Areas of the PLU (doc. of 07.10.2011) of the municipality of Quantilly

The Urban Planning Code defines four types of areas regulated in the local urban plan (R.123-5 to 8): urban areas (U), areas to be urbanised (AU), agricultural areas (A) and natural and forest areas (N). These areas are delimited on one or more graphic documents. A regulation is attached to each zone. The regulation may lay down different rules, depending on whether the purpose of the constructions concerns housing, hotel accommodation, offices, commerce, crafts, industry, agricultural or forestry operations or the function of warehouse. These categories are restrictive (Art. R.123-9).These are classified as U zones where the existing public facilities or those being built have sufficient capacity to serve the buildings to be built.The natural areas of the municipality intended to be open to urbanization may be classified as AU zones depending on whether or not the existing facilities on the periphery are sufficient to serve the buildings to be built. There are two types of AU zone: ‘Building’ and ‘Inconstructible’ areas of the municipality may be classified as ‘A’ areas, areas of the municipality, whether equipped or not, to be protected because of the agronomic, biological or economic potential of agricultural land. Areas of the municipality, whether equipped or not, may be classified as ‘N’ areas, to be protected either because of the quality of the sites, natural environments, landscapes and their interest, in particular from the aesthetic, historical or ecological point of view, or because of the existence of a forestry operation, or because of their nature as natural areas. Within ‘N’ areas, perimeters may be defined: perimeters in which the transfer of right to build may take place (transfer of COS),- areas of limited size and capacity where construction is possible subject to location and density.