När infaller lovplikten för ridanläggningar? - En studie av skillnaden mellan idrottsplats och idrottsanläggning

Sammanfattning: Knowing whether a riding facility requires a building permit or not is not always straightforward. Neither is it easy to understand how a riding facility compares to a sports field or sports facility. The aim of this thesis is therefore to define the differences between the definitions and understand how the duty of permit is affected by the definition of the riding facility. It is also investigated whether the legislation could be improved. The thesis was performed by primarily studying cases but also text of laws, Swedish Government Official Reports (SOU) and other relevant literature. This thesis concludes that sports fields are defined as areas used for practising ball games or athletics while sports facilities can be utilised by any sport. According to Chapter 6 Article 1 Planning and Building Ordinance (PBF) is defined that sports fields require a building permit but not sports facilities. However, the duty of permit for riding facilities is also tried against other articles which complicates the process. SOU 2021:47 suggests that the legislation can be made easier to comprehend by exclusively using the definition sports facility, to include all types of sports, and only require duty of permit once the outdoor facilities exceed 1 500 square meters. Even though this suggestion could be an improvement for paddocks, riding tracks and riding facilities; there are still some clarifications needed in the legislation regarding indoor riding arena. It needs to be clear when indoor riding arenas required by building permit.