Public Utility Easements in Indre, France

Public utility easements (SUPs) are administrative limitations on property rights established for public benefit, as defined by the French Urbanism Code. The dataset lists these easements for the Indre department, managed by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières. It was last updated on February 3, 2022.

Use Cases

• Identify land-use restrictions for property development based on the presence of generating entities like monuments or pipelines.
• Support municipal planning by annexing a general plan of public easements to local planning documents.
• Analyze the impact of public policy on private property rights based on the legal framework described.
• Map infrastructure corridors for utilities like water, gas, and electricity based on the easement-generating entities.

Strengths

• Dataset is defined by specific articles (L.123-1, L.126-1, R.126-1) of the French Urbanism Code, providing a clear legal basis.
• Managed by a recognized geological and mining research organization (Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières).
• Last update date (2022-02-03) is explicitly provided.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières

Collection Method

Likely compiled from administrative records as part of local planning requirements.

Freshness

Last updated 2022-02-03 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Indre department, France