The Research of New Institution for the Approval Process of the Coherent Territorial Plan(SCOT) in France.

The Approval Process by the SRU Law and the UH Law and A Case Study of the Inter-Communal Cooperation of "Pays de Rennes"

Abstract

The first purpose of this paper is to investigate the background, objects, and the approval process of the Coherent Territorial Plan (SCOT) based on the SRU law (2000) and the UH law (2003) in France. The second purpose is to verify the actual conditions of the inter-communal cooperation for the SCOT in the case of the Rennes wide area. This paper identifies that (1) the planning approval process of the SCOT was innovated by the democratic involvement, and (2) the area of application of SCOT at Rennes wide area was decided as the “Pays de Rennes” followed by the mixed union of the “Pays de Rennes” which was decided to elaborate the SCOT (2003).