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Building Permits Granted

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Methodological note
This statistical information is based on the results obtained by the processing of the Stav 2-12 questionnaire and includes numbers of building permits granted on the territory of the Czech Republic as well as of dwellings that ceased to exist thereon.

Building permit lays down binding conditions for the implementation and use of a construction as stipulated by Section 66 of the Act No. 83/1998 Coll., amending the Act No. 501976 Coll., on Town and Country Planning and the Building Code (the Building Act) as last amended (Sections 117, 120, 121).

Approximate value of constructions includes total costs, including technology, at current prices, spent on the preparation, implementation and commissioning of constructions.

New construction includes new structure, new construction Work, irrespective of whether it has been built up before, without regard to its technical construction execution, purpose and duration.

Renewals and enhancement include:
  1. top extensions which raise the height of a construction,
  2. side extensions (annexes) which enlarge the plan view of a construction,
  3. building modifications (built-in extensions) which maintain the plan view as well as height dimensions of a construction.

Building is an above-the-ground construction integral in space, largely enclosed with external walls and a roof structure on its top.

Environmental protection refers to construction projects implemented to control air and water pollution, dispose of and recover waste, reclaim soil, and reduce the impact of physical factors on the environment.

Residential buildings are constructions designed for housing with the function of housing prevailing and family houses (Decree of the Ministry of Regional Development No. 137/98 Coll., Section 3 (b)(c). The family house is a construction designed for housing, whose building arrangement corresponds to requirements for family housing. Over half the usable floor area of rooms and spaces is designed for housing. Such house may accommodate not more than three separate dwelling units and not more than two above-the-ground levels and one under-the-ground level and an attic.

Dwelling is a set of rooms or, as appropriate, one room whose technical constructional arrangement and equipment meet requirements for permanent housing and is designed for this purpose of use.

Habitable room is part of a dwelling (especially living room, bedroom, dining room) which meets requirements of the Decree No. 137/98 Coll., of the Ministry for Regional Development, It is designed for permanent housing and its smallest floor area is 8 m2; where a dwelling consists of one room only, its floor area shall be at least 16 m2 (or 20 m2 on the territory of the capital city of Prague).

Building modification refers to changes in constructions already completed and before their completion as stipulated Section 139(b)/3,4 of the Act 83/1998 Coll., on Town and Country Planning and the Building Code (Building Act) and then to changes in the use of constructions (Decree No 133/98 Coll., of the Ministry for Regional Development, Section 36).

Removal of constructions is carried out in accordance with Section 88 of the ACT no. 83/1998 Coll., (Building Act).