Where Prague will build
Prague’s new zoning plan says where new buildings may go up and where everything should stay as it is. Which neighbourhoods new construction will affect most, which will stay almost unchanged and how to find the land near a specific building.
What the Metropolitan Plan is
The Metropolitan Plan is Prague’s new zoning plan. It has been in force since September 2026 and replaced the plan from 1999. For every place in the city it says whether building is allowed there, what and how dense.
Most of Prague is stabilised in it: buildings, streets and parks are to stay as they are and may change only bit by bit. Where the plan expects bigger change, it sets out two kinds of land:
- redevelopment: former factories, stations and warehouses where a new neighbourhood is to be built,
- new development on open land: fields and meadows on the edge where nothing has been built so far.
Part of this land may be built on, part is to stay open as a park, sports ground or nature. We count only land that may be built on and is meant for housing. Together it comes to 3 696 ha across Prague’s neighbourhoods.
Neighbourhoods with the most land for housing
The plan allows the most new housing in Vysočany (196.7 ha), Horní Počernice (184.5 ha) and Letňany (138.3 ha).
Where Prague will build new homes
- 196.7 ha for new homes Vysočany Praha 9
- 184.5 ha for new homes Horní Počernice Praha 20
- 138.3 ha for new homes Letňany Praha 18
- 115.3 ha for new homes Chodov Praha 11
- 111.5 ha for new homes Stodůlky Praha 13
- 99.4 ha for new homes Michle Praha 4
- 99.3 ha for new homes Zličín
- 97.5 ha for new homes Ďáblice
- 86.1 ha for new homes Hloubětín Praha 14
- 84.3 ha for new homes Libeň Praha 8
Two kinds of neighbourhood lead the list. Former industrial neighbourhoods, where old sites are being redeveloped, and outer neighbourhoods, where the plan opens fields to new building. In both, thousands more people may live there in a few years than today.
Where there will be almost no building
10 neighbourhoods have no land for new homes in the plan. They are mainly the historic centre and villa neighbourhoods. New flats will appear there at most in gaps between buildings, extra storeys or by rebuilding individual houses.
What it means for housing
Where the plan opens large areas, years of building sites will follow, with more cars and people, but often also new shops, nurseries and connections. If you are buying a flat with a view of a field, check whether that field is marked for new building in the plan. Where everything is stabilised, the view and the street will most likely stay as they are, but few new flats will come onto the market.
You can see the land on the map of every neighbourhood: switch on “Metropolitan Plan” in the map. For a specific address, Check an address shows the nearest land for building within 200 metres. How many flats Prague has already built is shown in the guide Where Prague builds the most. Specific new projects, from plans to finished buildings, are on the map New homes in Prague.
Frequently asked questions
Where will Prague build the most?
The Metropolitan Plan allows the most land for new homes in Vysočany (196.7 ha), Horní Počernice (184.5 ha) and Letňany (138.3 ha). It is mainly former industrial sites and open fields on the edge of the city.
How much new housing does the Metropolitan Plan allow?
Across Prague’s neighbourhoods, 3 696 ha of land that may be built on and is meant for housing. 102 neighbourhoods have land for new homes; 10 have none in the plan.
Where won’t Prague build?
In neighbourhoods the Metropolitan Plan marks as entirely stabilised, only smaller changes are expected: filling gaps between buildings, extra storeys and rebuilding individual houses. No large new groups of buildings will go up there. This applies mainly to the historic centre and villa neighbourhoods.
How do I find out whether there will be building next to my home?
Enter the address in Check an address: for every building in Prague we show the nearest land within 200 metres where the Metropolitan Plan allows building. On the neighbourhood page the map has a “Metropolitan Plan” switch that draws the land.
Does land in the plan mean that something will really be built there?
No. The plan says what is allowed on the land, not when or whether at all. Building starts only when the landowner gets a project through the permit process. Some land waits for decades, other land is already under construction today.