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The professional sphere accepts the proposed structure of building offices as a compromise. The new Building Act which is currently being prepared by the MRD must first of all bring acceleration of building permits simplification of the administration that accompanies it today and systemic pressure to meet deadlines. All those who comment on the new Building Act are in agreement. However the proposed creation of the State Building Administration and the subsequent agreement with the Union of Towns and Municipalities which envisages the establishment of the State Building Administration at the level of the regions and the Supreme Building Office triggered a great discussion. At the level of municipalities with extended powers it wants to keep the construction proceedings in delegated powers as it has been so far.Therefore at todays meeting of the Minister for Regional Development practitioners - representatives of construction companies associated in SPS or HK R representatives of local governments of the Association of Towns and Municipalities and professional chambers discussed how the currently negotiated compromise with delegated powers in municipalities with extended activities and state administration in regions and central level on the structure of building offices will be put into practice. They agree that this is a compromise. However they urged the Minister not to make further concessions. I am glad that experts from all possible areas of practice find agreement. The new Building Act is a very complex standard and as such it affects a number of entities that often have different interests. A compromise is needed but it is only possible to a certain extent. If we wanted to fully satisfy 100 percent we would never move out of place explained Minister Klra Dostlov.About 300 building offices will be preserved in the municipalitiesAfter the adoption of the new Building Act it will no longer be necessary for citizens and investors to have to wait for a building authority employee to recover or return from vacation. Recodification of construction law also addresses the so-called substitutability of officials which is a major problem today. Of the 714 building authorities 17 percent are single-headed - only one person works there. In the current model of delegated state administration where the construction agenda is carried out for the state for consideration by the municipality the state cannot help ie to send its official to the place where it is currently missing or where the office permits complicated construction or fails to handle applications.The system now has a total of 13500 officials who cannot help each other. And this leads to a huge delay and non-compliance with deadlines which we could follow for example when processing the application for zoning permit for the Prague Ring Road to Bchovice. The construction for more than ten billion crowns is handled by a tiny office in Uhnves and no one can receive help. Or for example a clerk in Nechanice fell ill the construction office closed and the investor had to wait for him to recover she said. And it must change.In 2021 a new Building Act will come into effect which will bring a new arrangement of building offices. In the municipalities with extended powers the building offices in delegated powers will remain as they have been. These will permit constructions of local significance their definition will be enshrined in the Decree to the Act. The Ministry for Regional Development plans to build on the categorization of buildings already created by firefighters in connection with the new law. Another level of construction administration is represented by regional building offices which will be fully under the direction of the state and their officials will be employed by the state. The affected authorities will be integrated into the regional authorities which today issue binding opinions.The regional construction administration will consist of 14 offices plus one specialized office for reserved buildings which will focus on the most complex construction projects such as motorways. The system will be headed by the Supreme Building Authority which will be the central administrative body and will not be subordinate to any of the ministries. It will be managed by a government-appointed chairman not a politician thereby guaranteeing the maximum independence of the state building administration.In the future approximately 300 building authorities will be permitted to permit construction of local significance bringing the Czech Republic closer to Poland where 396 building authorities will serve nearly four times the territory or Hungary which will manage with 217 building authorities. Building authorities in the first line will remain in municipalities with extended powers but their structure will not copy this network exactly - the criterion will be mainly the availability of building authorities. Some of these building authorities will be able to set up territorial workplaces. Where these construction offices and workplaces will be established is the responsibility of the Ministry of the Interior so the mayors will be able to agree with the Jan Hamek department.It is important for us to comply with several criteria the main ones being the maintenance of local availability of services and staffing of services ie that even at this lowest level officials will be substitutablesaid Klra Dostlov. The Minister calculates that employees of construction authorities in municipalities of the first and second type which will disappear will strengthen the preserved authorities in municipalities and regional construction administration.
