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An amendment to the Building Act under discussion in the Czech Parliament
A draft bill submitted by the government to amend Building Act 183/2006 and related legislation was discussed by the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic after the first reading on 26 October 2016. The draft bill was passed for a second reading and sent for discussion in parliamentary committees. The guarantor of the draft bill is the Committee for Public Administration and Regional Development. The bill was also sent for discussion by the Committee for the Environment and the Committee of Economy.
The national programme Support for Spatial Planning of Municipalities and its subsidy title Spatial Plan, by Eva Fialová, Ilona Kunešová
On 7 October 2016 the Minister for Regional Development announced a call for applications for subsidies with potential multiannual financing as part of Spatial Plan, a subsidy title of the national programme Support for Spatial Planning of Municipalities for the year 2017. The deadline for these applications is 30 December 2016.
Subsidies for the elaboration and use of spatial development documents from the Integrated Regional Operational Programme, by Eva Fialová, Ilona Kunešová
The deadline for applications following calls for spatial plans, alterations to these, regulatory plans and planning studies within the specific objective 3.3. of the Integrated Regional Operational Programme, concerning the elaboration and use of spatial development documents, is approaching. These applications must be submitted by 31 March 2017.
Garden architecture and landscape planning in the context of mass housing estates built in the second half of the 20th century, by Anna Magni
This article, focused on aspects of garden architecture and landscape planning in the context of the mass housing estate zones that originated between the 1960s and 1980s, takes a fresh look at the relation between housing construction and elements representing nature and landscape in urban settings. Based on an analysis of selected objects as well as interviews with those who designed these housing estates and my own field research in particular, this article comments on various ways of managing greenery and open vegetation in housing estates. On one hand, traditional urban constituents such as streets, squares, courtyards and parks are absent, while on the other, a new type of continuous green setting and modifications to this can be found in housing estate zones. In this context, the concept of urban landscape is discussed in this article. Examples are generalized in the form of six basic types of the relation between built-up areas and the landscape. This typology can be used for prospective management of the exterior of mass housing estates as well as for simple understanding of the green setting of housing areas.
A few contributions ensuing from the 20th National Conference on Spatial Planning and the Building Code, by Zdeňka Fialová, Karel Maier, Vladimír Dujka & Jiří Dujka, Želmíra Kalinová
In cooperation with the Institute for Spatial Development, the Ministry for Regional Development held the 20th National Conference on Spatial Planning and the Building Code in November 2015 in Ostrava. Besides reflecting on developments in spatial planning in previous years, the conference witnessed contributions on the preparation of an amendment to the Building Act, problems of sustainable spatial development, subsidies for spatial planning, policies of spatial development, architecture and building culture in the Czech Republic, and project documentation. The editors of Urban Planning & Spatial Development asked the speakers for articles based on their presentations so that their contributions could be published in the journal. Four such articles are presented in this issue; all presentations from the conference are available on the website of the Institute for Spatial Development.
Application of the latest amendment to Act 258/2000 on Public Health Protection, in the practice of the Regional Public Health Authority, by Helena Beránková
This article is a commentary by a member of the staff of a body for public health protection (Regional Public Health Authority) on the latest amendment to Act 258/2000 on Public Health Protection. In effect since 1 December 2015, a fundamental change has been made by an addition to §77 of the Act entrusting health officers with the assessment of the position of new buildings that require noise protection (residential, medical and educational premises) in locations where noise is already at a high level. This creates additional work for Departments of General and Municipal Health Protection at Public Health Authorities, as they have to produce obligatory reports for each new building. The principle is correct, however: the builder must be more responsible when making decisions on where and under which conditions he/she wants to live if the immediate surroundings are already used for certain purposes. Another important change is the transfer to the municipalities of responsibility for possible nuisance caused by performance of loud music in public areas. Municipal authorities must now consider whether residents and visitors wish to be entertained or consider the noise a nuisance.