The Technical Committee discussed the material for the consultation of the preparatory phase of the plan (draft plan) at its meeting on 28 March 2024, Section 98, and the municipal government decided to make the material for the preparatory phase of the wind power partial master plan available for viewing in accordance with Section 62 of the Land Use and Building Act and Section 30 of the Decree and to request statements on it. The draft plan was available for viewing from 10 April to 31 May 2024.

A public event was held in Puumila on 16 April 2024 during the period when the draft plan was on display. The event was held together with the EIA report and the draft phase of the partial master plan for the Myyränkankaas wind power project.

The draft plan received 13 statements and 10 opinions, one of which was an address signed by 264 people. Responses have been prepared to the feedback received.

After the preparation phase of the partial master plan, the Myyränkankaa wind power project has been transferred to Fortum as part of the transaction in November 2025, when Fortum purchased 4,4 GW of onshore wind power development projects from ABO Energy.

During the preparation of the plan proposal, the municipality of Kihniö and the project manager have held working negotiations, and official working negotiations have also been held with the authorities.

The draft plan has been prepared taking into account the feedback received and the reasoned conclusion from the EIA procedure for the project. After the preparation phase of the partial master plan, clarifications have been made to the draft plan regarding the power plant layout and the new road connections presented as guidelines. The detailed planning has sought to take into account the impacts on natural values ​​and factors related to the constructability of power plants. In addition, the plan provision has enabled the placement of solar power production in an area dominated by agriculture and forestry through a separate permit procedure.

Updates have been made to noise and glare modelling, view area analyses and illustrative image adaptations in relation to the planning solution at the proposal stage. In addition, a core territory report has been prepared in relation to the wolf assessment and supplements have been prepared to the golden eagle reports (these two are for official use only). The impact assessment of the plan has been refined to correspond to the planning solution at the proposal stage.

The potential impacts of the Myyränkankaas project have been examined in the joint impact assessment in conjunction with other projects planned for the surrounding areas. The wind power projects closest to the Myyränkankaas project area are Tuuramäki, Vermassalo, Närhinkangas, Lylyharju, Mäntyperä and Niittuneva.

The Myyränkankaa Wind Farm Sub-Master Plan has been prepared for the Kihniö Municipality area as a legally effective sub-master plan so that it can serve directly as the basis for a construction permit for wind turbines. The main objective of the plan is to enable the implementation of the wind power project developed by Fortum in the Myyränkankaa area in a sustainable manner and in support of national, provincial and municipal climate and energy goals.

The partial general formula shows:

• a maximum of 19 wind turbines in the area of ​​Kihniö municipality,

• the unit power of the power plants is approximately 7–10 MW,

• maximum height 320 meters,

• indicative construction sites required by power plants,

• maintenance road connections, underground cabling, substation and electricity transmission route.

The entire Myyränkankaas project complex also includes power plants located on the Virtai side, but this plan only applies to the 19 power plants located in the Kihniö area.

The plan marks the area as predominantly agricultural and forestry (M-1). In addition, the plan indicates areas of particular importance for biodiversity (luo-1), where no wind turbines will be located, and other provisions protecting environmental values. The plan does not include solar power areas, and it does not restrict the practice of agriculture and forestry outside of wind turbines.

The area of ​​the planning area is approximately 2,784 hectares. The planning area is mainly an agricultural and forestry area, with no built-up areas or planned settlements. The area is sparsely populated and used for forestry, which has guided the location of the wind turbines.

The area of ​​the planning area of ​​the plan is approximately 2784,1 ha. After the detailed further planning phase of the plan, the power plant layout has been changed somewhat, which has made it possible to reduce the delimitation of the plan area. The starting point for the delimitation of the plan area is the 40 dB:b limit plus a buffer area of ​​approximately 200 meters.

Impacts on settlement and living conditions

There are no permanent or holiday homes in the planning area. The nearest residential and holiday homes are located approximately 1,5–4 kilometres from the power plants. The noise and glare modelling according to the plan shows that the environmental guidelines are below all residential and holiday homes, and that the health limit values ​​are not exceeded. The impacts on the settlement are therefore mainly landscape-related and related to the experienced living conditions, and they do not prevent the current use of the area.

Landscape and cultural environment impacts

The Myyränkankaas area belongs to the forested and rugged landscape region of Suomenselkä. There are no nationally or provincially valuable landscape areas or protected buildings in the actual planning area. Wind turbines will change the landscape of the area into an energy production landscape, and the impacts are most pronounced in the immediate area (0–5 km), where they are assessed as mainly medium negative. The impacts will be mitigated further away.

The impacts on regionally valuable cultural landscapes and built cultural environments have been assessed as mainly moderate or minor, and the plan does not prevent the preservation of the values ​​of these sites.

Impacts on nature and biodiversity

There are no Natura 2000 areas or nature reserves in the planning area. The nearest Natura areas (Närhineva–Koroluoma, Isoneva–Kurjenmetsä and Joutsenjärvi) are located 0,7–2,6 kilometers away. Based on the Natura assessment and other nature studies, the planning solution does not have a detrimental impact on the protection criteria of the Natura areas.

The environmental impacts are mainly local to the construction sites of the power plants, service road alignments and lifting areas. The impacts on vegetation and habitats have been assessed as minor negative and mainly reversible. For directive species, such as the flying squirrel, the common frog and bats, the studies show that their breeding or resting places will not be impaired.

Birdlife and fauna

The breeding birdlife of the area is typical of Finnish forest birds. The plan does not target power plants on known significant breeding or foraging sites in a way that would prevent the survival of species in the area. As for migratory birds, the area is not located on significant main migration routes, except for the spring migration of cranes, and collision risks have been assessed as low. Overall, the impacts on birds have been assessed as mainly minor.

Noise, glare and traffic impacts

Noise and glare modelling shows that the planning solution meets the requirements of the regulations and guidelines. Glare impacts are below the guideline values, and if necessary they can also be limited by technical solutions. Traffic impacts are most significant during the construction phase, when heavy traffic will temporarily increase. During operation, maintenance traffic will be minimal.

Climate and energy policy impacts

The zoning solution supports national and provincial climate and energy goals by increasing renewable energy production. The wind farm is estimated to significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions throughout its life cycle compared to fossil energy production. Although construction will cause local emissions and changes in land use, the overall climate impact is clearly positive.

Project manager Fortum Janne Ristolainen will be presenting the matter at the meeting. Planning consultant Minna Lehtonen Ramboll Oy will participate in the meeting to present the planning proposal.

Only the appendices for official use have been provided to the board members as supporting material.

The Technical Committee has decided at its meeting on 1 February 2017 (Section 8) the conditions for maintenance grants for private roads and the maintenance categories have been updated in 2018. According to the new Private Roads Act (Section 84), a municipality can only provide assistance to private roads for which a road maintenance authority has been established and whose information has been reported in the National Land Survey of Finland's private road register and the restrictions on road use have been reported in the national road and street network system (digiroad).
Private road maintenance grants were available for application from 19 February to 30 April 2025. The start of the grant application was announced in the Ylä-Satakunta newspaper and on the municipality's website. 41 grant applications were received by the deadline.

Construction site and its location:

The construction site is a 2000 m2 property called Haanmetsä, whose property code is 250-403-10-56. The property is located in an unzoned waterfront area and borders Lake Pääjärvi for approximately 57 meters.

Station diagram as accompanying material.

Suggested action:

A derogation is being sought to retain the 27 m2 of the mobile home in place in accordance with leisure living.

In addition, a sauna raft has been placed on the property. The applicant previously applied for a deviation permit for the property in 2022. The deviation permit was rejected at that time, on the grounds that the dimensions based on the base space inspection were exceeded.

Justifications presented by the applicant:

A mobile 27 m² cabin on wheels without a stove and water point has been brought to the property.

The caravan has been moved around the property several times. In front of the caravan there is a separate (detached) lightweight 15 m² terrace on a loose block foundation.

There is only one built-up neighbor next to our property. On the other side, a forest plot separates the next built-up property from ours.

We have kept the property very natural with its trees and bushes.

We also pay property tax on the property.

In the name of fairness and non-discrimination, we feel entitled to receive a derogation.

The decision should be in line with the positive decision you made at the technical committee meeting on June 2, 2025, $66.

In this case, it would not have been possible to obtain a deviation permit based on the base area, there was only 36m of shoreline and the recreational settlement was denser.

A neighbor had remarked on the dense construction and the cramped conditions of the place.

The decision was positive in the meetings of the technical committee and the municipal board. 

Construction status:

The property is undeveloped.

Prohibitions, restrictions and schematic situation:

There is no valid plan or legal master plan in the area. Therefore, the construction of the area will follow the building regulations of the municipality of Kihniö. Section 7.1 of the building regulations stipulates the placement of buildings in the waterfront area. The amount of construction in an unzoned waterfront area on a construction site of less than 5000 m2 is defined in the building regulations so that the construction site may have a maximum of one holiday home, sauna and storage building, the combined floor area of ​​which may not exceed 125 m2 and the number of floors may not exceed 1 ½. The floor area of ​​a separate sauna and storage building may not exceed 30 m2. In addition, a cold storage room of 30 m2 may be built and a carport of 30 m2 may be built in connection with it.

The distance of a building other than a sauna from the shoreline at mean water level must be at least 30 meters measured from the front edge of the terrace. The size of the building site is determined by the building regulations of the municipality of Kihniö as follows; outside the local plan area in a sparsely populated area, the size of the plot must be at least 3000 m2. When the building is connected to the public sewer network, the area of ​​the building site may be smaller than the above, but not less than 2000 m2.

Consulting neighbors:

Neighborhood consultation completed. Properties 250-403-10-57 and 250-403-10-66 have no objections to the project. The owners of properties 250-403-10-54 and 250-403-10-61 have objections to the project. The neighbors' objections are attached to the meeting materials.

Justifications for the requirement for deviation:

According to Section 57 of the Building Act, the municipality has the power to deviate.

The property in question is located on the shore of Lake Pääjärvi in ​​an unzoned coastal area, so before the construction permit is processed, the building right and the suitability of the construction must be examined through a deviation permit. Section 72 of the Land Use Act 132/1999; No building may be constructed in a coastal zone belonging to the coastal area of ​​a sea or body of water without a local plan or a legally binding master plan that specifically stipulates that the master plan or part of it be used as the basis for granting a building permit.

The building right for an undeveloped property in an unzoned area must be examined through a land survey. The base area review determines the property distribution at the cross-sectional time, which has generally been the date of entry into force of the Building Act and Decree on 1 July 1959 and is used in the base area review to determine the right to build in unzoned and undeveloped coastal areas. The premises belonging to the same base area are reviewed as a whole. Each building site formed in the coastal area reduces the remaining area of ​​the base area.

Building sites located outside the area to be measured, i.e. more than 200 meters from the shoreline, do not affect the amount of building rights.

The parent property of property 250-403-10-56 is property 250-403-10-38 Ranta, which was registered on 22 February 1957. The parent property was split into 4 different properties on 17 February 1968, which resulted in the properties Kiviranta 250-403-10-47, Nuottakallio 250-403-10-46, Maunonniemi 250-403-10-48 and Ranta 250-403-10-49(x). The properties Kesälä (250-403-10-53), Kaukoranta (250-403-10-52) and Karhusalo (250-403-10-54) were further split from property Ranta 10:49 on 14 August 1969. What remains is Ranta 250-403-10-55(x). The properties Mattila 250-403-10-58, Haanmetsä 250-403-10-56, Koivikko 250-403-10-59 and Annala 250-403-10-57 were further split from the property Ranta 10:55 on 10.5.1971. What remains is Ranta 250-403-10-60(x), from which the property Koivuranta 250-403-10-61 was further split on 4.7.1973. What remains is Ranta 250-403-10-62 (x), from which the property Lyytinen 250-403-10-65 was further split. The property Ranta 250-403-10-66 remains.

Length of the base farm coastline

The base farm has had a total of 1012 meters of shoreline on the shore of Lake Pääjärvi. Part of the shoreline is made up of promontories, in which case, according to established practice, a modified shoreline should be used in calculating the shoreline building right, which reduces the length of the shoreline and reduces the building right. However, for the property in question, the actual shoreline has been used in the calculation, which makes it possible to ensure that the conversion factor does not negatively affect the determination of the building right for the applicant. The maximum number of new building sites used in the dimensioning established in the exception permit procedure is 6. This higher number of building sites cannot be achieved in the exception permit procedure, because a so-called zoning reserve must be left in the shore area.

According to the calculation, the building right of the mother farm is:

Coastal building rights = 1,012 km x 6 construction sites/km of coastline = 6,072 > 6 sites.

Building right

According to the calculation, the parent farm has had the right to six (6) waterfront building sites. Of the waterfront building sites divided from the base farm, 11 block farms have used their waterfront building rights, so this exceeds almost twice the amount that can generally be granted with a deviation permit. Regarding the base farm in question, Ranta 250-403-10-38, the Turku and Pori Provincial Board made a negative decision on the construction of a new holiday home on 17 February 1981 and stated that the construction of the area in question can no longer be resolved without a waterfront plan, taking into account the building sites already formed from the base farm.

The following premises have used the building right:

Birch 250-403-10-59

Mattila 250-403-10-58

Annala 250-403-10-57

Bear's Grove 250-403-10-54

Koivuranta 250-403-10-61

Summer 250-403-10-53

Maunonniemi 250-403-10-48

Far shore 250-403-10-52

Beach 250-403-10-66

Stone beach 250-403-10-47

Seine rock 250-403-10-46

Section 57 of the Building Act; a municipality may, upon application, grant a derogation from a provision, order, prohibition or other restriction concerning construction or other measures laid down in this Act or issued pursuant to it, for a special reason.

However, a deviation may not be granted if it:

1) causes harm to zoning, the implementation of the plan or other organisation of the use of areas;

2) makes it difficult to achieve nature conservation objectives;

3) makes it difficult to achieve the objectives of protecting the built environment; or

4) leads to construction with significant impacts or otherwise causes significant adverse environmental or other impacts.

Based on the base area review conducted for property 250-403-10-56 and the previously issued decision of the County Administrative Board, it can be stated that the formation of new building sites for the property and the entire area should be done through a planned review.

Before purchasing the property, the property owner was aware of the nature of the property and that the property was under a so-called building ban. 

 Prepared by: building inspector Raisa Karinsalo

On 16 January 1995, the Kihniö Municipal Board, at the initiative of the landowner, declared a four-branched spruce called Suvimäki spruce growing on farm SUVIMÄKI 250-407-15-66 a natural monument. The spruce is a tree over a hundred years old, from which four branches grow. There are no natural monuments in the vicinity of the tree, the marking is visible on the map.
The current landowner applied to have the tree's natural monument designation revoked on March 25, 2026. The landowner stated in his application that one of the four trunks of the spruce tree had fallen in a winter storm and that the remaining three trunks had weakened and posed a safety risk in the yard.

A statement on the abolition of the monument was requested from the Licensing and Supervision Agency on March 25, 2026. In its statement on April 10, 2026, the agency stated:

Based on the available information, it is not clear whether an on-site assessment by an expert has been carried out at the site regarding the condition, vitality or possible decay damage of the remaining trunks.

The Licensing and Supervision Agency considers that the original grounds for protection may no longer exist in a situation where a spruce protected as a four-branched tree has become a three-trunk tree after one trunk fell as a result of a storm. The original special feature that was the subject of protection is then no longer fully fulfilled and the nature of the site as a natural monument has essentially changed.

It should also be noted that spruce is a tree species that generally does not tolerate the loss of a trunk or significant branches well. The fall of one trunk can weaken the support of the remaining trunks and increase the structural weakening of the entire individual. 

Section 96 Termination of protection of a natural monument

In a privately owned area, the municipality may, upon application by the owner or a proposal from the economic development, transport and environment centre, partially or completely terminate the protection of a natural monument if there are no longer grounds for the protection or if the protection prevents the implementation of a project or plan that is significant in the public interest.

Prepared by: Environmental Inspector Katja Katajisto

The owners of property 250-409-8-45 are applying for a derogation from Section 11 of the Environmental Protection Regulations, which requires the removal of a decommissioned oil tank from the land. The application has been submitted to the Kihniö Municipality Environmental Supervision Department on 21 April 2026.

According to the application, the property will be replaced with geothermal heating. The oil tank in question is a fiberglass oil tank installed in 1980 with a capacity of 3000 liters. The oil tank is located approximately one meter from the exterior wall of the residential building. The location of the oil tank is marked on the screenshot of the map attached to the application.

The exemption is being applied for on the grounds that removing the tank from the ground would require excavation work in the immediate vicinity of the building, which could damage buildings, their foundations or other structures and cause damage to other property, such as plantings. The property's sewer pipes run near the tank, which could also be damaged during removal. The tank will be emptied and cleaned appropriately before being placed in the ground, and the inspection report after the measures will be submitted to the municipal environmental authority.

Review

According to environmental protection regulations, the environmental protection authority may grant an exemption from the obligation to remove an underground oil tank in individual cases if removing the tank is technically very difficult or would cause unreasonable damage to other property.

Prepared by: Environmental Inspector Katja Katajisto

The technical director presents current issues at the meeting.

• The situation of the Sulkuejärvi shoreline planning