The Regional Court should again consider the lawsuit concerning the Ústí zoning plan

Ústí nad Labem - The Regional Court should reconsider the lawsuit against the zoning plan of Ústí nad Labem. This was decided by the Supreme Administrative Court. This was reported by the association Stop the Tunnels, which is involved in the matter of the Ústí zoning plan. The lawsuit was filed last April by a group of affected citizens. They were primarily concerned about the traffic solutions in the zoning plan, which included a system of extensive tunnels and bridges. If these remained in the zoning plan, the potential realization of these structures would endanger or devalue their properties.
    "Yesterday's ruling by the Supreme Administrative Court returned the lawsuit concerning the zoning plan of the city of Ústí nad Labem regarding the definition of the bypass system corridor and the definition of newly buildable areas for new discussion," stated Jana Komínová from the association in a press release. According to her, the decision also includes a definitive rejection of the cassation complaint by Saller Eta Estate CZ, which wanted to build a shopping center on the Střekov waterfront.
    "I am very pleased. The city and its citizens now have hope again for a new and quality zoning plan. For my family and for all affected families, I hope we will gain certainty that our houses will not be demolished because of the tunnel, and we can once again start repairing our properties," said Jan Kvapil, chairman of the civil association Stop the Tunnels. According to him, the Regional Court should now decide in line with this ruling, or rather its justification. This should be known within a few weeks.
    A lawsuit against the zoning plan was filed by a group of affected citizens in April 2012 to the Regional Court in Ústí nad Labem. The petitioners considered submitting a proposal for the complete annulment of the zoning plan, but in an effort to avoid excessive impacts, they decided to propose to the court only four basic steps: the annulment of the tunnel and bridge system, the annulment of the bypass of the municipality of Strážky, the annulment of all new building plots on more than 600 different areas, and the annulment of the definition of three plots in lower Střekov, where an investor wants to build a shopping center.
    "In July of the same year (2012), the regional court accepted the lawsuit on points 2 and 4, while from our perspective, it kept the most serious points 1 and 3 in effect. For this reason, a cassation complaint was immediately filed to the Supreme Administrative Court, whose decision petitioners waited for more than a year," Komínová stated.