A new Metropolitan Plan has been issued, and citizens can comment on the development of the city
“I would dare to say that the Metropolitan Plan is the most important document for the entire development of our city in the coming decades,” says Mayor Zdeněk Hřib (Pirates).
In addition to the areas for the construction of new buildings, the document also states in the whole territory of the capital where the other roads and transport infrastructure will lead and in which places the facilities serving the public, such as schools or hospitals, will stand.
Once approved, the permit is to serve as a basis for the building authority, which will issue building permits based on it.
The inhabitants of Prague can now examine the form of the document and, in the event of disagreement with the development of the city in a certain area, submit it to the Metropolitan Plan.
“By June 30, it will be possible to plan to comment, either offline, but mainly electronically,” the mayor adds.
The metropolis will then evaluate all comments and submit a document to the municipal council for approval. The exact date of the vote on the plan has not yet been determined.
Comments from Praguers
The city published the draft Metropolitan Plan on its website metropolitniplan.praha.eu. It is possible that you get not only the future shape of Prague, but also the opportunity to click on the Prague Portal, which is used to submit online comments.
After logging in to the portal via the citizen’s identity or data box, people can easily access the drawings or plan text via the interface.
Similarly, an objection to the plan can be submitted, but you can only send the land and building owners of the proposals in question, as opposed to comments that can be filled in by anyone.
Comments on the first version of the Metropolitan Plan in 2018
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The Center for Urban Architecture and Planning (CAMP) in the grounds of the Emmaus Monastery offers help with orientation in the Metropolitan Plan and an explanation of its basic principles as part of the exhibition “This is the Plan!”.
It opened on Tuesday and will be open to the public until June 30. Here, people can get acquainted with the documentation, ask specific questions to the developers and developers of the plan, or submit a comment on the spot.
An obsolete metropolis
The currently valid zoning plan was approved by the city’s representatives in 1999, but work had begun on it earlier. Therefore, the current document actually comes from 1994, which is the same year in which the Škoda Felicia began to be sold.
Four years ago, Prague presented the new Metropolitan Plan to the public for the first time. The residents, the ministry and the authorities then submit their comments, which the city has now evaluated and incorporated into the now-updated, updated version.
“The Metropolitan Plan inevitably needs Prague. Firstly, because the operation of the current one is incredibly expensive, but above all because Prague can maintain its health and sustainability and at the same time the current values of the city are much better protected, “says Petr Hlaváček (United Forces / TOP09).
Protection of housing estates and gardens
The basic idea of the new zoning plan is to set a clear city boundary so that it does not expand further into the landscape. At the same time, the document defines a new area where new flats will be located. A large part of them include urban brownfields, such as the Žižkov Freight Station, Bubny – Zátory or Nový Smíchov.
According to the new design, Prague is also planning a construction transformation in the vicinity of Slatina and Pod Bohdalcem, in the vicinity of Rohanský Island, Kolbenova, Nová Harfa and Nové Dvůr.
Rough construction completed. Smíchov City is the largest commercial project in the Czech Republic today |
Compared to the existing zoning plan, the metropolis should also better protect the greenery of the settlement, the character of individual districts or address the unstoppability of parks and their new proposals.
For example, in Prague 12, the construction-untouchable green area will cover 127 hectares, which is approximately 211 football pitches.
Prague also counts on building a city of “short distances” and developing services for residents and more remote parts of the metropolis. The new Metropolitan Plan also lists important sites, such as gardening colonies or housing estates.
“A complete novelty is the panorama and protection of horizons or even height regulation of buildings throughout the territory of Prague, the city has so far lacked regulation,” adds Hlaváček.