Demolition site (land use)
A land-use code for a building parcel whose building was demolished or is a ruin. It stays recorded as built-up area and courtyard.
According to the annex to Czech Decree No. 357/2013 Coll., a zbořeniště (demolition site) is land with a demolished building or a ruin. In the land register it is a land-use code recorded under the land type built-up area and courtyard. The parcel therefore remains a building parcel, even though no recorded building stands on it.
How to read it
According to the ČÚZK code list, built-up area and courtyard can carry only three land uses: shared courtyard, demolition site and solar power plant. If no building or water structure is recorded on a building parcel, the parcel must have a land use. A demolition site therefore typically marks a place where a building used to stand and was deleted from the register.
For a property on sale, a demolition site often marks where a barn, stable or older house used to stand. The register says nothing about the state of the ground, rubble or whether you may build there again.
What it means
- Whether and what may be built is set by the zoning plan and the building permit, not by the land use in the register.
- For Czech real estate tax, the land belongs to the built-up area and courtyard group (Section 5a of Act No. 338/1992 Coll.). Since no taxable building stands on it, its whole area is taxed as land.
- A demolition site is not agricultural land, so the register gives it no soil quality code (BPEJ).
What to watch out for
If there is actually a building or a well-kept garden on a recorded demolition site, the register does not match reality. A new building is entered in the register on the basis of a survey plan and proof of its permitted use (Section 30 of the Cadastral Act). Ask the agent or the seller, or see land register discrepancies.
Frequently asked questions
Why is a demolition site a building parcel when nothing stands there?
Because the register records it as built-up area and courtyard, and under Section 2 of the Cadastral Act every plot of that type is a building parcel. It does not mean the land is designated for building.
Is a demolition site the same as a castle ruin?
It can be a ruin. The Decree covers land with a demolished building as well as land with a ruin, regardless of its age or importance.
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The explanation is general and informative, not legal advice. Binding are the land register, the zoning plan and other official sources.