Regulated Areas of the DUN Local Planning Plan: Digitized French Urban Zoning

Digitized regulated zoning from a French Local Planning Plan (PLU), cancelled by the Toulouse administrative court and reverted to the National Urbanism Regulation (RNU) since January 29, 2015. The dataset classifies municipal land into four legally defined zones: Urban (U), To Be Urbanized (AU), Agricultural (A), and Natural/Forest (N). It was produced by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) and last updated in September 2021.

Use Cases

• Classify municipal land into regulated zones (U, AU, A, N) based on the French Urban Planning Code.
• Analyze the impact of administrative court decisions on local planning documents.
• Map areas eligible for building rights transfer (transfer of COS) within natural zones.
• Identify constructible versus inconstructible zones within areas designated for future urbanization (AU).

Strengths

• Data is digitized according to national requirements of the CNIG, suggesting standardization.
• Zoning is defined by specific articles (R.123-5 to 8) of the French Urban Planning Code, providing a legal basis.
• Last update metadata is precise: 2021-09-16 00:00:00.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM)

Collection Method

Digitization of regulated zoning from a Local Planning Plan (PLU) in accordance with CNIG requirements.

Time Range

Plan was cancelled and reverted to RNU on 29/01/2015.

Freshness

Last updated 2021-09-16 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Covers the municipality of DUN (specific location in France).