Illegally built Pardubice villa faces demolition

A luxury villa built illegally in Pardubice’s Na Špici park faces demolition after a ruling by local planning authorities, following four years of legal wrangling. The villa was built without seeking planning permission by local resident Miloš Holeček at a cost of 10 million crowns. Its owner appealed to local courts an initial ruling which also found that the building was in breach of local zoning rules, and this has now been upheld, meaning that the demolition must take place within several months. Further, authorities have ruled that Holeček must pay for the demolition himself or face having to pay the price tag for the city arranging the demolition. Holeček claims that local politicians reneged on an earlier promise to change zoning requirements that would make the structure legal. He has now promised to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights over the dispute.

Author: Dominik Jůn