NumberPlans objected to. Number
    2018330981 746463
    20193271081 603424
    2020239441 442436
    2021269531 321423
    2022266641 291406
    1The statistics are based on the summation of reported figures from municipalities and county council districts. No estimations have been made to compensate for missing reporting.
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  • Municipal operating expenditure, revenues and capital expenditure within building matters and land use planning (function account 301, 302 and 303)
    Municipal operating expenditure, revenues and capital expenditure within building matters and land use planning (function account 301, 302 and 303)1
    Gross operating revenuesGross capital expenditureGross operating expenditure
    In total. 1000 NOKPer capita. NOKIn total. 1000 NOKPer capita. NOKIn total. 1000 NOKPer capita. NOKPhysical planning (function account 301). Per centBuilding projects (function account 302). Per centSubdivision of land including survey (function account 303). Per cent
    20172 783 228526305 643584 377 606828383626
    20192 920 394544323 148604 952 847922403524
    20202 994 163555242 159454 776 085885393624
    20213 398 741626203 241385 370 891990393823
    20223 211 609585176 616325 678 5931 035393923
    1The statistics are based on the summation of reported figures from municipalities and county council districts. No estimations have been made to compensate for missing reporting.
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  • Dispensation processing in the County council districts according to The Planning an Building Act and The Cultural Heritage Act
    Dispensation processing in the County council districts according to The Planning an Building Act and The Cultural Heritage Act1
    Processed applications for dispensation from The Cultural Heritage Act. NumberApplications for dispensation from The Cultural Heritage Act granted. NumberProcessed applications for dispensation from The Planning and Building Act. NumberApplications under the Planning and Building Act where the county council has advised against dispensation. NumberApplications under the Planning and Building Act where the County Council has appealed a decision on dispensation. Number
    20188237793 42654521
    20194994666 15094923
    202077274612 59782513
    20218768506 49586915
    20228386487 26960823
    2022
    Viken1261211 3042346
    Oslo118112...
    Innlandet490530342
    Vestfold og Telemark16115483170
    Agder5148178440
    Rogaland9180277884
    Vestland79792 518448
    Møre og Romsdal1919448581
    Trøndelag Trööndelage86..726201
    Nordland21243550
    Troms og Finnmark Romsa ja Finnmárku3733770641
    1The statistics are based on the summation of reported figures from municipalities and county council districts. No estimations have been made to compensate for missing reporting.
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  • The county administration revenues and expenditure regarding local and regional development. 1 000 NOK
    The county administration revenues and expenditure regarding local and regional development. 1 000 NOK1
    Gross operating revenuesGross operating expenditureNet operating expenditure
    In totalIn totalPer capita. NOK
    2018621 0611 081 58991
    2019590 8821 178 208115
    20201 039 1641 432 34678
    2021736 8041 262 249102
    2022755 7301 406 114124
    2022
    Viken101 316185 18167
    Oslo000
    Innlandet88 981134 829132
    Vestfold og Telemark109 102207 339241
    Agder46 459144 981324
    Rogaland25 27451 51556
    Vestland53 786176 760193
    Møre og Romsdal26 931140 013428
    Trøndelag Trööndelage86 511152 085145
    Nordland74 37859 094-53
    Troms og Finnmark Romsa ja Finnmárku142 992154 31757
    1The statistics are based on the summation of reported figures from municipalities and county council districts. No estimations have been made to compensate for missing reporting.
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About the statistics

The statistics describes Municipal and County Authorities land use administration, that is planning, building applications, building surveillance, subdivison of land, surveying and status of planning. Involvement in planning is highlighted through objection schemes. There are figures on cases, processing, processing time and decisions.

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Classification of Norwegian municipalities by population, size and economic workload 2020.

https://www.ssb.no/klass/

The purpose of this report is to classify Norwegian municipalities according to three dimensions: Population size, economic workload and economic capacity. The measures of economic workload and capacity are estimated in a model of local government spending behaviour, and depend on variation in characteristics such as local government incomes, socio-demographic and geographic variables. The most extensive classification based on the three dimensions includes 29 groups. The resulting classification is based on data for 2013 and is compared to an earlier version based on data for 2008.

Name: Municipal management of planning and building applications
Topic: Nature and the environment

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Division for Housing, Property, Spatial and Agricultural Statistics

Municipalities and County Authorities

Follows the dissemination of KOSTRA-indicators.
Frequency: Annually

Preliminary figures: 15. March Final figures: 15. June

Articles (analysis) with tables and graphs based on the figures will be announced.

Timeliness: Figures on the previous year, on the above given dates.

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As organized in KOSTRA and Statistics Norway's business model for the production of official statistics. In addition, auditing databases and local Storage.

KOSTRA (Municipal-State-rRporting) - in general:

The objective is to coordinate and increase the efficiency of all municipal reporting to the national authorities, and provide the local and national authorities with vital directing information.

KOSTRA was established in 1995, as a pilot poject. The number of municipalities and county authorities included in the reporting and dissemination system increased gradually up to 2001, when all were included. KOSTRA provides a web-portal for the reporting. In addition to the reported data from municiplaities and county authorities, the KOSTRA-indicators are based on register-data such as municipal accounts, manpower information and population data.

Land use planning:

Land use planning in Norway is delegated to the municipalities, under the provision of the Planning and Building Act.

KOSTRA provides directing information on the municipalities and the county authorities. The most frequent users would be the municipalities themselves, other regional and national authorities, media and the general Public.

The main principle is that no external users have access to statistics or analyses before they are announced in the statistics calendar and published available for everyone at www.ssb.no. This is one of Statistics Norway’s key principles for ensuring that all users are treated equally. The media is never given access to statistics or analyses prior to their release.

Land use planning in municipalities and counties - http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/01/01/20/fysplan_en/

Data collection: Under the provisions of Local Government Act Section 49

Statistics compilation: Under the provisions of Statistics Act, Section 2.2

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Mandatory reporting for all municipalities and county authorities.

Data reported (web forms) from municipalities and county authorities on the following topics:

Municipal planning, building applications, mapping and surveying, recreational areas, management of nature resources and cultural monuments.

In addition to the above:

municipal accounts, number of inhabitants, length of coastline, cadastral information, protected areas and objects

Deadline: 15. February.

The data reported through the web-portal are subject to control in three stages: First stage is automatic controls embedded in the web-forms. Second stage is at the SSB data sink. Third stage is the audit performed by the variuos divisions responsibel for statistics and indicators.

The basic data (level 3 in KOSTRA) is mainly web form data (annual sums, averages) reported as abolute data. The key figures (level 2 in KOSTRA) are mainly ratios based on level 3 and other datasources.

Most of the key figures have weighted averages. For the absolute data used as key figures, the averages are arithmetic.

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Comparability over time and in Space:
KOSTRA includes figures from 1999. Statistics dissemination (Statistics Articles and tables in StatBank) startet in 2001 when all the municipalities and counties had joined KOSTRA . It has since 2001 been adjustments and expansions in questionnaires , thus not all time series go back to 2001. Any breaks in time series will be explained in footnotes to the tables.

Measurement errors in the data reported by the municipalities is believed to be main source of error. The controls embedded in the online forms, provide an automatic and instant feedback to the users.
Partial non-repons occurs in varying degrees for the various parts of the statistics. Non-respons on June 15 usually vary between 5-10 per cent, measured by number of municipalities.

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