Southern Comprehensive Plan
Current
At its meeting on March 30, 2026, the City Council decided to launch the 2025–2029 Southern Comprehensive Plan. The participation and evaluation scheme will be available for public review from April 2 to May 4, 2026, and feedback may be submitted by responding to the survey or by sending comments to the City’s Registry. The opinion must mention the case diary number TRE:200/10.02.03/2026.
Comprehensive planning in Southern Tampere (In Finnish)
The planning area for the Southern Comprehensive Plan
The planning area for the Southern Comprehensive Plan 2025–2029 is located south of the city center, on the site of the current marshalling yard and its immediate surroundings. The area is bordered by Viinikanoja to the north and Lakalaiva to the south.
The target is a controlled transformation
The comprehensive plan concretizes the existing strategic comprehensive plan. The plan guides the city’s internal growth and reinforces development along the Pirkkala and Vuores tram routes. The comprehensive plan promotes the transformation of the rail yard area and its surroundings into a compact, green, and diverse neighborhood where moving between places is easy. The comprehensive plan ensures the controlled progression of the transformation and guides future detailed planning.
The Comprehensive plan is linked to broader development
The comprehensive plan anticipates a long-term change in which the marshalling yard will be relocated, and the area will be freed up for other uses. The planning responds to the development of the nationally significant southern growth corridor, which is linked to new logistics connections and the development of the rail network. The comprehensive plan is being prepared for Tampere, but
complete transformation of the area is only possible as part of the implementation of a broader regional and national plan. Tampere is initiating “the City Development Programme for the Southern Areas” to support the shared vision and goals of the City Region.
The short address for this page is tampere.fi/en/southerncomprehensiveplan