Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions (R).

The special contribution created, within the general decentralisation grant, for the establishment and implementation of town planning documents, pursuant to Article L. 1614-9, is intended to compensate for the costs incurred by communes, public establishments for inter-communal cooperation or mixed syndicates in drawing up territorial coherence schemes, sectoral schemes, inter-communal local town planning schemes, local town planning schemes, communal maps, local advertising regulations, and in amending, revising or making compatible…

The appropriations for the special assistance mentioned in article R. 1614-41 are delegated to the regional prefects in mainland France and to the prefect of Corsica. They are divided between them as follows: 1° 25% according to the number of housing units shown on building permits issued over the last three years in each region and in Corsica; 2° 20% according to the population of each region and of Corsica;…

The regional prefect or the prefect of Corsica distributes the amount of credits delegated to him/her between the prefects of the departments. In making this distribution, the regional prefect or the prefect of Corsica shall take into account the previous distribution of appropriations and the foreseeable changes in needs as they result in particular: 1° The population of each department; 2° The number of dwellings shown on building permits issued…

Each year, following the opinion of the college of elected representatives of the conciliation commission set up by article L. 132-14, the prefect draws up the list of municipalities, public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation and mixed syndicates likely to benefit from the special assistance, taking into account in particular the continuation of procedures in progress and the drawing up of town planning documents that are made necessary for the application…

The allocation due to each beneficiary commune or public establishment for inter-communal cooperation is intended to compensate for material expenses and expenses for studying and conducting the operation. This grant is calculated according to a scale set each year by order of the prefect following the opinion of the college of elected representatives of the conciliation commission mentioned in article R. 1614-44, which takes into account the progress of the…

The competent public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation are direct beneficiaries of the special assistance instead of their member communes. The amount thus allocated may not exceed the sum of the allocations that each of the member communes would receive.

The amount of the grant allocated to each beneficiary will be paid in a single instalment.