Czech Physical Planning at the Crossroads: Towards the Regulation of Large-Scale Retail Developments?

Abstract

The second half of the 1990s saw a dynamic development of Czech retailing and its spatial structure. Recent massive development of large-area commercial outlets in particular has revealed some problematic aspects and has also raised the question of whether their construction needs to be regulated. The role of local government in the decision processes concerning such developments is extremely weak and these processes are also complicated by a notably high level of bureaucracy. Although legislative documents proclaim the concept of sustainability as a key principle of future spatial development, its practical application will always depend on the will of the individual participants in the negotiation process. The authors argue that if a regulative approach to planning is chosen in the Czech Republic, planning offices must be respected bodies with enforceable rights and bound to act as strong authorities and effective agents of spatial plnning.

Analysis of Regulation of Residential Suburbanisation in Hinterland of Post-socialist ‘One Hundred Thousands’ City of České Budějovice

“…The mayors in the beginning did not know how to negotiate with the developers so that the developers would also build something more for the suburbs and the municipality. The developers had and still have a well worked-out strategy of promises and holding back or trivialisation of the future problems (Baše, Cílek, 2005;Spilková, Perlín, 2010). It was not until later when the practice of a gratuitous transfer of infrastructure, built by developers, to the municipal property was introduced.…”

“…The spatial planning of regions, municipalities and settlements and the subsequent permissions for the constructions of infrastructure and single build-ings in the Czech Republic has got a tradition and a certain quality (Maier, 1998;Nedović-Budić, 2001;Spilková, Perlín, 2010). The most important document of this planning is the municipal spatial plan.…”

“…Hoffman (1994) or Maier (1998) pointed out these facts in the 1990s. In the new millennium this topic has been professionally discussed in detail by Maier (2001), Nedović-Budić (2001), and Spilková and Perlín (2010).…”

Časoprostorové modely nákupního chování české populace

“…Začínají se ovšem objevovat i studie řešící mj. environmentální dopady výstavby velkoplošných konceptů na území (Koželuh, 2010;Spilková, 2010;Spilková, Perlín, 2010).…”

“…Guy, 1998b;nebo Poole et al, 2002). Oproti tomu tuzemští autoři (Spilková, 2010;Spilková, Perlín, 2010) opakovaně poukazují, že ačkoliv už i některé bývalé země východního bloku podobná opatření přijaly, v ČR dosud absentuje jednotný a efektivní nástroj či opatření pro regulaci velkoplošných maloobchodních zaří-zení mimo zastavěná území (resp. regulaci velkoplošných maloobchodních zaří-zení vůbec).…”