Building parcel (st.)
A parcel recorded as “built-up area and courtyard”: the land under a building plus its yard. Its number is often preceded by “st.”.
Under Section 2 of the Czech Cadastral Act, a stavební parcela (building parcel) is land recorded as built-up area and courtyard; all other parcels are land parcels. The term describes how the land is recorded in the register, not whether you may build on it.
How to read it
A cadastral area numbers its parcels either in one series or in two separate series for land and building parcels (Section 10 of Decree No. 357/2013 Coll.). With two series, building parcels carry the prefix “st.”, so “st. 60” and “60” are two different parcels. A document for the land register must then state that it is a building parcel, otherwise it is presumed to be a land parcel (Section 8 of the Cadastral Act). This is why ČÚZK forms ask for the parcel number including “st.”.
A building is normally recorded on a building parcel (Section 11 of the Decree). The area of a building parcel usually covers the land under the house and its courtyard (yard, driveway, small structures), not the whole garden. The garden is often a separate land parcel with a different land type, such as garden or permanent grassland.
What to watch out for
If a listing gives a plot size, compare it with the sum of the areas of all parcels on the title sheet (LV). A difference often arises because one figure includes the garden and the other only the building parcel. Ask the agent; it is not necessarily an error.
Frequently asked questions
Is a building parcel the same as building land?
No. The Cadastral Act does not use the term building land (stavební pozemek). Building land is a concept of building law and of real estate tax and does not match the cadastral building parcel. Whether and what may be built is decided by the zoning plan and the building permit, not by the land type in the register.
Why is the land under a new house still recorded as garden or arable land?
The land type changes only on the basis of documents, typically a survey plan and proof of how the new building may be used (Section 30 of the Cadastral Act). Until the change is entered, the land keeps its original type.
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