Advance Work Declaration (PNR)

Verified 16 March 2023 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Prior declaration is a compulsory city planning authorization for certain works for which there is no need to apply for a building permit.

You must obtain this permission before starting the work.

We guide you through the steps of the process.

First of all, you need to check with your city hall to find out if your project is located in a protected area.

Protected sites are remarkable heritage sites, the surroundings of historical monuments, classified or pending sites, nature reserves, the heart of national parks or a future national park.

The content of the RFP file, the number of copies to be provided and the time required to complete the appraisal are different when your project is located in a protected area.

In general

Step-by-step approach

The Advance Declaration (AD) may be made by:

  • Owner(s) of the land or their representative
  • Purchaser of the property
  • Companies authorized by the owner(s) to carry out the work
  • People in division or their representative
  • Trustee and co-owner
  • Beneficiary of expropriation

You can build your DP file on the internet or use 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.

Who shall I contact

Municipalities with more than 3,500 inhabitants have a specific online service for the seizure and deposit of city planning authorizations.

It enables you to:

  • Complete the RFP
  • Prepare file attachments
  • File the file on the Internet
  • Follow the instruction by the city planning department

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.

Support for your city planning authorization request

Form

The RFP file that you are about to create includes the form and the documents to be provided.

In the RFP form, a " attachment deposit slip gives a full list of all the documents that the city planning department may ask you to instruct your project.

For all projects, you must provide a situational plan from the field.

You can get it on the Geoportal website.

You have to make a ground plane if you are creating a new construction or changing the volume of an existing construction.

You must provide asectional plane if you change the profile of the land (for example, building a buried pool).

You must draw a plan of facades and roofs if you change them.

Additional parts may be required depending on the nature of your project.

There are several pre-declaration forms depending on the type of work for which you are seeking authorization:

Work on your house or construction of an annex (veranda, garden shelter...)

You must complete the following form:

Prior declaration for a detached house and/or its annexes - DPMI

Condominium works, change of destination, fit-up

You must complete the following form:

Prior notification (construction, works, installations and facilities not subject to a building permit)

Division of land for the purpose of construction

You must complete the following form:

Advance notification (subdivisions and other land divisions not subject to planning permits)

Via the Internet

You should ask your city council or its website for information on how to send your file to it via the internet.

Who shall I contact

Municipalities with less than 3,500 inhabitants provide you with a dedicated email address or contact form to submit your DP file.

Municipalities with more than 3,500 inhabitants have a city planning authorization online service with which you can fill in and file the RFP on the internet.

FYI  

When a municipality has set up its own online service for the deposit of city planning authorizations, you cannot send your file by email.

If you use the Internet support service, as soon as you start entering your file in the application, you will be told whether your municipality is connected. You can then upload your PNR. If not, you will retrieve your completed file and submit it to the City Hall or send it by email.

Support for your city planning authorization request

The city hall delivers you a receipt.

Where the application is made electronically, the receipt shall consist of the electronic acknowledgement of receipt.

The receipt contains the registration number of your file and the information allowing you to know the date from which the work can start.

He states that, within 1 month of the filing of the file, the City Hall can notify a different time frame to start your work. She also has 1 month to inform you that your file is incomplete.

Filing in town hall or by mail

Your prior statement can be filed or mailed RAR: titleContent to the town hall.

Who shall I contact

You must deposit  :

  • 2 complete files
  • 2 additional situation plans
  • 2 copies of the ground plane and the sectional plane additional if necessary for the instruction

The city hall delivers you a receipt. It contains the registration number of your file and information allowing you to know the date from which the work can start.

This receipt states that, within 1 month from the filing of the file, the City Hall can notify a different time frame to start your work. She also has 1 month to inform you that your file is incomplete.

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Your file is complete

Instruction time is 1 month from the date of filing of the RFP in Town Hall.

Your file is incomplete

Within 1 month of receiving or submitting your PNR file to the City Hall, she will send you a letter RAR: titleContent to ask you for the missing parts.

You have 3 months from receipt to send the requested parts. If you do not provide them, your RFP will be considered rejected.

The instruction timeout starts when your folder is full.

At the end of the RFP processing time, the Mayor signs the decision. It is addressed to you by letter RAR: titleContent.

There are several possible cases:

  • Permission or lack of response
  • Authorization with requirements
  • Refusal
  • Stay of proceedings

Permission or lack of response

In principle, when your work request is accepted, you do not receive a reply within the time limit given to you. This is a non-opposition decision to your work. You may begin your work.

On simple request from you, the City Hall must issue you a certificate of non-opposition. You have proof to assert your rights (obtaining a loan, taking out insurance).

Who shall I contact

Authorization with requirements

If the city hall has reservations about your work, it takes a decree with specific rules to be respected. You must then execute the jobs according to these imposed rules.

The reasons for the decision and the remedies and time limits for appeal are specified in the order.

Refusal

If the city hall refuses your project, it takes a opposition order.

The reasons for the decision and the remedies and time limits for appeal are specified in the order.

Stay of proceedings

In certain circumstances, the mayor may defer his decision on your PNR for up to 2 years. This is the case, for example, when your work request may compromise or make it more expensive to execute a future project MORE: titleContent or a development operation.

The mayor takes a stay of proceedings .

Your application is neither accepted nor refused. It will be considered later.

The reasons for the decision and the remedies and time limits for appeal are specified in the order.

Within 2 months of the expiry of the stay of proceedings, you must confirm your request for an RFP. Within 2 months of your request, you will receive the mayor's decision.

FYI  

A landowner who has been granted a stay of proceedings may apply to the community (or the public service that initiated the stay) to purchase the land.

Once your RFP has been accepted, its display in the field is mandatory.

The view must remain in place for the duration of the work and be visible from the outside. The information on your billboard must be legible on the public highway or in spaces open to the public.

For 2 months from 1er field display day, your neighbors can to challenge the authorization which has been granted to you. They then make a free appeal to the mayor who issued the authorization.

When the mayor refuses your PNR or issues a stay order, you can challenge it.

In the 2 months that follow the date of notification of the decision, you can make a ex gratia appeal   by letter RAR: titleContent by the town hall.

Who shall I contact

If your grace attempt fails, you have a new grace period of 2 months to make a appeal to the administrative court, by letter RAR: titleContent. You must clearly articulate the reasons for your entitlement to an RFP.

You must apply to the administrative court within whose jurisdiction your municipality is located.

Who shall I contact

Duration of validity of the RFP

The prior declaration of works has a period of validity three years old.

It expires if you have not started work within 3 years or if, after that time, you interrupt it for more than 1 year.

Where the declaration concerns a change of destination or a division of land, the decision shall lapse if these operations have not taken place within 3 years.

Request for extension

The period of validity may be extended twice for one year if the city planning rules and administrative easements have not changed.

You have to ask for it At least 2 monthsbefore the expiration of the initial validity period of your RFP (or before the expiration of your 1re request for extension).

This request must be made in 2 copies by letter RAR: titleContent or dropped off in town hall.

Upon receipt of your request, the City Hall has 2 months to answer you.

The extension is granted if you do not receive a reply within this time limit.

When you have finished your work, you must send to the town hall a declaration of completion and compliance of your work.

Protected area

Step-by-step approach

The Advance Declaration (AD) may be made by:

  • Owner(s) of the land or their representative
  • Purchaser of the property
  • Companies authorized by the owner(s) to carry out the work
  • People in division or their representative
  • Trustee and co-owner
  • Beneficiary of expropriation

You can build your DP file on the internet or use 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.

Who shall I contact

Municipalities with more than 3,500 inhabitants have a specific online service for the filing of city planning authorizations.

It enables you to:

  • Complete the RFP
  • Prepare file attachments
  • File the file on the Internet
  • Follow the instruction by the city planning department

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.

Support for your city planning authorization request

Form

The RFP file that you are about to create includes the form and the documents to be provided.

In the RFP form, a " attachment deposit slip gives a full list of all the documents that the city planning department may ask you to instruct your project.

For all projects, you must provide a situational plan from the field.

You can get it on the Geoportal website.

You have to make a ground plane if you are creating a new construction or changing the volume of an existing construction.

You must provide asectional plane if you change the profile of the land (for example, building a buried pool).

You must draw a plan of facades and roofs if you change them.

Additional parts may be required depending on the nature of your project.

There are several pre-declaration forms depending on the type of work for which you are seeking authorization:

Work on your house or construction of an annex (veranda, garden shelter...)

You must complete the following form:

Prior declaration for a detached house and/or its annexes - DPMI

Condominium works, change of destination, fit-up

You must complete the following form:

Prior notification (construction, works, installations and facilities not subject to a building permit)

Division of land for the purpose of construction

You must complete the following form:

Advance notification (subdivisions and other land divisions not subject to planning permits)

Via the Internet

You should ask your city council or its website for information on how to send your file to it via the internet.

Who shall I contact

Municipalities with less than 3,500 inhabitants provide you with a dedicated email address or contact form to submit your DP file.

Municipalities with more than 3,500 inhabitants have a city planning authorization online service with which you can fill in and file the RFP on the internet.

FYI  

When a municipality has set up its own online service for the deposit of city planning authorizations, you cannot send your file by email.

If you use the Internet support service, as soon as you start entering your file in the application, you will be told whether your municipality is connected. You can then upload your PNR. If not, you will retrieve your completed file and submit it to the City Hall or send it by email.

Support for your city planning authorization request

The city hall delivers you a deposit receipt.

Where the application is made electronically, the receipt shall consist of the electronic acknowledgement of receipt.

The receipt contains the registration number of your file and the information allowing you to know the date from which the work can start.

He states that, within 1 month of the filing of the file, the City Hall can notify a different time frame to start your work. She also has 1 month to inform you that your file is incomplete.

Filing in town hall or by mail

Your prior statement can be filed or mailed RAR: titleContent to the town hall.

You must provide :

  • 2 complete files
  • 2 additional situation plans
  • 2 copies of the ground plane and the sectional plane additional if necessary for the instruction

Depending on the sector in which your project is located, you must submit one or more additional copies of the file or supporting documents.

To find out in which area your work is located, inquire with the city planning department of your town hall.

Who shall I contact

Project submitted for the opinion of the architect of the buildings of France (ABF)

L'architect of French buildings (ABF) deliver an opinion on a project located in a a remarkable heritage site, on the edge of historic monuments and in aclassified or pending site.

If your project is located in one of these areas, you must provide

  • 3 copies of the DP file
  • 2 additional situation plans
  • 2 copies of the ground plane and the sectional plane additional if necessary for the instruction

The city hall delivers you a deposit receipt. It contains the registration number of your file and information allowing you to know the date from which the work can start.

This receipt states that, within 1 month from the filing of the file, the City Hall can notify a different time frame to start your work. She also has 1 month to inform you that your file is incomplete.

Project within the scope of a backup and enhancement plan

Your work falls within the scope of a backup and enhancement plan (or during its review). They modify the condition of architectural and decorative elements located outside or inside a building. You must attach a additional graphic document. This document presents the initial and future state of each of the elements being worked on.

If your project is located in one of these areas, you must provide

  • 2 copies of the DP file
  • 2 additional situation plans
  • 2 copies of the ground plane and the sectional plane additional if necessary for the instruction

The city hall delivers you a deposit receipt. It contains the registration number of your file and information allowing you to know the date from which the work can start.

This receipt states that, within 1 month from the filing of the file, the City Hall can notify a different time frame to start your work. She also has 1 month to inform you that your file is incomplete.

Project located in a national park

If your project is located in the heart of a national park, you must provide

  • 4 copies of the DP file
  • 2 additional situation plans
  • 2 copies of the ground plane and the sectional plane additional if necessary for the instruction

The city hall delivers you a deposit receipt. It contains the registration number of your file and information allowing you to know the date from which the work can start.

This receipt states that, within 1 month from the filing of the file, the City Hall can notify a different time frame to start your work. She also has 1 month to inform you that your file is incomplete.

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Your file is complete

Within one month of submitting your RFP, the city planning department will notify by letter RAR: titleContent one investigation period of 2 months in general.

If you have agreed in your prior declaration to receive the instructor's correspondence to an email address, the notification may be sent to you by email.

Your file is incomplete

Within 1 month of receiving or submitting your RFP to the City Hall, she will send you a letter RAR: titleContent to ask you for the missing parts.

You have 3 months from its receipt to send the requested parts. If you do not provide them, your RFP will be considered rejected.

The instruction timeout starts when your folder is full.

At the end of the RFP processing time, the Mayor signs the decision. It is addressed to you by letter RAR: titleContent.

There are several possible cases:

  • Permission or lack of response
  • Authorization with requirements
  • Refusal
  • Stay of proceedings

Permission or lack of response

In principle, when your work request is accepted, you do not receive a reply within the time limit given to you. This is a non-opposition decision to your work. You may begin your work.

On simple request from you, the City Hall must issue you a certificate of non-opposition. You have proof to assert your rights (obtaining a loan, taking out insurance).

Who shall I contact

Authorization with requirements

If the city hall has reservations about your work, it takes a decree with specific rules to be respected. You must then execute the jobs according to these imposed rules.

The reasons for the decision and the remedies and time limits for appeal are specified in the order.

Refusal

If the city hall refuses your project, it takes a opposition order.

The reasons for the decision and the remedies and time limits for appeal are specified in the order.

Stay of proceedings

In certain circumstances, the mayor may defer his decision on your PNR for up to 2 years. This is the case, for example, when your work request may compromise or make it more expensive to execute a future project MORE: titleContent or a development operation.

The mayor takes a stay of proceedings .

Your application is neither accepted nor refused. It will be considered later.

The reasons for the decision and the remedies and time limits for appeal are specified in the order.

Within 2 months of the expiry of the stay of proceedings, you must confirm your request for an RFP. Within 2 months of your request, you will receive the mayor's decision.

FYI  

A landowner who has been granted a stay of proceedings may apply to the community (or the public service that initiated the stay) to purchase the land.

Once your RFP has been accepted, its display in the field is mandatory.

The view must remain in place for the duration of the work and be visible from the outside. The information on your billboard must be legible on the public highway or in spaces open to the public.

For 2 months from 1er field display day, your neighbors can to challenge the authorization which has been granted to you. They then make a free appeal to the mayor who issued the authorization.

When the mayor refuses your PNR or issues a stay order, you can challenge it.

In the 2 months that follow the date of notification of the decision, you can make a ex gratia appeal   by letter RAR: titleContent by the town hall.

Who shall I contact

If your grace attempt fails, you have a new grace period of 2 months to make a appeal to the administrative court, by letter RAR: titleContent. You must clearly articulate the reasons for your entitlement to an RFP.

You must apply to the administrative court within whose jurisdiction your municipality is located.

Who shall I contact

Duration of validity of the RFP

The prior declaration of works has a period of validity three years old.

It expires if you have not started work within 3 years or if, after that time, you interrupt it for more than 1 year.

Where the declaration concerns a change of destination or a division of land, the decision shall lapse if these operations have not taken place within 3 years.

Request for extension

The period of validity may be extended twice for one year if the city planning rules and administrative easements have not changed.

You have to ask for it At least 2 monthsbefore the expiration of the initial validity period of your RFP (or before the expiration of your 1re request for extension).

This request must be made in 2 copies by letter RAR: titleContent or dropped off in town hall.

Upon receipt of your request, the City Hall has 2 months to answer you.

The extension is granted if you do not receive a reply within this time limit.

When you have finished your work, you must send to the town hall a declaration of completion and compliance of your work.

Who can help me?

Find who can answer your questions in your region

  • For information on city planning regulations and administrative procedures

    Telephone administrative information - Allo Public Service

    The informants who answer you belong to the ministry in charge of housing and city planning.

    Cost: free service

    Attention: the service does not have access to users' personal files and therefore cannot provide information on their progress.

    The service is available at the following times:

    • Monday: 8.30am to 5.30pm
    • Tuesday: 8:30 to 12:15
    • Wednesday: 8:30 to 12:15
    • Thursday: 8.30am to 5.30pm
    • Friday: 1 p.m. to 4:15 p.m
      • Lundi : de 08h30 à 16h15
      • Mardi : de 08h30 à 12h15
      • Mercredi : de 08h30 à 12h15
      • Jeudi : de 08h30 à 17h30
      • Vendredi : de 13h00 à 16h15

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  • For information on your local city planning plan or advance declaration file

    Town Hall
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