We interpret conservation areas as areas designated on the basis of clauses §5 and §6 of Act No. 20/1987 Coll., on State Heritage Preservation, as amended, i.e. heritage zones and heritage reservations.
For increased protection of conservation areas, i.e. heritage zones (PZ) and heritage reservations (PR), heritage buffer zones can be declared in said areas according to §17 of the above Act.
How to find out if the scheme touches on conservation areas or their buffer zones?
On the websites www.npu.cz → MonumNet → Signpost IISPP (GIS, archaeological data, MIS) → Meta Information System (MIS) → document search
Example: Plzeň → result: urban heritage reservation (MPR) → does not have a buffer zone
How to find out the preservation conditions designated for conservation areas, or as the case may be, conditions designated for their buffer zones?
On the websites www.npu.cz → MonumNet → Signpost IISPP (GIS, archaeological data, MIS) → Meta Information System (MIS) → document search
Example: Plzeň MPR → result:
Document description: Decree of the Government of Czechoslovakia No. 54/1989 Sb. of 19.4.1989 - declaration of the historical centres of Kolin, Plzeň, Brno, Lipnik nad Bečvou and Přibor as heritage reservations, parts 1 & 2
Where to source the information above if not found on www.npu.cz?
Email your query to edis@up.npu.cz or up@up.npu.cz.
What is the next step when planning new buildings in conservation areas?
- Expert assistance in preparing designs and technical drawings is available at every branch of the National Heritage Institute
- NPU Directory
What to avoid?
It is necessary to submit the design of the new building and ensuing preparation work, including project documentation, for consultation with the relevant local National Heritage Institute expert right from the beginning.
What does one gain?
You thus avoid the typical mistakes made by many applicants who contact the National Heritage Institute with requests for written expert opinions on already finished project documentation, which contains insufficient consideration for the interests of heritage management. We cannot deliver a positive standpoint on such documentation, and as a rule it will have to be partly or totally redrafted.
If you communicate with the NPU right from the beginning of your design, you will save time for yourself, the architect and the Institute, who will then have enough scope to consult on your design. Furthermore, you will save financial resources (by not having to considerably modify the documentation)
Links:
Supplement to the magazine Bulletin of Heritage Management, volume 60 - The Principles of Urban Heritage Conservation, K. Kuča, V. Kučova, State Institute for Heritage Preservation, Prague 2000
Specialist and methodical publication - New Buildings in Conservation Areas, K. Kuča, V. Kučova, K. Kibic, National Heritage Institute, Central Branch, Prague 2004
Key Words:
- Heritage reservation
- Heritage zone
- Heritage buffer zone
- Project documentation