Do you need a city planning permit to settle a garden shed?
Verified 16 March 2023 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
To build a garden shelter, a city planning permit may be required depending on its surface area.
You must check if your land is located in a protected area. These are the approaches to historic monuments, classified or pending sites, nature reserves, the heart of national parks or a future national park. In these sectors, city planning regulations are more restrictive.
You can get this information from your city hall.
Please note
garden shelters of more than 5 m² are subject to the development tax. Shelters of less than 20 m² may be subject, in whole or in part, to an exemption decided by the municipal council.
General case
The choice of city planning authorization depends on the surface area of your building.
Up to 5 m²
You do not need city planning authorization for a garden shelter up to 5 m² of floor area orground right-of-way. However, you must follow the rules of the MORE: titleContent or the city planning document in its place.
You can consult it at your city hall or on its website.
More than 5 m² up to 20 m²
You have to make a preliminary declaration of works for a shelter of 5 to 20 m² floor area orground right-of-way.
You can complete your steps to complete the advance work declaration on the Internet or using a form.
On the Internet
You should check with your city council or its website to find out if it has an online service to complete your application online.
The municipalities of more than 3,500 residents have a specific online service for the seizure and filing of city planning authorizations.
If your municipality has not set up an online service, you can use an Internet-based support service that guides you through each step of building your file. You can complete and print the DP file using this assistance even if your municipality is not connected to it. From the beginning of the seizure, you will be informed if your municipality is connected.
Form
You must use the following form:
Prior declaration for a detached house and/or its annexes - DPMI
More than 20 m²
You must apply for building permit for a garden shelter of more than 20 m² of floor area orground right-of-way.
You can take your steps on the internet or on a building permit form.
On the Internet
You should check with your city council or its website to find out if it has an online service to complete your application online.
Municipalities with more than 3,500 inhabitants have a specific online service for the seizure and deposit of city planning authorizations.
If your municipality has not set it up, you can use an Internet-based support service that guides you through each step of compiling your file.
You can complete and print the DP file using this assistance even if your municipality is not connected to it. From the beginning of the seizure, you will be informed if your municipality is connected.
Form
You must use the following form:
Application for a building permit for a detached house and/or its annexes (CMIP)
In protected area
The choice of city planning authorization depends on the surface area of your building.
Up to 20 m²
You have to make a preliminary declaration of works for a garden shelter up to 20 m² of floor area orground right-of-way.
You can complete your steps to complete the advance work declaration on the Internet or using a form.
On the Internet
You should check with your city council or its website to find out if it has an online service to complete your application online.
Municipalities with more than 3,500 inhabitants have a specific online service for the seizure and deposit of city planning authorizations.
If your municipality has not set up an online service, you can use an Internet-based support service that guides you through each step of building your file. You can complete and print the DP file using this assistance even if your municipality is not connected to it. From the beginning of the seizure, you will be informed if your municipality is connected.
Form
You must use the following form:
Prior declaration for a detached house and/or its annexes - DPMI
More than 20 m²
You must apply for building permit for a garden shelter of more than 20 m² of floor area orground right-of-way.
You can take your steps on the internet or on a building permit form.
On the Internet
You should check with your city council or its website to find out if it has an online service to complete your application online.
Municipalities with more than 3,500 inhabitants have a specific online service for the seizure and deposit of city planning authorizations.
If your municipality has not set it up, you can use an Internet-based support service that guides you through each step of compiling your file.
You can complete and print the DP file using this assistance even if your municipality is not connected to it. From the beginning of the seizure, you will be informed if your municipality is connected.
Form
You must use the following form:
Application for a building permit for a detached house and/or its annexes (CMIP)
Who can help me?
Find who can answer your questions in your region
Telephone administrative information - Allo Public Service
For more information on this topic, you can contact Allô Service Public.
Attention: the service does not have access to users' personal files and cannot therefore provide information on their status.
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The informants who answer you belong to the ministry in charge of housing and city planning.
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