TITLE III: OVERSEAS REGIONS

The regional development plan takes into account: 1° State programmes and, in order to harmonise them, those of local and regional authorities and their public establishments and services; 2° The national low-carbon development strategy, known as the “low-carbon strategy”, provided for in Article L. 222-1 B of the Environment Code; > The strategic document for the maritime basin 3° The strategic document for maritime basins provided for in Article L….

Territorial coherence schemes and, in the absence of a territorial coherence scheme, local town planning plans, equivalent documents and local maps, as well as national park charters and regional nature park charters, are compatible with the regional development plan. Territorial climate-air-energy plans are compatible with the guidelines set by the regional development plan in terms of adapting to climate change and improving air quality in application of Article L. 4433-7-3.

I.-The regional development plan is drawn up on the initiative and under the authority of the deliberative assembly of the region, department or local authority, in accordance with a procedure led by the president of this assembly. II.-The following are involved in drawing up the regional development plan: 1° The State representative; 2° The public establishments mentioned in article L. 143-16 of the town planning codeand the public establishments for…

The president of the deliberative assembly of the region, department or local authority adopts the draft plan and submits it for an opinion: 1° To the associated public bodies listed in II of Article L. 4433-10, and, where applicable, to the Institut national de la qualité et de l’origine; 2° The environmental authority; > 3° The competent economic, social, environmental, cultural and educational councils. It also submits the draft plan…

Once the agreement of the State representative provided for in article L. 4433-10-1 has been obtained, the adopted draft regional development plan is subject to a public enquiry carried out in accordance with chapter III of title II of book I of the Environment Code, organised by the president of the deliberative assembly of the region, department or local authority. The public enquiry is carried out in accordance with chapter…

At the end of the public enquiry, the regional development plan, possibly amended to take account of the opinions expressed and the results of the enquiry, is adopted by the deliberative assembly of the region, department or local authority. The draft adopted in this way is forwarded to the Minister responsible for town planning and is approved by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. When the illegality of certain guidelines or…

No later than ten years from the date of approval, the deliberative assembly of the region, department or local authority shall carry out an assessment of the plan, particularly from an environmental point of view, and shall deliberate on whether it should remain in force or be revised or amended.

The regional development plan may be adapted in the circumstances and conditions defined by article L. 300-6 of the town planning code.

The regional development plan may be made compatible under the hypotheses and conditions defined by article L. 300-6-1 of the town planning code, subject to the following provisions. The provisions proposed to ensure the compatibility of the plan are the subject of a joint examination by the State, the region in Guadeloupe and La Réunion, the local authority in French Guyana and Martinique, the Department in Mayotte, and the associated…

The regional development plan may be made compatible for the purposes of an operation declared to be in the public interest. An operation that is not compatible with the provisions of the regional development plan may only be declared to be in the public interest if: 1° The public enquiry, carried out in accordance with Chapter III of Title II of Book I of the Environmental Code, concerning this operation…