What has been applied for, and what has been approved?

The building permit cases registered on a property, newest first: case number, type, status and decision date. Norwegian cases from municipal archives, Swedish bygglov cases via Combify.

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• Trial key with GitHub in under a minute
• One GET call
• Newest first
• Municipal case archives
• Norway and Sweden

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From property to building permit cases

The call answers what has been applied for and approved on a property over time. Brokers use it to document conversions and changes of use in a sales prospectus, insurers to see whether damage repairs were actually approved before they pay out compensation, and developers to check precedent from earlier cases on the same property or the neighbouring plot before they design their own project.

Each case comes with the case number in the original archive, the case type (for example change of use, extension or demolition), the status, when the case was received and decided, a title that describes the work, and links to the decision documents. A case without a decidedDate is still under consideration, and should be read differently from a closed case: it tells you what someone has applied for, not what was actually approved or built.

In Norway the cases come from the municipal case archives that Placepoint holds, which cover a broad selection of kommune but not necessarily all of them. In Sweden they are bygglov cases via Combify, which follow a different process and different thresholds for what requires an application than the Norwegian Planning and Building Act. Comparison across the two countries should therefore allow for the fact that "building permit case" is not the same legal concept in both places.

The list is paginated, so a property with a long building permit history is retrieved across several pages with pageSize and pageToken, instead of loading the whole history in one response.

• Decision documents, not just status

  Each case links to the decision documents, so you do not have to order them separately after the call has shown what was applied for.

• No decidedDate means still under consideration

  A case without a decidedDate tells you what someone has applied for, not what was actually approved or built.

• Paginated for long histories

  A property with a long building permit history is retrieved across several pages with pageSize and pageToken, instead of in one response.

Fields that actually tell you something

One GET call on the property returns the building permit cases, newest first.

GET/properties/{country}/{cadastreId}/building-permits

curl -X GET "https://data.placepoint.no/properties/NO/0301-207-76-0-0/building-permits" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"

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{
  "items": [
    {
      "caseNumber": "202201234",
      "kind": "Bruksendring",
      "status": "APPROVED",
      "receivedDate": "2022-01-10",
      "decidedDate": "2022-04-22",
      "title": "Bruksendring av lokaler til kontor",
      "documents": [
        {
          "id": "doc_44120",
          "kind": "BUILDING_CASE",
          "title": "Vedtak 202201234",
          "publishedDate": "2022-04-25",
          "downloadUrl": "https://data.placepoint.no/files/doc_44120?sig=ab12cd34ef56&exp=1893456000",
          "mediaType": "application/pdf"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "nextPageToken": "eyJvZmZzZXQiOjF9"
}

Scope: properties.readTeknisk referanse og Try-it

Vis alle felt (13)

Felt	Type	Beskrivelse
items[].caseNumber	string	Case number in the source archive.
items[].kind	string	Case type, e.g. Bruksendring.
items[].status	string	Case status.
items[].receivedDate	string	When the case was received.
items[].decidedDate	string	When the case was decided.
items[].title	string	Case title.
items[].documents[].id	string	Document identifier.
items[].documents[].kind	string	Document category. The set grows as new archives are connected; treat an unknown value as OTHER.
items[].documents[].title	string	Document title.
items[].documents[].publishedDate	string	When the document was published.
items[].documents[].downloadUrl	string	Signed download URL, valid for 15 minutes.
items[].documents[].mediaType	string	IANA media type, e.g. application/pdf.
nextPageToken	string	Cursor for the next page; absent on the last page.

The case type, for example change of use, extension or demolition, is in the kind field.

Three steps to your first response

1. Log in with GitHub

   One click, under a minute, no payment card. The key comes back to this page.

2. Call the endpoint

   Replace $TOKEN in the curl above with your key; the call only needs the country code and the matrikkelnummer.

3. Apply the response

   Use the case list to document conversions in a sales prospectus, or to check precedent from earlier cases before you design your own project.

Data and sources

Norwegian building permit cases come from municipal case archives, updated continuously as the kommune publish new decisions. Swedish bygglov cases come via Combify, which covers all 290 Swedish kommune.

See also

• Map layer: Property
• Technical reference
• Placepoint API

Questions and answers

How fresh is the data?

Norwegian cases are updated continuously as the kommune publish new decisions. Swedish bygglov cases come via Combify, which covers all 290 Swedish kommune.

What do you cover?

A broad selection of Norwegian municipal case archives, but not necessarily all of them. In Sweden coverage is complete via Combify.

Does it work in Sweden?

Yes, but note that bygglov follows a different process and different thresholds for what requires an application than the Norwegian Planning and Building Act. Comparison across the countries should allow for that.

What does it mean when a case has no decidedDate?

The case is still under consideration. Read it as what someone has applied for, not as a confirmed decision.

Document what was actually approved

One GET call returns the building permit history, newest first, with links to the decision documents. Log in with GitHub for a trial key.

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