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Infrastructure buildings

Infrastructure buildings are buildings that house technical and transport functions in society: transformer stations, waterworks, pump houses, treatment plants, telecom buildings, car parks, recycling stations, station and terminal buildings. These are buildings you rarely enter, but that a whole area depends on.

The term is used as a classification category in SSB's standard for building types, which matrikkelen builds on. Main category 8 covers the whole area and splits into sub-categories:

  • Stasjons- og terminalbygg (81x): rail, metro and bus terminals, ferry terminals, airport buildings.
  • Telekommunikasjonsbygg (82x): telephone and radio stations, base stations.
  • Energiforsynings- og distribusjonsbygg (83x): transformer stations, district heating plants, power station buildings.
  • Vann- og avløpsbygg (84x): waterworks, pumping stations, treatment plants, service reservoirs.
  • Andre infrastrukturbygg (85x): recycling stations, municipal technical operating buildings.

Ownership is typically public or semi-public: grid companies, Statnett, Bane NOR, kommuner, inter-municipal water and wastewater companies, Avinor. The buildings are rarely on the market and are often protected through licensing requirements, zoning plans and consideration zones.

For property analysis, it is useful to view infrastructure buildings together with the map layers for utility networks and transport. A large transformer installation, a district heating plant or a treatment plant nearby can be both a quality (good capacity for new development) and a constraint (noise, odour, safety zones, zoning restrictions, requirements for odour reduction or buffer vegetation). Adjacent homes often get noise or odour studies as a condition for framework permission. The building type code sits in matrikkelen and can be looked up per building, so you can quickly identify which infrastructure buildings exist in an area and whether they trigger particular considerations.

In Placepoint, infrastructure buildings are shown as infrastructure map layers, and you find the SSB building type code per building in the building panel.

How the dataset is shown on the map

The dataset is part of the map layer Buildings as Infrastructure buildings:

Infrastructure buildings in Placepoint

From Placepoint's glossary: Infrastructure buildings

More information: SSB: bygningstype, klassifikasjon 31, Kartverket: matrikkelen

English: Infrastructure building.

Common questions we come across

What are infrastructure buildings?

Infrastructure buildings are buildings that form part of society's basic infrastructure, such as transformer stations, pump houses, waterworks, treatment plants and tunnel portals. They are necessary for operating technical infrastructure.

Who owns infrastructure buildings?

Infrastructure buildings are typically owned by grid companies, kommuner, inter-municipal companies or the state. They are rarely available for sale and are protected through zoning plans and licensing requirements.

Can you build homes near infrastructure buildings?

That depends on the type of infrastructure building. Safety zones apply around transformer stations and high-voltage installations. Near treatment plants, noise and odour can be zoning conditions. The municipality decides this in the planning process.

What consideration zones are linked to infrastructure buildings?

Zoning plans and municipal master plans can set consideration zones around infrastructure buildings where development is limited. It is important to map such zones early in an acquisition process.

Can I see infrastructure buildings in Placepoint?

Yes, Placepoint shows infrastructure data and building types as map layers. This includes buildings registered in matrikkelen with an infrastructure purpose, so developers can take them into account early in the process.