Do you need a city planning permit to settle a greenhouse?
Verified 21 June 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
If you settle a greenhouse, a city planning permit application may be required depending on its area, height and location. We're presenting the regulations.
You must check with the city hall if you are in a protected area.
The sectors protected are:
- Remarkable heritage sites
- Historical monuments approaches
- Site that is ranked or pending ranking
- Natural reserves
- Areas to be classified in the heart of a future national park
- Heart of the national parks.
General case
The approach is different depending on the type of greenhouse:
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Greenhouse with a height above the ground of 1,80 m or less
You have no city planning authorization to ask the city hall.
Greenhouse with a height above the ground of between 1,80 and 4 m and up to 2 000 m²
You must file a Advance Work Statement (AD).
You can complete the RFP on the Internet or by using a form.
The DP file must be filed in the City Hall:
- By dematerialized according to the arrangements made by your municipality (inquire on the site of the town hall or on the spot)
- By letter RAR: titleContent
- In your own hand.
Who shall I contact
On the Internet
The RFP application file can be completed on the Internet:
You should ask the city council or its website if it has an online service to complete the file.
If not, you can use the following online service:
Form
You must use the following form:
Greenhouse with a height above the ground of more than 4 m or with an area of more than 2 000 m²
You must request a building permit.
You must use an architect to build a greenhouse if its dimensions exceed one of the following limits:
- 4 m height of right foot (right vertical upright)
- 2,000 m² of floor area
- 2,000 m² ofground right-of-way.
You can complete your permit on the internet or by using a form.
The building permit application must be submitted to the City Hall:
- By dematerialized according to the arrangements made by your municipality (inquire on the site of the town hall or on the spot)
- By letter RAR: titleContent
- In your own hand.
Who shall I contact
On the Internet
The application for a building permit can be completed on the Internet:
You should ask the city council or its website if it has an online service to complete the file.
If not, you can use the following online service:
Form
You must use the following form:
Application for a building permit (other than for a detached house or its annexes)
In protected area
The approach is different depending on the type of greenhouse:
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Greenhouse with a height above the ground of less than 4 m and up to 2 000 m² of surface area
You must file a Advance Work Statement (AD).
You can complete the RFP on the Internet or by using a form.
The DP file must be filed in the City Hall:
- By dematerialized according to the arrangements made by your municipality (inquire on the site of the town hall or on the spot)
- By letter RAR: titleContent
- In your own hand.
Who shall I contact
On the Internet
The RFP application file can be completed on the Internet:
You should ask the city council or its website if it has an online service to complete the file.
If not, you can use the following online service:
Form
You must use the following form:
Greenhouse with a height above the ground of 4 m and more or an area of more than 2 000 m²
You must request a building permit.
You must use an architect to build a greenhouse if its dimensions exceed one of the following limits:
- 4 m height of right foot (right vertical upright)
- 2,000 m² of floor area
- 2,000 m² ofground right-of-way.
You can complete your permit on the internet or by using a form.
The permit file must be filed in the city hall:
- By dematerialized according to the arrangements made by your municipality (inquire on the site of the town hall or on the spot)
- By letter RAR: titleContent
- In your own hand.
Who shall I contact
On the Internet
The application for a building permit can be completed on the Internet:
You should ask the city council or its website if it has an online service to complete the file.
If not, you can use the following online service:
Form
You must use the following form:
Application for a building permit (other than for a detached house or its annexes)
Who can help me?
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