What authorization should I give to settle a pergola or carport?
Verified 06 July 2023 - Legal and Administrative Information Directorate (Prime Minister)
Do you want to build a pergola or carport (covered and unenclosed shelter)? An application for city planning authorization is required.
We're presenting the regulations.
The regulations are different if your land is located in a protected area. It's the remarkable heritage sites, the surroundings of historical monuments, classified or pending sites, nature reserves, remarkable spaces and coastal environments to be preserved.
You can get this information from your city hall.
General case
Depending on the surface of your construction, you must address in town hall a preliminary declaration of works or a building permit.
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5 m² or less
You don't need city planning authorization.
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
When the surface of your project is greater than 5 m² and less than or equal to 20 m², you must make a Advance Work Statement (AD).
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
When the surface of your project is greater than 20 m², you must deposit a building permit. No matter the surface, you don't need to call on an architect.
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 building permit 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)
Sectors protected
Depending on the surface of your construction, you must address in town hall a preliminary declaration of works or a building permit.
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20 m² or less
When the surface of your project is less than or equal to 20 m², you must make a Advance Work Statement (AD)
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
When the surface of your project is greater than 20 m², you must deposit a building permit. No matter the surface, you don't need to call on an architect.
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 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 building permit 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:
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
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 17h30
- Mardi : de 08h30 à 12h15
- Horaires exceptionnels le mardi 8 octobre de 09h45 à 12h15
- Mercredi : de 08h30 à 12h15
- Jeudi : de 08h30 à 17h30
- Vendredi : de 13h00 à 16h15
For information on your local city planning plan or advance declaration file
Town Hall
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Online service
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