Abstract
The uncoordinated construction of the recently emerging large-scale retail outlets has raised a question of whether their construction has to be regulated. Due to the non-existent regulation of retail development on a national level, weak role of the local physical plans and feeble position of building offices compared to retailers and developers, no reference framework for retail development exists.
In the light of these facts, it is obvious that a sensitive regulation tool for retail development is necessary. The paper discuses the results of a survey among the building offices in the Czech Republic focused on the opinions on the need of the introduction of Retail Impact Assessment study.
More than a half of the respondents oppose the RIA study and do not consider it necessary, mainly because they believe that the existing legislative and planning documentation is sufficient for the regulation of the large-scale retail outlets.