Praha will begin preparing a new territorial plan

Prague - The Prague City Hall will begin preparing a new zoning plan for the metropolis. The plan determines how individual parcels can be used. The current construction law requires municipalities to develop new zoning plans by 2012. Prague could have the document four years earlier, said Mayor's Deputy Rudolf Blažek (ODS) to reporters after today's city council meeting.
    "This is a fundamental conceptual document that will define the development of Prague for the coming years. We are accelerating work on it because the current plan already requires changes regardless of the obligation set by the construction law," said Blažek. The City Hall promises that both citizens of Prague and various associations will be able to present their proposals and comments.
    The current zoning plan for Prague has been in effect for seven years, during which hundreds of changes have been made. The approval of the document was accompanied by protests from environmental and civic associations, with some proposals objected to by the Ministry of the Environment and local councils from various city districts. The plan is valid until 2010.