Tana adopts new fee regulation for building and planning cases

Tana kommune (Deanu gielda) in Finnmark has adopted a new consolidated fee regulation for planning, building, sectioning and surveying cases, adopted by the municipal council on 18 June 2026 and published in Norsk Lovtidend on 24 August 2026. The regulation, registered as 18.06.2026 nr. 1663, replaces the previous fee schedule for planning and building cases dated 1 April 2012.

The regulation is issued under the Planning and Building Act (plan- og bygningsloven) § 33-1, the Ownership Sectioning Act (eierseksjonsloven) § 15 and the Cadastre Act (matrikkellova) § 32. It sets out the fees charged for the municipality’s case handling across four service areas, with the actual fee rates fixed each year in the municipal council’s budget decision.

Scope of the new fee schedule

The regulation brings together in one document the fees for all of the municipality’s land and building services:

• Private plan proposals under the Planning and Building Act, including changes to zoning plans, and private proposals for area regulation of concession-required wind-power installations under the Energy Act.
• Building, division and dispensation cases under the Planning and Building Act.
• Sectioning cases under the Ownership Sectioning Act.
• Surveying (oppmålingsforretning) and case handling under the Cadastre Act.

For building cases, the total fee is made up of a base fee, a case-handling fee, a registration fee and any surcharges, and is the same whether the application is granted or refused. Around 15 percent of the fee is normally allocated to the municipality’s supervision activity. A separate registration fee is charged per dwelling unit or section, and a separate fee applies for each cadastral certificate issued.

Fees for planning and wind-power plans

For private plan proposals, fees are charged for the plan initiative, the statutory start-up meeting, the setting of the plan programme and the processing of the submitted plan, with surcharges for plans requiring a consequence assessment, plans within defined town-centre areas, plans with more than four land-use purposes or two protection zones, and plans covering more than 10,000 m². A surcharge also applies where a plan initiative conflicts with the municipal master plan.

The chapter explicitly covers private proposals for area regulation of concession-required wind-power installations under the Energy Act, meaning developers of such projects will pay the same planning fees as other private proposers. Public proposers are exempt from fees where a plan serves public interests and is financed by state or municipal grants, but are treated as private proposers where the plan concerns purely commercial property development.

Sectioning, surveying and entry into force

Sectioning fees are charged per application and per section, with surcharges for inspections and for sectioning of facility properties. For surveying, the total fee is split into a base fee, a case-handling fee and a fee for field measurement, with the general 16-week processing deadline suspended between 1 November and 20 May in winter, and in areas where access roads remain closed after that date.

Fees fall due on invoice and accrue reminder charges and interest if unpaid, and must be paid even if the underlying decision is appealed. There is no right of appeal against fees that follow directly from the regulation. The regulation entered into force on 18 June 2026, on which date the 2012 fee regulation was repealed.

The new schedule affects everyone who applies for a building permit, plan processing or surveying in Tana kommune, from private homeowners to wind-power developers, and gives the municipality a single, updated basis for charging for its services across Finnmark.

Source: Norsk Lovtidend, Avd. II, 24 August 2026 (18.06.2026 nr. 1663), official reference LTII-2026-06-18-1663.