The Board of Examiners overturns building permits (with rigorous testing and recommendations for light medicine, etc.)

“In terms of urban planning, the organization of each area is the same, but the differences in the tools and skills used there are important. The development of urban planning documents, such as the local urban plan (PLU), is so complex that it weakens their legal protection. Urban planning generates significant cases, representing about a third of the administrative courts’ resources. Although the working times for issuing building permits are generally respected, the frequent request for additional documents can cause confusion among applicants. On the professional side, the processes are becoming more and more complex, with random results based on local preferences. The issuing of planning permission introduces biases which this study highlights. We find visibility, especially for real estate developers, of urban planning that is discussed or restricted by “urban planning rules”, or, for individual applicants, requests for other non-mandatory documents during file analysis. Regarding the implementation of urban planning documents, the most surprising thing is the disparity between the long period of procedures for the adoption or change of urban planning documents, and the short period of actions of community in that area. In fact, the applicant finds himself caught between these two points. In addition to questioning the value of the local urban planning strategy, the research recognizes the use of extralegal vectors to implement these strategies that make legal protection vulnerable. The use of land law, more important than ever for the control of space and the use of energy as well as for the prevention of all kinds of risks, seems to be the victim of its development without a global approach . Although the number of building permits issued is very low, and more action seems to be needed to control the use of the area, the research findings of the financial areas reveal a real difference . On the one hand, between a complex and uncertain planning law, locally implementing difficult and expensive procedures, and on the other hand, the maintenance of low understanding for applicants, which is caused by multiplication, by the elected officials themselves, strategies to avoid and, finally. , sometimes it fits the situation.”

Therefore, the principle of the PC is not in doubt but its inequity is clear, according to the financial magistrates, who want ” Simplify and streamline the process of planning permit applicants »

Because of this harsh observation and these ambitious plans, the Council’s list of major recommendations appears to be very limited. It’s like a doctor who might prescribe aspirin to someone who has just had a serious illness. Here is a list of these cauteries on wooden legs:

• 1. Create a training adapted to the needs of agents working in shared and decentralized services, in order to allow the emergence of a real sector of discipline and control of urban planning (development) (the sector of environmental change and spatial integration , the national center of public service 2025).
• 2. Establish an obligation to inform applicants who have obtained urban planning certificates when deciding on the correction of the risk map after obtaining (development) (the Ministry of Environmental Change and Territorial Cohesion, the Ministry of Interior and Overseas ; 2025).
• 3. Improve the quality of online education, especially by connecting the services needed to be consulted (fire department and rescue service, architects in France, etc.) (improvement) (sector of environmental change and regional cohesion;
• 4. Provide applicants, from the beginning of the process of reviewing their permit applications, with the necessary information for the correct preparation of their project (old method, special procedures, taxes seen, etc.) (development) (Department of Ecological and Territorial Change). Cohesion, Ministry of Home Affairs and Maritime Affairs 2025).
• 5. Create a dialogue phase with the missions of the environmental authority, before any impact assessment (facilitation) (Ministry of Ecological Change and Territorial Cohesion; 2025).
• 6. Prohibit the use of documents containing instructions or similar content, without a legal basis or legal authority, except for the provisions of the local city planning plans or such urban planning plans with urban planning charter (security) (Ministry of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion, Ministry of Interior and Overseas 2025).
• 7. Confirmation for applicants to receive a silent communication consent, with a simple request, of a certificate proving the submission of documents and the date of transmission to the prefect (declaration) (Ministry of Environmental Change and Regional Integration, Ministry of Domestic and Overseas Territories;