Do you need a city planning permit to install solar panels on a roof?
Verified 27 January 2023 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Yeah. Yeah. You have to drop off in town hall a Advance Work Statement (AD), because you are changing the exterior appearance of your building.
Who can help me?
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For information on city planning regulations and administrative procedures
Telephone administrative information - Allo Public ServiceThe 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
For information on your local city planning plan or advance declaration file
Town Hall
- City planning Code: Articles R*421-17Work on existing construction requiring an RFP
- Advance Work Declaration (PNR)Service-Public.fr
- Building permitsService-Public.fr
- Viewing city planning Permission in the FieldService-Public.fr