Coercive purchase of a missing part of a plot

Authors

• Katri Nuuja
• Heidi Falkenbach
• Malgorzata Barbara Havel
• Kauko Viitanen

Keywords:

Coercive purchase, plot, building site, land use plan, local detailed plan, plan implementation, Finland.

Abstract

This article presents an overview of coercive purchase of a missing part of a plot, which is a procedure carried out in accordance with the Real Estate Formation Act (554/1995). The procedure aims to enable the implementation of a detailed level land use plan for building purposes in situations where the real property division and ownership do not correspond to the plan. According to planning and building legislation, a requirement for a building permit to be issued is the unity of ownership, which means that the area of plot or building site defined in the land use plan must be in the possession of the same title holder or holders. The article aims, firstly, to present the regulation concerning the coercive purchase of a missing part of a plot as well as issues concerning the valuation of the plot in the procedure. Secondly, the aim is to discuss the experience of using this tool based on an empirical study. The empirical study was conducted as questionnaire survey, which was sent to municipal and state authorities carrying out the said procedure.