Tallinn’s 2024 budget in the urban planning and heritage conservation sector focuses on planning new kindergartens, valuing historical urban spaces, and modernizing information systems for more efficient and faster planning processes.

For urban planning, 5.6 million euros are allocated for operational costs in the next year. The main tasks include maintaining a unified strategy for the city's spatial development, planning, and living environment. The focus for 2024 is on the learning spaces for early childhood education, especially on kindergartens. Continuing tasks include organizing and monitoring planning processes and offering quality services to residents, and aiming to create a people-centric urban space.

According to Deputy Mayor Madle Lippus, next year's investment focus will be on modernizing several information systems to ensure efficiency and speed in planning processes. "We are in the final stages of a detailed analysis for a new detailed planning registry, with development starting next year. Also, a building supervision module for the Tallinn misdemeanor registry is ready, which we hope to implement next year," Lippus explained.
 
"Along with developing information systems, we are investing in modernizing substantive work processes. Our goal is to become faster, more transparent, and more customer-friendly. Changes in the construction and use permit areas have already shown positive impact – the processing time for building permits has decreased by more than half compared to three years ago, averaging 73 days this year. Next year, we plan to finalize the optimization of detailed planning and design conditions processes and update the building supervision service," explained the Deputy Mayor.

Next year, plans include initiating detailed planning for five significant projects in the city. These include plans for Kivimäe primary school, kindergarten on Lepiku Street, and kindergarten-school on Pikaliiva Street, as well as starting detailed plans for a sports facility on Pae street and Kakumäe’s beach house. The Tallinn Urban Planning Department intends to take on more of the planning work for city-owned buildings, with the Lepiku street kindergarten in Pirita being the first such project.  
 
In collaboration with various authorities and universities, a program will be developed next year aimed at the Avalinn participation center on Kaarli puiestee to raise citizens' awareness of how public spaces and the surrounding living environment are planned, and how residents can participate in shaping the urban space.
 
For heritage conservation, almost two million euros are allocated for 2024. "Compared to this year, it's about 400,000 euros more. The restoration works at Skoone bastion and the renovation of the Dominican Monastery complex, where the St. Catherine’s Church will get a new roof, are budgeted at 1.22 million euros. Over 600,000 euros are planned for the maintenance of the Town Wall and the Toompea support wall, and work will continue at the Pirita monastery ruins," specified Madle Lippus.
 
For the Tallinn Church Renaissance Program, aimed at restoring the city's sanctuaries and their cultural heritage, 380,000 euros are allocated. Additionally, Tallinn continues to support owners of buildings in conservation areas and those protected as monuments in maintaining and contributing to the preservation of architectural heritage. 500,000 euros are reserved in the budget for restoration support.
 
The total amount of Tallinn's 2024 city budget is 1.26 billion euros.