[gardener86]

Hello! I would ask if anyone could enlighten me on the rules and regulations for building a small log cabin on farmland. It would be built of traditional materials and would be used occasionally (not the main residence). I've read about four different categories of buildings and I believe this would fall somewhere on a “less demanding” list where I would need a permit. But would it be possible that this would be an “undemanding facility” if it were in the correct dimensions and not used as a residence?

Thank you very much.

[spirou]

Pretty much by definition you can't build on farmland. At least not anything remotely residential. But I'm sure you'll get more detailed answers eventually.

[KeCko]

First rule of "less demanding" buildings is they can not be residential. The rest is more or less as pirou said. On farmland you can only build buildings that contribute to the work on the existing farm.

[gardener86]

Thanks for the reply and advice. I thought that after what I read, "less demanding subjects" do not include anything in "simple, undemanding" and "demanding subjects?" They do not specify what is actually allowed. They only state that "a less demanding object is any object which is not classified as a demanding, undemanding or simple object". The “demanding” objects seem to be too big (5,000 m3) than the ones I want to build. It also says, “where a large amount of people intend to stay,” which I don’t want to do. Just a small cabin for the occasional stay. My home address of “residence” is the place where I live.

Through yesterday's reading and I think I will have to apply for a change of use and then, if approved, apply for a building permit.

Vedno sem odprt za druga mnenja in nasvete.

[BojanF]

As a general rule, building residential houses on farmland is not permitted. Whether that is a permanent residence or occasional is immaterial.

There may be some exceptions, since each municipality has its own zoning rules, however without knowing the exact location we can't say if any such exceptions exist in your case. You can check the exact zoning classification of your location on one of the GIS portals such as pis.gov.si or eterra.si.

Depending on exact zoning rules, you might be able to build a non-residential building (for example a wine cellar), then use it for living, as long as you don't mind not having electricity, water and plumbing.

[gardener86]

Zemljišče je v občini tolmin. Hvala za spletna mesta.

[spirou]

No sane person would grant a building permit on farm land in an area where abandoned (farm) houses possibly outnumber those still occupied. How about finding one of those and fixing it?

[gardener86]

Takšno stavbo sem že uredil.

[grmovje.travca]

Maybe there is a way. If you plant a wineyard, you can build a wineyard cottage (zidanica).

[BojanF]

If your site has an existing building, then the site might not be zoned as farmland, but as "dispersed settlement". However, that might not help you because the municipality of Tolmin has very conservative zoning rules for "dispersed settlements". You can't even convert an existing non-residential building into a residential one, so the existing building would have to be a residential one.

Furthermore, the zoning rules in Tolmin don't permit construction of any new buildings in "dispersed settlement" zones, not even to replace previously demolished ones, so you would need to keep at least the foundation of the existing building as well as the same dimensions so that the new build would not count as a new build, but merely as a "reconstruction" of the existing building.