In Dvůr Králové, a treatment center is being built without a building permit

Dvur Kralove nad Labem - A private long-term care health facility is being built in Dvur Kralove in the Trutnov region without a building permit. The investor and builder of the institute, which has a capacity of 164 beds, is the Dvorská Stavební společnost Žižka. In March, they requested sufficient construction permission from the building authority. The building authority subsequently initiated two administrative proceedings, one for the issuance of an additional building permit and one for the removal of the building. The construction is not in accordance with the city's zoning plan. CTK discovered this today at the Dvur city hall and from the construction company.

According to the city hall spokesperson Miroslava Kameníková, the outcome of the administrative proceedings cannot be anticipated at this time. She informed CTK that the building authority issued a call to stop construction work on May 16. Regarding the non-compliance of the building with the zoning plan, the spokesperson stated that the city is currently addressing a change to the zoning plan. "If this change succeeds, it would be possible to build the facility," the spokesperson said. The case has been highlighted by Czech Television.

The institute complex is a two-winged building that connects to the former villa of the textile company Tiba. The rough construction is currently completed. The company Žižka has a building permit for the reconstruction of the villa, which previously served as a kindergarten. They also have permission for landscaping around the villa.

According to Vladislav Žižka, the managing director and co-owner of the construction company, the still unfinished change to the zoning plan is the reason why the company does not have a building permit for the construction. "We applied for the change to the zoning plan in March 2018. We started construction on both wings this February, and in March we requested an additional building permit. I believed that we would be able to resolve the change to the zoning plan in time so that we could complete the building with the additionally acquired permit as planned," Žižka told CTK.

The company had planned to complete the entire construction at the turn of 2019 and 2020 so that it could start operating in 2020. The construction of both wings of the building is currently halted; according to him, the company is only working on the reconstruction of the villa. "It is an unpleasant situation that we did not want to find ourselves in. We have no choice but to wait for the change to the zoning plan," he said. He did not disclose the financial costs of the project nor did he comment on how much money his company has spent so far.

The operator of the healthcare facility should be the company Vividus East as the tenant of the property. Its managing director and minority co-owner is Dvorský entrepreneur Michal Karadzos. "The facility should offer clients long-term nursing care. Part of the capacity should consist of social beds, and part should be for patients with dementia," said Karadzos. According to him, Vividus East believes that the investor will deal with the situation and complete the construction. The facility should create about 90 jobs, and basic care should be covered by health insurance.

The last major case of construction without a permit in the region is in Hradec Králové, where the company CTP Invest began building a warehouse complex at the end of 2014 at a cost of 250 million crowns. The construction has been halted since March 2015. In April, the company agreed with the city that in exchange for a compensation of 15 million crowns, the city would provide them with land for the access road, which is a condition for issuing an additional building permit.