France/Rural Mayors at the Region for "zero net artificialisation

By 2050, the territory must tend towards "zero net artificialization" and in the Pays de L'Aigle it is the Community of Communes that must apply this rule.

The departmental associations of rural mayors were recently received at the Hôtel de région in Caen by President Hervé Morin. This was the first meeting of its kind and the discussions focused on the Climate and Resilience Law. This law provides that the Normandy Region (like each of the regions of France) must define the conditions for reducing the consumption of space in their regional development plan.This law provides that the Normandy Region (like each of the regions of France) must define the conditions for reducing the consumption of space in their regional plan for planning, sustainable development and territorial equality (SRADDET).

In concrete terms, this reduction must be 50% between 2021 and 2030 compared to the period 2011-2020, and then aim for "zero net artificialization" (ZAN) by 2050. This reduction must be territorialized between the different parts of the regional territory.

"The Region knows our territories

The heads of the rural mayors' associations(Laurence Bussières for the Eure, Hubert Lefevre for the Manche and François Carbonell for the Orne) did not hide their concerns about the implementation of this plan.even though we are reassured to know that it is the Region and its elected officials who are in charge. They know our territories and know the importance of finding a balance between rural areas and the major centres of Normandy," they said.

A threshold of 20,000 inhabitants per EPCI

Hervé Morin also recalled "that the territorialization of the objectives of this law will be done at the level of the Scot (for territories that have one) or the EPCI (Public Establishments of Intercommunal Cooperation), provided that they have a minimum population.

We have retained the threshold of 20,000 inhabitants per EPCI. Thus, it is the selected communities that will apply this territorialization. Hence the importance of having tools (PLUI) in each territory to accompany these new rules.

Hervé MorinPresidentof the Normandy Region

Apart from this urban planning component, other topics were discussed around the competences of the Region and the return on rural territories. "We appreciate that President Morin but also his vice president Guy Lefranc and his services have answered our questions wishing to "stay in touch" with our departmental associations. "

Source: actu.fr/societe/