Urban Planning and Environmental Law

Mountains

A pioneer in the field of Mountain Law, Adaltys is one of the most active law firms in this area.

Our team of specialised lawyers assists public players in their projects by providing them with high-quality expert assistance.

Key issues

Specificities of urban planning law in mountain areas and institutions specific to mountain areas (inter-regional mountain range agreements (ententes interrégionales de Massif), mountain range committee (Comité de Massif))
Complexity of the legal framework relating to the operation of public ski lift services
Specific measures related to the construction of the facilities and equipment necessary for the operation of a ski area (mountain law easement (servitude Loi Montagne))
Specificities of the modalities of tourist development in mountain areas (creation of new tourist units)

Our assets

Cross-disciplinary skills (urban planning law, public contract and services law, etc.).
Local public, tourism law, transport and ski lift law, budget law and local finance, development and contract taxation, project management and set-up, etc.).
A long-standing and recognised experience ensuring high quality support based on many years of practice and a unique know-how
Local establishments favouring the proximity and availability of our teams. Adaltys is present in Lyon (historical headquarters), Paris, Bordeaux, Marseille and Rennes.

Shoreline

Since 2015, our firm has acquired unique expertise in coastal risk management and coastal development by successively intervening for:

The Ministry of Ecological Transition within the framework of the National Strategy for Integrated Coastal Management from 2017 to 2018 (identification of existing legal tools and new tools),
Many local and regional authorities and Public inter-municipal cooperation institutions (EPCI- Établissement public de coopération intercommunale) for:

- Diagnostic studies on the evolution of the coastline,

- The development of their local strategy,

- The relocation of road infrastructure and equipment required due to coastline recession,

- The renewal of leases issued on properties threatened in the short term by the risk of erosion,

- The implementation of original provisions of urban planning schemes (PLU- Plan local d'urbanisme) which, adopted following the development of its local coastline management strategy, aims to authorise only temporary constructions in an urbanised sector exposed to the risk of erosion by 2050,

- The revision of beach plans.

Jean-Marc Petit Partner

Xavier Heymans Partner

Clément Nourrisson Partner

Pauline Platel Lawyer

Mountains - Public ski lift service delegation

Contracting
Follow-up
Closing and renewal

Shoreline - Development of a local strategy for integrated coastline management

Identification of the responsibilities of public and private actors
Identification of the competences of public actors with regard to the Management of aquatic environments and flood prevention (GEMAPI- Gestion des milieux aquatiques et prévention des inondations) law
Analysis of the legal situation regarding erosion and submersion control works (identification of the owner, lawfulness of the authorisation to occupy the public domain)
Organisation of workshops

Mountains - Development of new tourist units

Coastline - Relocation of works and infrastructure exposed to erosion or submersion

Identification of the public and private actors involved, particularly with regard to the rules of state ownership,
Land management (expropriation, occupancy agreement, superposition agreement)
Analysis of the rules applicable to the sector with regard to environmental and urban planning law (coastal law, urban planning schemes, protective zoning, outstanding coastal areas, areas close to the shore, Natura 2000 zones, protected species, listed sites, etc.).
Analysis of the legal feasibility of the technical scenarios envisaged with regard to these rules,
Determination of the authorisations to be obtained and the procedures to be implemented (environmental authorisations, environmental assessment, Act on water, authorisation for the destruction of protected species and habitats, risk impact assessment, development permits, etc.).

Mountains - Revision of urban planning documents

Shoreline - Regulation of the use of seashores: administrative police

Bathing and water activities regulations
Obligation to provide signs and information in developed and undeveloped areas

Mountains - Defence of issued urban planning authorisations

Shoreline - Beach sub-concession

Contracting of beach sub-concessions
Allocation criteria
Financial conditions

Shoreline - Urban planning documents

Implementation of a local coastline management strategy
Adaptation of local urban planning documents to coastline recession

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