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Key Facts: Slovak Spatial Planner Exam Exam

The authorized spatial planner's scope is defined in § 4b of Act No. 138/1992 Zb.

Spatial planning documentation in Slovakia has five levels under § 18(4) of Act No. 200/2022 Z. z.

The SKA written test lasts 45 minutes and requires at least two-thirds of the questions to be answered correctly.

The SKA examination fee is €350, or €250 for applicants younger than 30.

Spatial-planner candidates need at least three years of supervised practice recorded in the practice logbook.

The portfolio must contain at least two works that required a processor's activity under § 14 of Act No. 200/2022 Z. z.

The public may comment on a draft spatial plan for at least 45 days under § 31(5) of Act No. 200/2022 Z. z.

The examination is held in Slovak, and the public debate may also be held in Czech.

The SKA spatial-planner exam has a 45-minute written test on planning law passed with two-thirds correct and a public portfolio debate of up to 30 minutes, held in Slovak, for a €350 fee.

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1Under § 6(2) of Act No. 200/2022 Z. z., which bodies are spatial planning authorities (orgány územného plánovania)?

A.The Ministry of Environment, district offices and municipalities

B.The Office, municipalities and self-governing regions

C.Building authorities, regional offices and the Chamber of Architects

D.The government, the regional courts and the land offices

Explanation: Section 6(2) names the Office for Spatial Planning and Construction of the Slovak Republic (Úrad) and the territorial self-government bodies, namely municipalities and self-governing regions, as spatial planning authorities. In military districts the Ministry of Defence performs the planning authority's tasks (§ 6(3)).

2Under § 7(1) of Act No. 200/2022 Z. z., what is the Office for Spatial Planning and Construction of the Slovak Republic (Úrad pre územné plánovanie a výstavbu SR)?

A.An advisory body of the Ministry of Environment, based in Banská Bystrica

B.A professional chamber of planners with compulsory membership

C.The central state body for planning, construction and expropriation

D.A department of the Ministry of Transport responsible only for road planning

Explanation: Section 7(1) establishes the Office as the central state administration body for spatial planning, construction and expropriation, with its seat in Bratislava. Its regional offices also exercise state administration in these areas (§ 7(2)), and the Office runs the information system for spatial planning and construction.

3Which list gives the levels (stupne) of spatial planning documentation in § 18(4) of Act No. 200/2022 Z. z.?

A.KÚRS, regional development concept, microregional plan, municipal plan, zonal plan

B.KÚRS, the regional spatial plan (ÚP VÚC), municipal plan, zonal plan and urban study

C.National plan, regional plan, district plan, municipal plan

D.Spatial prognosis, regional plan, municipal plan, zonal regulation plan

Explanation: Section 18(4) sets five levels: the Koncepcia územného rozvoja Slovenska, the Koncepcia územného rozvoja regiónu, the microregional plan, the municipal plan and the zonal plan. Each amendment of a level is also spatial planning documentation of that level (§ 18(5)).

4A municipal plan's binding part contradicts the binding part of the regional development concept. What follows under § 18(3) of Act No. 200/2022 Z. z.?

A.The municipal plan prevails, because it is more detailed

B.Both documents remain valid until a court decides

C.The regional concept must be amended within six months

D.The municipal plan is invalid in the conflicting part

Explanation: Section 18(3) states that the binding part of higher-level documentation binds lower levels, and the binding part of a lower level must comply with it, otherwise it is invalid in that part. For binding opinions, the region is competent where the municipal plan conflicts with the regional concept (§ 24(5)).

5Under § 18(7) of Act No. 200/2022 Z. z., what forms the binding part of a microregional, municipal or zonal plan?

A.A regulation drawing and regulating sheets

B.A land-use map and a list of approved building permits

C.A written report on the plan's consultation only

D.The environmental report and the expert opinion

Explanation: Section 18(7) requires spatial planning documentation to be prepared electronically in text and graphic form, with an informative and a binding part. The binding part of microregional, municipal and zonal plans contains a regulation drawing (regulačný výkres) with spatial and functional regulation and regulating sheets (regulačné listy) for the individual spatial-functional units.

6Under § 34(6) of Act No. 200/2022 Z. z., how is the Koncepcia územného rozvoja Slovenska approved?

A.By the National Council as an act of parliament

B.By the Office for Spatial Planning by decision

C.By the government by regulation (nariadenie)

D.By the President on the government's proposal

Explanation: Section 34(6) provides that the government approves the Koncepcia územného rozvoja Slovenska, including its amendments, by regulation. The Office procures and consults it and submits it to the government, and every four years prepares a report on its state (§ 9(1)(a)).

7Under § 34(7) of Act No. 200/2022 Z. z., who approves a regional development concept and a microregional plan, and in what form is their binding part declared?

A.The government, by regulation

B.The self-governing region, by generally binding ordinance

C.The Office, by decision published in the Collection of Laws

D.Each municipality concerned, by council resolution only

Explanation: Section 34(7) states that the self-governing region approves the regional development concept and the microregional plan, including amendments, together with a generally binding ordinance (všeobecne záväzné nariadenie) declaring their binding part. Municipal and zonal plans are approved by the municipality in the same way (§ 34(8)).

8Under § 34(8) of Act No. 200/2022 Z. z., how does a municipality approve its municipal or zonal plan?

A.By the mayor's decision after a public hearing has been held

B.By a referendum of the municipality's residents

C.By decision of the regional office for spatial planning and construction

D.Its council approves it together with an ordinance on the binding part

Explanation: Section 34(8) provides that the municipality approves the municipal and zonal plan, including their amendments, together with a generally binding ordinance declaring their binding part. Approving ordinances is a power of the municipal council, and the approved plan is then published in the information system's register of planning documentation (§ 34(5)).

9Under § 21(2) of Act No. 200/2022 Z. z., who procures a microregional plan (územný plán mikroregiónu)?

A.The region, per its concept or at several municipalities' request

B.The Office for Spatial Planning, for any area it chooses to plan

C.Any single municipality, also covering its neighbours' territory

D.The district office, as part of a land consolidation procedure

Explanation: Section 21(2) makes the self-governing region the procurer, on the basis of the area defined for a microregional plan in the regional development concept, or by agreement at the request of several municipalities. Cooperation and cost-sharing are set out in a contract between the region and the municipalities concerned.

10Under § 22(1) of Act No. 200/2022 Z. z., when does a municipality's duty to have its own municipal plan cease?

A.When the municipality has fewer than 500 inhabitants

B.When the region approves its regional development concept

C.When a microregional plan covers its whole territory

D.When no building has been permitted there for ten years

Explanation: Section 22(1) obliges every municipality to have a municipal plan, but the duty ceases if its whole territory forms part of a microregional plan. A town's plan is called the town plan, and the plans of Bratislava and Košice are called metropolitan plans.

About the Slovak Spatial Planner Exam Exam

Independent study practice for the authorization examination that the Slovak Chamber of Architects (Slovenská komora architektov, SKA) holds under § 21 of Act No. 138/1992 Zb. for future authorized spatial planners (autorizovaný územný plánovač, § 4b). Authorized spatial planners may act as processors (spracovateľ) of spatial planning materials and documentation under § 14 of Act No. 200/2022 Z. z.; the category opens this role to qualified experts without architectural education, while authorized architects keep the same rights. Applicants need recognized education (the Chamber lists, for example, second-degree studies in architecture and urbanism or spatial planning at STU), at least three years of practice under an authorized architect or spatial planner recorded in the practice logbook, and a portfolio with at least two works that required a processor's activity. The examination starts with a non-public 45-minute written test, passed with at least two-thirds correct, followed by a public debate of usually up to 30 minutes. It is held in Slovak; the public debate may also be held in Czech. The fee is €350 (€250 under age 30). This bank of English-language multiple-choice questions is a study adaptation of the spatial planning law and decrees on the Chamber's list for the examination; it is not an official translation and does not simulate the written test or replace practising the oral defence.

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Assessment

Written test (non-public, 45 minutes, at least two-thirds correct to continue) on the knowledge needed by a processor of spatial planning materials and documentation, followed by a public debate (verejná rozprava, usually up to 30 minutes) before an examination senate of at least five members, graded 'vyhovel' or 'nevyhovel'.

Time Limit

45 minutes (written test) + usually up to 30 minutes (public debate)

Passing Score

At least two-thirds of the written-test questions answered correctly, and a 'vyhovel' (passed) grade in the public debate

Exam / Certification Fees

€350 (€250 for applicants under 30); €150 for first entry in the register

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No official weighting; 40 of 100 practice questions

Zákon o územnom plánovaní č. 200/2022 Z. z. (Spatial Planning Act)

Planning authorities and the Office, levels of documentation and their approval, qualified procurers and processors, the assignment, preparatory work, consultation periods and dispute resolution, approval deadlines, reports on the state of plans, initiatives and costs, building freezes, the information system and transitional rules.

No official weighting; 26 of 100 practice questions

Obsah a štandardy územnoplánovacej dokumentácie (Content and Standards of Plans)

Spatial studies, assignments, scales, regulating sheets and drawings, basic and optional regulatives under Decree No. 392/2023 Z. z., data standards and reference systems under Decree No. 153/2024 Z. z., and walking distances, permeability and placement rules under Decree No. 69/2024 Z. z.

No official weighting; 18 of 100 practice questions

Zákon č. 138/1992 Zb. a predpisy SKA (Act on Authorized Architects and Chamber Rules)

Scope of an authorized spatial planner under § 4b and its relation to architects, education, practice and portfolio requirements, written-test rules, the examination commission, fees, copyright status of planning documentation, ethics and information duties.

No official weighting; 16 of 100 practice questions

Životné prostredie, pamiatky a limity územia (Environment, Heritage and Territorial Limits)

Strategic environmental assessment of plans under Act No. 24/2006 Z. z., Natura 2000, national park protection zones, monument protection, inundation areas under Act No. 7/2010 Z. z., mandatory background materials, special areas and infrastructure data.

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Passing score: At least two-thirds of the written-test questions answered correctly, and a 'vyhovel' (passed) grade in the public debate
Assessment: Written test (non-public, 45 minutes, at least two-thirds correct to continue) on the knowledge needed by a processor of spatial planning materials and documentation, followed by a public debate (verejná rozprava, usually up to 30 minutes) before an examination senate of at least five members, graded 'vyhovel' or 'nevyhovel'.
Time limit: 45 minutes (written test) + usually up to 30 minutes (public debate)
Exam / certification fees: €350 (€250 for applicants under 30); €150 for first entry in the register Official sources

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Slovak Spatial Planner Exam: Suggested Study Strategy

1Learn the five levels of spatial planning documentation under § 18(4) of Act No. 200/2022 Z. z. and who procures and approves each of them.

2Map the procurement steps: report on the state, assignment, preparatory work, draft, consultation (45 days for the public, 30 for authorities), opinions before approval and publication.

3Know the roles of the qualified procurer (odborne spôsobilá osoba) and the processor (spracovateľ), and why one person cannot be both.

4Study Decree No. 392/2023 Z. z. for scales, regulating sheets and the basic and optional regulatives, and Decree No. 153/2024 Z. z. for data standards.

5Prepare to explain in the public debate how you handled SEA, affected authorities and public comments in the planning works in your portfolio.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is an authorized spatial planner in Slovakia?

An authorized spatial planner is a person entered in the SKA list of authorized spatial planners under §§ 3(3) and 4b of Act No. 138/1992 Zb. They may process spatial planning materials and documentation, prepare the analysis and synthesis of territorial data and the problem drawing, propose the urban concept and coordinate collaborating specialists, acting as processor under § 14 of Act No. 200/2022 Z. z.

Do architects also need this authorization to prepare spatial plans?

No. An authorized architect's scope under § 4 of Act No. 138/1992 Zb. already includes processing spatial planning documentation and the services of spatial planners. The spatial-planner authorization opens the processor role to experts with other relevant education.

What are the admission requirements?

Applicants need education recognized under §§ 16 to 16c of the Act, at least three years of practice under an authorized architect or spatial planner recorded in the practice logbook, a portfolio with at least two works that required a processor's activity under § 14 of Act No. 200/2022 Z. z., a criminal-record extract and the €350 fee (€250 under age 30).

How is the examination organized?

A non-public written test of 45 minutes checks knowledge of the laws and standards a processor of spatial planning documentation needs and is passed with at least two-thirds correct. Candidates who pass then defend their portfolio in a public debate of usually up to 30 minutes, graded 'vyhovel' or 'nevyhovel'.

Is this practice bank official, and what language is the real exam in?

No. This bank is independent English-language multiple-choice practice prepared by OpenExamPrep; it is not an official translation or a past paper and does not simulate the oral defence. The examination is held in Slovak, and the public debate may also be held in Czech.