Town hall monitoring: how not to miss a zoning change after you buy
Watching doesn’t end at purchase. The municipality may change the zoning plan, discuss a planning study or a project next door — and objections have short deadlines. Town hall monitoring in Podklad watches the municipality’s sources for you and links new findings to the parcels of your study.
A real sample study: parcels in the Droždín cadastral area near Olomouc. Create your own study from an address, a listing or by picking a parcel on the map.
What actually changes at the town hall
The official notice board (úřední deska), zoning plan changes, planning studies, public hearings, road and utility projects and minutes of local committees. Each of these documents can change a plot’s value or usability — and most residents only hear about them after the objection deadline.
How town hall monitoring in Podklad works
You don’t need a study: on the monitoring page you pick parcels directly on the map (or turn on watching for your own study), and every 6 hours Podklad goes through the notice board, committee minutes and the municipality’s planning sources. Findings from all your watches land in one feed in your account; deadlines within 30 days are highlighted as urgent. A watch costs 1 credit / month.
It’s a Beta. We don’t send email alerts yet — you can save the “email me when something changes” choice on a watch, and meanwhile you’ll find findings in the app. Every finding links to the town hall’s official document, not a summary without a source.
- Open town hall monitoring in your account and add a watch from the map, or turn on watching for a study
- Check that the study’s parcels match the cadastre
- Keep an eye on findings and deadlines in your account
- Always open the municipality’s official document for a finding
- Submit objections within the deadline stated in the document
Why checking the municipality’s website now and then isn’t enough
Documents are scattered across the notice board, the geoportal, committees and the archive; file names often mention neither the parcel nor the locality. Manual checking works for the first week. Watching makes sense precisely because changes arrive irregularly — and deadlines run even when you’re not looking.
Real-world example
Droždín: a planning study and an objection deadline
On the Droždín sample study, town hall monitoring shows a real finding: a planning study for the locality proposing a footpath across parcel no. 1111, with an objection deadline of 26 Oct 2026. It is not general city news — the finding is tied to specific parcels of the study. That is exactly how watching should work for your plot too.
Open the Droždín sample studyFAQ
How much does town hall monitoring cost?
1 credit / month per watch (parcels from a study, or picked on the map). Credits aren’t charged automatically yet — we’ll get in touch before the first charge. The study preview is free.
Does monitoring send emails?
Not yet. On a watch you can tick that you want emails; for now findings are shown with the study and in your account. We’ll switch on sending once the text is approved.
How often are sources checked?
Every 6 hours we go through the municipality’s watched sources and compare new documents with the study’s parcels.
Does watching replace legal help?
No. A finding is an alert with a link to the official document. Handle comments, objections and next steps according to the document, or with a lawyer.
Check your own address or parcel
The study preview is free, no sign-in needed. A full study costs 1 credit, no subscription.
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