What are the formalities to change the front of a business?
Verified 21 March 2025 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
You have a business (store, shop). You plan to carry out work that modifies the front (the window, the facade, the sign). You would like to know the administrative procedures to be carried out before starting the work. In most cases, you need to request a city planning authorization. We are taking stock of the regulations.
First of all, you need to ask your city hall if your project is located in a protected area or if it concerns a protected building.
Sectors protected may be: remarkable heritage sites, the historic landmarks, the classified or pending sites, nature reserves, the heart of national parks or a future national park.
Protected buildings are buildings registered, categorized or protected by the local town plan (PLU).
General case
You should check with the city planning department of your town hall to find out if the facade alteration is subject to Advance Work Statement (AD) in your commune.
Municipality where RFP is not mandatory
You can perform this work without administrative authorization.
Municipality where RFP is mandatory
You can do your work on the Internet or by using a form.
General case
You must complete your RFP file by paperless means according to the arrangements made by your municipality or on a paper form. Inquire on the website of the city hall or on site.
On the Internet
You can complete your RFP application file on the Internet:
Form
You can complete your RFP application using a form:
Prior declaration of construction and works not subject to a building permit
In Paris
You must submit your file to the Office Accueil et service à l'user (Basu: titleContent) by dematerialized means only:
Office Accueil et Service à l'User (Basu) de Paris: one-stop-shop
You must file a advance notification (PNR)) only if the work modifies the exterior appearance of the building. This is the case, for example, when the window frame is replaced by a different frame.
You can do your work on the Internet or by using a form.
General case
You must complete your RFP file by paperless means according to the arrangements made by your municipality or on a paper form. Inquire on the website of the city hall or on site.
On the Internet
You can complete your RFP application file on the Internet:
Form
You can complete your RFP application using a form:
Prior declaration of construction and works not subject to a building permit
In Paris
You must submit your file to the Office Accueil et service à l'user (Basu: titleContent) by dematerialized means only:
Office Accueil et Service à l'User (Basu) de Paris: one-stop-shop
The time-limits for investigations are:
- If your file is complete, the time-limit for the investigation is 1 month from the date of filing of the RFP in Town Hall.
- If your file is incomplete, the City Hall will send you a letter within 1 month of receiving or submitting your DP file RAR: titleContent to ask you for the missing parts. You have 3 months from receipt to send the requested parts. If you do not provide them, your RFP will be considered rejected.
The instruction timeout starts when your folder is full.
Warning
If the business is located in a condominium, you must obtain theauthorization of the general meeting of the co-owners before undertaking this work. This authorization shall be granted by a majority vote of all the co-owners.
If you create or modify a door or window in a store, you must deposit a advance notification (PNR) in town hall.
You can do this on the Internet or by using a form.
General case
You must complete your RFP file by paperless means according to the arrangements made by your municipality or on a paper form. Inquire on the website of the city hall or on site.
On the Internet
You can complete your RFP application file on the Internet:
Form
You can complete your RFP application using a form:
Prior declaration of construction and works not subject to a building permit
In Paris
You must submit your file to the Office Accueil et service à l'user (Basu: titleContent) by dematerialized means only:
Office Accueil et Service à l'User (Basu) de Paris: one-stop-shop
The time-limits for investigations are:
- If your file is complete, the time-limit for the investigation is 1 month from the date of filing of the RFP in Town Hall.
- If your file is incomplete, the City Hall will send you a letter within 1 month of receiving or submitting your DP file RAR: titleContent to ask you for the missing parts. You have 3 months from receipt to send the requested parts. If you do not provide them, your RFP will be considered rejected.
The instruction timeout starts when your folder is full.
You must also submit an application for authorization to build or fit up a building in the city hall receiving institution (ERP) by completing the following form:
Application for permission to construct, develop or modify a facility receiving the public (ERP)
The time-limits for investigations are:
- If your file is complete, the time-limit for the investigation is 4 months from the date of submission of the file to the mayor's office.
- If your file is incomplete, the mayor shall send you a letter within 1 month of receipt or submission of your application RAR: titleContent to ask you for the missing parts. You must send the documents requested within the time limit that the administration has granted you . If you do not provide them, your application will be considered rejected.
The instruction timeout starts when your folder is full.
Warning
If the business is located in a condominium, you must obtain theauthorization of the general meeting of the co-owners before undertaking this work. This authorization shall be granted by a majority vote of all the co-owners.
You must file a advance notification (PNR) with the municipality of the municipality where the commercial establishment is located.
You can do your work on the Internet or by using a form.
General case
You must complete your RFP file by paperless means according to the arrangements made by your municipality or on a paper form. Inquire on the website of the city hall or on site.
On the Internet
You can complete your RFP application file on the Internet:
Form
You can complete your RFP application using a form:
Prior declaration of construction and works not subject to a building permit
In Paris
You must submit your file to the Office Accueil et service à l'user (Basu: titleContent) by dematerialized means only:
Office Accueil et Service à l'User (Basu) de Paris: one-stop-shop
The time-limits for investigations are:
- If your file is complete, the time-limit for the investigation is 1 month from the date of filing of the RFP in Town Hall.
- If your file is incomplete, the City Hall will send you a letter within 1 month of receiving or submitting your DP file RAR: titleContent to ask you for the missing parts. You have 3 months from receipt to send the requested parts. If you do not provide them, your RFP will be considered rejected.
The instruction timeout starts when your folder is full.
Warning
If the business is located in a condominium, you must obtain theauthorization of the general meeting of the co-owners before undertaking this work. This authorization shall be granted by a majority vote of all the co-owners.
You need to get a prior administrative authorization before settling a retail store that falls into one of the following categories:
- Laser beam sign
- Municipality covered by a local advertising regulation (RLP)
- On a tree.
You must send your application for authorization and the accompanying file in 3 copies using the following form:
The request shall be addressed to the town hall the place where the sign is to be displayed in one of the following ways:
- By electronic channel with request for electronic acknowledgement of receipt when the mayor is able to ensure a secure and confidential transmission
- By registered mail with request for postal receipt
- Filed in town hall against dump.
The time limits for the investigation are as follows:
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Your file is complete
Instruction time is 2 months from the date of submission of your application for authorization in the city hall.
Your file is incomplete
Within 1 month of receiving or submitting your application for authorization to the City Hall, she will send you a letter RAR: titleContent to ask you for the missing parts.
You have 2 months from receipt to send the requested parts. If you do not provide them, your application will be considered rejected.
The instruction timeout starts when your folder is full.
Warning
If the business is located in a condominium, you must obtain theauthorization of the general meeting of the co-owners before undertaking this work. This authorization shall be granted by a majority vote of all the co-owners.
If you settle a terrace with or without ground right-of-way (or a display in front of a store), you must deposit a application for authorization to occupy the public domain with the municipality of the municipality where the commercial establishment is located.
The application file varies from municipality to municipality. You can find the file to download on the website of your city hall (or of your prefecture if your request is located on a major artery of the city). This is either a form specific to your municipality or the following form:
You must send your complete file to the City Hall (or the prefecture if your request is located on a major street of the city). In Marseille, you must submit your file to the locations department.
You can drop it off on site or send it by mail, preferably by registered mail with acknowledgement of receipt.
General case
The place where the application is filed depends on the public space or the type of track to be occupied:
The request is located on the communal area or a street of the city
The request is located on a national or departmental road or on some major arteries of the city
In Marseille
Who shall I contact
Marseille - Pitches Service
Allows Marseille professionals to make the following requests:
- Location in an open-air market or covered hall
- Authorization to settle a terrace, a display, a sign in front of a shop
- Permission to settle scaffolding or palisade in the public domain.
By mail
33 A rue Montgrand
13006 Marseille
By telephone
+33 4 91 55 15 64 or 04 91 55 22 44
The processing of the application is between 2 weeks and 1 month depending on the communes.
Without a response within 2 months, the application is considered refused.
Warning
An authorization issued at local events by a holiday committee or an association has no legal force and may be canceled.
Warning
If the business is located in a condominium, you must obtain theauthorization of the general meeting of the co-owners before undertaking this work. This authorization shall be granted by a majority vote of all the co-owners.
Sectors protected
Yes, you must file a advance notification (PNR)) to perform the renovation of the façade of your business.
Before starting your work, check with the city planning department of your city hall to find out if you are concerned. The prior declaration file must be filed with the municipality of the municipality where the commercial establishment is located.
You can do your work on the Internet or by using a form.
General case
You must complete your RFP file by paperless means according to the arrangements made by your municipality or on a paper form. Inquire on the website of the city hall or on site.
On the Internet
You can complete your RFP application file on the Internet:
Form
You can complete your RFP application using a form:
Prior declaration of construction and works not subject to a building permit
In Paris
You must submit your file to the Office Accueil et service à l'user (Basu: titleContent) by dematerialized means only:
Office Accueil et Service à l'User (Basu) de Paris: one-stop-shop
The time limits for the investigation are as follows:
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Your file is complete
Within one month of submitting your RFP, the city planning department will notify by letter RAR: titleContent one investigation period of 2 months in general.
If you have agreed in your prior declaration to receive the instructor's correspondence to an email address, the notification may be sent to you by email.
Your file is incomplete
Within 1 month of receiving or submitting your RFP to the City Hall, she will send you a letter RAR: titleContent to ask you for the missing parts.
You have 3 months from its receipt to send the requested parts. If you do not provide them, your RFP will be considered rejected.
The instruction timeout starts when your folder is full.
You must file a advance notification (PNR) only if the work modifies the exterior appearance of the building.
You can do your work on the Internet or by using a form.
General case
You must complete your RFP file by paperless means according to the arrangements made by your municipality or on a paper form. Inquire on the website of the city hall or on site.
On the Internet
You can complete your RFP application file on the Internet:
Form
You can complete your RFP application using a form:
Prior declaration of construction and works not subject to a building permit
In Paris
You must submit your file to the Office Accueil et service à l'user (Basu: titleContent) by dematerialized means only:
Office Accueil et Service à l'User (Basu) de Paris: one-stop-shop
The time limits for the investigation are as follows:
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
Your file is complete
Within one month of submitting your RFP, the city planning department will notify by letter RAR: titleContent one investigation period of 2 months in general.
If you have agreed in your prior declaration to receive the instructor's correspondence to an email address, the notification may be sent to you by email.
Your file is incomplete
Within 1 month of receiving or submitting your RFP to the City Hall, she will send you a letter RAR: titleContent to ask you for the missing parts.
You have 3 months from its receipt to send the requested parts. If you do not provide them, your RFP will be considered rejected.
The instruction timeout starts when your folder is full.
Warning
If the business is located in a condominium, you must obtain theauthorization of the general meeting of the co-owners before undertaking this work. This authorization shall be granted by a majority vote of all the co-owners.
You must file a advance notification (PNR) in town hall.
You can do your work on the Internet or by using a form.
General case
You must complete your RFP file by paperless means according to the arrangements made by your municipality or on a paper form. Inquire on the website of the city hall or on site.
On the Internet
You can complete your RFP application file on the Internet:
Form
You can complete your RFP application using a form:
Prior declaration of construction and works not subject to a building permit
In Paris
You must submit your file to the Office Accueil et service à l'user (Basu: titleContent) by dematerialized means only:
Office Accueil et Service à l'User (Basu) de Paris: one-stop-shop
The time limits for the investigation are as follows:
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
Your file is complete
Within one month of submitting your RFP, the city planning department will notify by letter RAR: titleContent one investigation period of 2 months in general.
If you have agreed in your prior declaration to receive the instructor's correspondence to an email address, the notification may be sent to you by email.
Your file is incomplete
Within 1 month of receiving or submitting your RFP to the City Hall, she will send you a letter RAR: titleContent to ask you for the missing parts.
You have 3 months from its receipt to send the requested parts. If you do not provide them, your RFP will be considered rejected.
The instruction timeout starts when your folder is full.
You must also submit an application for authorization to build or fit up a building in the city hall receiving institution (ERP) with the following form:
Application for permission to construct, develop or modify a facility receiving the public (ERP)
The time-limits for investigations are:
- If your file is complete, the time-limit for the investigation is 4 months from the date of submission of the file to the mayor's office.
- If your file is incomplete, the mayor shall send you a letter within 1 month of receipt or submission of your application RAR: titleContent to ask you for the missing parts. You must send the documents requested within the time limit that the administration has granted you . If you do not provide them, your application will be considered rejected.
The instruction timeout starts when your folder is full.
Warning
If the business is located in a condominium, you must obtain theauthorization of the general meeting of the co-owners before undertaking this work. This authorization shall be granted by a majority vote of all the co-owners.
You must file a advance notification (PNR) with the municipality of the municipality where the commercial establishment is located. You can do your work on the Internet or by using a form.
General case
You must complete your RFP file by paperless means according to the arrangements made by your municipality or on a paper form. Inquire on the website of the city hall or on site.
On the Internet
You can complete your RFP application file on the Internet:
Form
You can complete your RFP application using a form:
Prior declaration of construction and works not subject to a building permit
In Paris
You must submit your file to the Office Accueil et service à l'user (Basu: titleContent) by dematerialized means only:
Office Accueil et Service à l'User (Basu) de Paris: one-stop-shop
The time limits for the investigation are as follows:
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
Your file is complete
Within one month of submitting your RFP, the city planning department will notify by letter RAR: titleContent one investigation period of 2 months in general.
If you have agreed in your prior declaration to receive the instructor's correspondence to an email address, the notification may be sent to you by email.
Your file is incomplete
Within 1 month of receiving or submitting your RFP to the City Hall, she will send you a letter RAR: titleContent to ask you for the missing parts.
You have 3 months from its receipt to send the requested parts. If you do not provide them, your RFP will be considered rejected.
The instruction timeout starts when your folder is full.
Warning
If the business is located in a condominium, you must obtain theauthorization of the general meeting of the co-owners before undertaking this work. This authorization shall be granted by a majority vote of all the co-owners.
Depending on the type of sign and where it will be displayed, you will need to obtain authorization prerequisite by sending the application form to the city hall. In case a prior authorization is not required, but the works are located near historic monuments, you must obtain an authorization special.
Prior authorization
Your file is complete
Instruction time is 2 months from the date of submission of your application for authorization in the city hall.
Your file is incomplete
Within 1 month of receiving or submitting your application for authorization to the City Hall, she will send you a letter RAR: titleContent to ask you for the missing parts.
You have 2 months from receipt to send the requested parts. If you do not provide them, your application will be considered rejected.
The instruction timeout starts when your folder is full.
Special Authorization
In the vicinity of a historic monument, in cases not subject to prior authorization, you must obtain a special authorization before settling or changing a sign.
You must send your request for authorization and the accompanying file in 3 copies to the mayor of the place where the sign is to be affixed using the following form:
The time limits for the investigation are as follows:
- Your file is complete: the investigation period is 2 months from the date of receipt of your application for authorization in the town hall.
- Your file is incomplete: within 1 month of receiving your application for special authorization, she sends you a letter RAR: titleContent to ask you for the missing parts.
You have 3 months from receipt of the letter to send the requested parts. If you do not provide them, your application will be considered rejected.
The instruction timeout starts when your folder is full.
Warning
If the business is located in a condominium, you must obtain theauthorization of the general meeting of the co-owners before undertaking this work. This authorization shall be granted by a majority vote of all the co-owners.
If you settle a terrace with or without ground right-of-way (or a display in front of a store), you must deposit a application for authorization to occupy the public domain with the municipality of the municipality where the commercial establishment is located.
The application file varies from municipality to municipality. You can find the file to download on the website of your city hall (or of your prefecture if your request is located on a major artery of the city). This is either a form specific to your municipality or the following form:
You must send your complete file to the City Hall (or the prefecture if your request is located on a major street of the city). In Marseille, you must submit your file to the locations department.
You can drop it off on site or send it by mail, preferably by registered mail with acknowledgement of receipt.
General case
The place where the application is filed depends on the public space or the type of track to be occupied:
The request is located on the communal area or a street of the city
The request is located on a national or departmental road or on some major arteries of the city
In Marseille
Who shall I contact
Marseille - Pitches Service
Allows Marseille professionals to make the following requests:
- Location in an open-air market or covered hall
- Authorization to settle a terrace, a display, a sign in front of a shop
- Permission to settle scaffolding or palisade in the public domain.
By mail
33 A rue Montgrand
13006 Marseille
By telephone
+33 4 91 55 15 64 or 04 91 55 22 44
The processing of the application is between 2 weeks and 1 month depending on the communes.
Without a response within 2 months, the application is considered refused.
Warning
An authorization issued at local events by a holiday committee or an association has no legal force and may be canceled.
Warning
If the business is located in a condominium, you must obtain theauthorization of the general meeting of the co-owners before undertaking this work. This authorization shall be granted by a majority vote of all the co-owners.
Protected buildings
You must obtain administrative approvals based on the type of building protection to perform the renovation of the façade of your business.
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Classified buildings
Carrying out prior consultation
Before starting your work, you must contact the Regional Directorate for Cultural Affairs (Drac) by contacting to the departmental units of architecture and heritage (UDAP) or to Regional Conservation of Historic Monuments (RCHM).
You must, in liaison with the services of the Drac, carry out a program or a draft program of work that you want to carry out on the monument.
You need to integrate the historical and technical data of the building, as well as the projected funding for the studies and the planned works, into the work program.
Apply for a work permit
You must send a request and the accompanying file, in 4 copies, to the Departmental Directorate of Architecture and Heritage.
This file includes the following documents:
- Pprogram of operations describing and justifying the planned work and the final preliminary draft containing a presentation report, a detailed quantitative description and all the graphic and photographic documents enabling the planned work to be understood
- Estudies prior scientific and technical the carrying out of the work, depending on the nature, scale and complexity of the work.
The application for authorization must be submitted in 4 copies to departmental units of architecture and heritage (UDAP) to which the vessel is attached, by direct delivery against a receipt or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.
Time-limits for the investigation
The time limits for the investigation are as follows:
- If your file is complete, the time-limit for the investigation is 6 months following the date of registration of your application by the Drac: titleContent. However, if the minister responsible for culture decides within the same period to examine your file, the time limit for investigation is 12 months.
- If your file is incomplete, the Drac: titleContent sends you a request for missing parts within the1 month upon receipt of your request. You have 2 months to send the requested parts. If you do not provide them, your request is rejected. The instruction timeout starts when your folder is full.
Listed buildings
Carrying out prior consultation
Before starting your work, you should contact the Regional Directorate for Cultural Affairs (Drac) by contacting to the departmental units of architecture and heritage (UDAP) or Regional Conservation of Historic Monuments (RCHM).
During this consultation phase, the Drac services provide the client with all the relevant information, including the state of knowledge they have about the monument.
Request city planning Authorization
You must inform the regional prefect 4 months before making modifications to a building listed as a historic monument.
Outside Paris, you must file an application for building permit with the municipality of the municipality where the commercial establishment is located. You can do your work on the Internet or by using a form.
You must complete your building permit application by paperless means according to the arrangements made by your municipality or on a paper form. Inquire on the website of the city hall or on site.
You can complete your PC application file on the internet:
Assistance for your planning authorization request
You can complete your PC application using a form:
Application for a building permit (other than for a detached house or its annexes)
In Paris, you must submit your file to the Office Accueil et Service à l'User (Basu: titleContent) by dematerialized means only:
Office Accueil et Service à l'User (Basu) de Paris: one-stop-shop
Time-limits for the investigation
The time limits for the investigation are as follows:
- If your file is complete, the time-limit for the investigation is 5 months from the date of submission of the complete file to the City Hall.
- If your file is incomplete, the city hall addresses you by letter RAR: titleContent or by electronic means a request for missing documents in the 1-month period from the receipt or submission of your application. You have 3 months to send the requested parts. If you do not provide them, your license application will be considered rejected. The instruction timeout starts when your folder is full.
Warning
If the business is located in a condominium, you must obtain theauthorization of the general meeting of the co-owners before undertaking this work. This authorization shall be granted by a majority vote of all the co-owners.
Buildings protected by the PLU
You must file a advance work statement (PNR)) to the municipality of the municipality where the commercial establishment is located.
You can do your work on the Internet or by using a form.
General case
You must complete your RFP file by paperless means according to the arrangements made by your municipality or on a paper form. Inquire on the website of the city hall or on site.
You can complete your RFP application file on the Internet:
Assistance for your planning authorization request
You can complete your RFP application using a form:
Prior declaration of construction and works not subject to a building permit
In Paris
You must submit your file to the Office Accueil et service à l'user (Basu: titleContent) by dematerialized means only:
Office Accueil et Service à l'User (Basu) de Paris: one-stop-shop
Time-limits for the investigation
The time-limits for investigations are:
- If your file is complete, the time-limit for the investigation is 1 month from the date of filing of the RFP in Town Hall.
- If your file is incomplete, the City Hall will send you a letter within 1 month of receiving or submitting your DP file RAR: titleContent to ask you for the missing parts. You have 3 months from receipt to send the requested parts. If you do not provide them, your RFP will be considered rejected.
The instruction timeout starts when your folder is full.
Warning
If the business is located in a condominium, you must obtain theauthorization of the general meeting of the co-owners before undertaking this work. This authorization shall be granted by a majority vote of all the co-owners.
You need to obtain administrative approvals based on the type of building protection.
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Classified buildings
Carrying out prior consultation
Before starting your work, you must contact the Regional Directorate for Cultural Affairs (Drac: titleContent) by addressing you to the departmental units of architecture and heritage (UDAP) or to Regional Conservation of Historic Monuments (RCHM).
You must, in liaison with the services of the Drac, carry out a program or a draft program of work that you want to carry out on the monument.
You need to integrate the historical and technical data of the building, as well as the projected funding for the studies and the planned works, into the work program.
Apply for a work permit
You must send a request and the accompanying file, in 4 copies, to the Departmental Directorate of Architecture and Heritage (Drac: titleContent).
This file includes the following documents:
- Pprogram of operations describing and justifying the planned work and the final preliminary draft containing a presentation report, a detailed quantitative description and all the graphic and photographic documents enabling the planned work to be understood
- Studies prior scientific and technical the carrying out of the work, depending on the nature, scale and complexity of the work.
The application for authorization must be submitted in 4 copies to departmental units of architecture and heritage (UDAP) to which the vessel is attached, by direct delivery against a receipt or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.
Time-limits for the investigation
The time limits for the investigation are as follows:
- If your file is complete, the time-limit for the investigation is 6 months following the date of registration of your application by the Drac: titleContent. However, if the minister responsible for culture decides within the same period to examine your file, the time limit for investigation is 12 months.
- If your file is incomplete, the Drac will send you a request for the missing documents within the1 month upon receipt of your request. You have 2 months to send the requested parts. If you do not provide them, your request is rejected. The instruction timeout starts when your folder is full.
Listed buildings
Carrying out prior consultation
Before starting your work, you should contact the Regional Directorate for Cultural Affairs (Drac) by contacting to the departmental units of architecture and heritage (UDAP) or Regional Conservation of Historic Monuments (RCHM).
During this consultation phase, the Drac services provide the client with all the relevant information, including the state of knowledge they have about the monument.
Request city planning Authorization
You must inform the regional prefect 4 months before making modifications to a building listed as a historic monument.
Outside Paris, you must file an application for building permit with the municipality of the municipality where the commercial establishment is located. You can do your work on the Internet or by using a form.
You must complete your building permit application by paperless means according to the arrangements made by your municipality or on a paper form. Inquire on the website of the city hall or on site.
You can complete your PC application file on the internet:
Assistance for your planning authorization request
You can complete your PC application using a form:
Application for a building permit (other than for a detached house or its annexes)
In Paris, you must submit your file to the Office Accueil et Service à l'User (Basu: titleContent) by dematerialized means only:
Office Accueil et Service à l'User (Basu) de Paris: one-stop-shop
Time-limits for the investigation
The time limits for the investigation are as follows:
- If your file is complete, the time-limit for the investigation is 5 months from the date of submission of the complete file to the City Hall.
- If your file is incomplete, the city hall addresses you by letter RAR: titleContent or by electronic means a request for missing documents in the 1-month period from the receipt or submission of your application. You have 3 months to send the requested parts. If you do not provide them, your license application will be considered rejected. The instruction timeout starts when your folder is full.
Warning
If the business is located in a condominium, you must obtain theauthorization of the general meeting of the co-owners before undertaking this work. This authorization shall be granted by a majority vote of all the co-owners.
Buildings protected by the PLU
You must file a advance work statement (PNR)) to the municipality of the municipality where the commercial establishment is located.
You can do your work on the Internet or by using a form.
General case
You must complete your RFP file by paperless means according to the arrangements made by your municipality or on a paper form. Inquire on the website of the city hall or on site.
You can complete your RFP application file on the Internet:
Assistance for your planning authorization request
You can complete your RFP application using a form:
Prior declaration of construction and works not subject to a building permit
In Paris
You must submit your file to the Office Accueil et service à l'user (Basu: titleContent) by dematerialized means only:
Office Accueil et Service à l'User (Basu) de Paris: one-stop-shop
Time-limits for the investigation
The time-limits for investigations are:
- If your file is complete, the time-limit for the investigation is 1 month from the date of filing of the RFP in Town Hall.
- If your file is incomplete, the City Hall will send you a letter within 1 month of receiving or submitting your DP file RAR: titleContent to ask you for the missing parts. You have 3 months from receipt to send the requested parts. If you do not provide them, your RFP will be considered rejected.
The instruction timeout starts when your folder is full.
Warning
If the business is located in a condominium, you must obtain theauthorization of the general meeting of the co-owners before undertaking this work. This authorization shall be granted by a majority vote of all the co-owners.
You need to obtain administrative approvals based on the type of building protection.
Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement
Classified buildings
Carrying out prior consultation
Before starting your work, you must contact the Regional Directorate for Cultural Affairs (Drac) by contacting to the departmental units of architecture and heritage (UDAP) or to Regional Conservation of Historic Monuments (RCHM).
You must, in liaison with the services of the Drac, carry out a program or a draft program of work that you want to carry out on the monument.
You need to integrate the historical and technical data of the building, as well as the projected funding for the studies and the planned works, into the work program.
Apply for a work permit
You must send a request and the accompanying file, in 4 copies, to the Departmental Directorate of Architecture and Heritage.
This file includes the following documents:
- Pprogram of operations describing and justifying the planned work and the final preliminary draft containing a presentation report, a detailed quantitative description and all the graphic and photographic documents enabling the planned work to be understood
- Estudies prior scientific and technical the carrying out of the work, depending on the nature, scale and complexity of the work.
The application for authorization must be submitted in 4 copies to departmental units of architecture and heritage (UDAP) to which the vessel is attached, by direct delivery against a receipt or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.
Time-limits for the investigation
The time limits for the investigation are as follows:
- If your file is complete, the time-limit for the investigation is 6 months following the date of registration of your application by the Drac: titleContent. However, if the minister responsible for culture decides within the same period to examine your file, the time limit for investigation is 12 months.
- If your file is incomplete, the Drac: titleContent sends you a request for missing parts within the1 month upon receipt of your request. You have 2 months to send the requested parts. If you do not provide them, your request is rejected. The instruction timeout starts when your folder is full.
Listed buildings
Carrying out prior consultation
Before starting your work, you should contact the Regional Directorate for Cultural Affairs (Drac) by contacting to the departmental units of architecture and heritage (UDAP) or Regional Conservation of Historic Monuments (RCHM).
During this consultation phase, the Drac services provide the client with all the relevant information, including the state of knowledge they have about the monument.
Request city planning Authorization
You must inform the regional prefect 4 months before making modifications to a building listed as a historic monument.
Outside Paris, you must file an application for building permit with the municipality of the municipality where the commercial establishment is located. You can do your work on the Internet or by using a form.
You must complete your building permit application by paperless means according to the arrangements made by your municipality or on a paper form. Inquire on the website of the city hall or on site.
You can complete your building permit application on the Internet:
Assistance for your planning authorization request
You can complete your PC application using a form:
Application for a building permit (other than for a detached house or its annexes)
In Paris, you must submit your file to the Office Accueil et Service à l'User (Basu: titleContent) by dematerialized means only:
Office Accueil et Service à l'User (Basu) de Paris: one-stop-shop
Time-limits for the investigation
The time limits for the investigation are as follows:
- If your file is complete, the time-limit for the investigation is 5 months from the date of submission of the complete file to the City Hall.
- If your file is incomplete, the city hall addresses you by letter RAR: titleContent or by electronic means a request for missing documents in the 1-month period from the receipt or submission of your application. You have 3 months to send the requested parts. If you do not provide them, your license application will be considered rejected. The instruction timeout starts when your folder is full.
Warning
If the business is located in a condominium, you must obtain theauthorization of the general meeting of the co-owners before undertaking this work. This authorization shall be granted by a majority vote of all the co-owners.
Buildings protected by the PLU
You must file a advance work statement (PNR)) to the municipality of the municipality where the commercial establishment is located.
You can do your work on the Internet or by using a form.
General case
You must complete your RFP file by paperless means according to the arrangements made by your municipality or on a paper form. Inquire on the website of the city hall or on site.
You can complete your RFP application file on the Internet:
Assistance for your planning authorization request
You can complete your RFP application using a form:
Prior declaration of construction and works not subject to a building permit
In Paris
You must submit your file to the Office Accueil et service à l'user (Basu: titleContent) by dematerialized means only:
Office Accueil et Service à l'User (Basu) de Paris: one-stop-shop
Time-limits for the investigation
The time-limits for investigations are:
- If your file is complete, the time-limit for the investigation is 1 month from the date of filing of the RFP in Town Hall.
- If your file is incomplete, the City Hall will send you a letter within 1 month of receiving or submitting your DP file RAR: titleContent to ask you for the missing parts. You have 3 months from receipt to send the requested parts. If you do not provide them, your RFP will be considered rejected.
The instruction timeout starts when your folder is full.
Warning
If the business is located in a condominium, you must obtain theauthorization of the general meeting of the co-owners before undertaking this work. This authorization shall be granted by a majority vote of all the co-owners.
You need to obtain administrative approvals based on the type of building protection.
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Classified buildings
Carrying out prior consultation
Before starting your work, you must contact the Regional Directorate for Cultural Affairs (Drac) by contacting to the departmental units of architecture and heritage (UDAP) or to Regional Conservation of Historic Monuments (RCHM).
You must, in liaison with the services of the Drac, carry out a program or a draft program of work that you want to carry out on the monument.
You need to integrate the historical and technical data of the building, as well as the projected funding for the studies and the planned works, into the work program.
Apply for a work permit
You must send a request and the accompanying file, in 4 copies, to the Departmental Directorate of Architecture and Heritage.
This file includes the following documents:
- Pprogram of operations describing and justifying the planned work and the final preliminary draft containing a presentation report, a detailed quantitative description and all the graphic and photographic documents enabling the planned work to be understood
- Estudies prior scientific and technical the carrying out of the work, depending on the nature, scale and complexity of the work.
The application for authorization must be submitted in 4 copies to departmental units of architecture and heritage (UDAP) to which the vessel is attached, by direct delivery against a receipt or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.
Time-limits for the investigation
The time limits for the investigation are as follows:
- If your file is complete, the time-limit for the investigation is 6 months following the date of registration of your application by the Drac: titleContent. However, if the minister responsible for culture decides within the same period to examine your file, the time limit for investigation is 12 months.
- If your file is incomplete, the Drac: titleContent sends you a request for missing parts within the1 month upon receipt of your request. You have 2 months to send the requested parts. If you do not provide them, your request is rejected. The instruction timeout starts when your folder is full.
Listed buildings
Carrying out prior consultation
Before starting your work, you should contact the Regional Directorate for Cultural Affairs (Drac) by contacting to the departmental units of architecture and heritage (UDAP) or Regional Conservation of Historic Monuments (RCHM).
During this consultation phase, the Drac services provide the client with all the relevant information, including the state of knowledge they have about the monument.
Request city planning Authorization
You must inform the regional prefect 4 months before making modifications to a building listed as a historic monument.
Outside Paris, you must file an application for building permit with the municipality of the municipality where the commercial establishment is located. You can do your work on the Internet or by using a form.
You must complete your building permit application by paperless means according to the arrangements made by your municipality or on a paper form. Inquire on the website of the city hall or on site.
You can complete your building permit application on the Internet:
Assistance for your planning authorization request
You can complete your application for a building permit using a form:
Application for a building permit (other than for a detached house or its annexes)
In Paris, you must submit your file to the Office Accueil et Service à l'User (Basu: titleContent) by dematerialized means only:
Office Accueil et Service à l'User (Basu) de Paris: one-stop-shop
Time-limits for the investigation
The time limits for the investigation are as follows:
- If your file is complete, the time-limit for the investigation is 5 months from the date of submission of the complete file to the City Hall.
- If your file is incomplete, the city hall addresses you by letter RAR: titleContent or by electronic means a request for missing documents in the 1-month period from the receipt or submission of your application. You have 3 months to send the requested parts. If you do not provide them, your license application will be considered rejected. The instruction timeout starts when your folder is full.
Warning
If the business is located in a condominium, you must obtain theauthorization of the general meeting of the co-owners before undertaking this work. This authorization shall be granted by a majority vote of all the co-owners.
Buildings protected by the PLU
You must file a advance work statement (PNR)) to the municipality of the municipality where the commercial establishment is located.
You can do your work on the Internet or by using a form.
General case
You must complete your RFP file by paperless means according to the arrangements made by your municipality or on a paper form. Inquire on the website of the city hall or on site.
You can complete your RFP application file on the Internet:
Assistance for your planning authorization request
You can complete your RFP application using a form:
Prior declaration of construction and works not subject to a building permit
In Paris
You must submit your file to the Office Accueil et service à l'user (Basu: titleContent) by dematerialized means only:
Office Accueil et Service à l'User (Basu) de Paris: one-stop-shop
Time-limits for the investigation
The time-limits for investigations are:
- If your file is complete, the time-limit for the investigation is 1 month from the date of filing of the RFP in Town Hall.
- If your file is incomplete, the City Hall will send you a letter within 1 month of receiving or submitting your DP file RAR: titleContent to ask you for the missing parts. You have 3 months from receipt to send the requested parts. If you do not provide them, your RFP will be considered rejected.
The instruction timeout starts when your folder is full.
Warning
If the business is located in a condominium, you must obtain theauthorization of the general meeting of the co-owners before undertaking this work. This authorization shall be granted by a majority vote of all the co-owners.
You need to get a prior administrative authorization before settling a retail store that falls into one of the following categories:
- Laser beam sign
- Municipality covered by a local advertising regulation (RLP)
- Within 100 meters and in the field of visibility of buildings with an aesthetic, historic or picturesque character
- Immovable property classified or registered under historical monuments
- In the perimeter of remarkable heritage sites.
You must send your application for authorization and the accompanying file in 3 copies using the following form:
The request shall be addressed to the town hall the place where the sign is to be displayed in one of the following ways:
- By electronic channel with request for electronic acknowledgement of receipt when the mayor is able to ensure a secure and confidential transmission
- By registered mail with request for postal receipt
- Filed in town hall against dump.
The time limits for the investigation are as follows:
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Your file is complete
Instruction time is 2 months from the date of submission of your application for authorization in the city hall.
Your file is incomplete
Within 1 month of receiving or submitting your application for authorization to the City Hall, she will send you a letter RAR: titleContent to ask you for the missing parts.
You have 2 months from receipt to send the requested parts. If you do not provide them, your application will be considered rejected.
The instruction timeout starts when your folder is full.
Warning
If the business is located in a condominium, you must obtain theauthorization of the general meeting of the co-owners before undertaking this work. This authorization shall be granted by a majority vote of all the co-owners.
If you settle a terrace with or without a footprint, or a display in front of a shop, you must drop off a application for authorization to occupy the public domain with the municipality of the municipality where the commercial establishment is located.
The application file varies from municipality to municipality. You can find the file to download on the website of your city hall (or of your prefecture if your request is located on a major artery of the city). This is either a form specific to your municipality or the following form:
You must send your complete file to the City Hall (or the prefecture if your request is located on a major street of the city). In Marseille, you must submit your file to the locations department.
You can drop it off on site or send it by mail, preferably by registered mail with acknowledgement of receipt.
General case
The location of the application depends on the public space or the type of track to be occupied.
The request is located on the communal area or a street of the city
The request is located on a national or departmental road or on some major arteries of the city
In Marseille
Who shall I contact
Marseille - Pitches Service
Allows Marseille professionals to make the following requests:
- Location in an open-air market or covered hall
- Authorization to settle a terrace, a display, a sign in front of a shop
- Permission to settle scaffolding or palisade in the public domain.
By mail
33 A rue Montgrand
13006 Marseille
By telephone
+33 4 91 55 15 64 or 04 91 55 22 44
The processing of the application is between 2 weeks and 1 month depending on the communes.
Without a response within 2 months, the application is considered refused.
Warning
An authorization issued at local events by a holiday committee or an association has no legal force and may be canceled.
If the business is located in a condominium, you must obtain theauthorization of the general meeting of the co-owners before undertaking this work. This authorization shall be granted by a majority vote of all the co-owners.
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Departmental Architecture and Heritage Unit (UDAP)
Works and changes of destination subject to prior declaration
Contents of the file for an application for prior declaration
Work on existing construction subject to building permits
Building Permit Application File
Commercial signs (legislative part)
Commercial signs (regulatory part)
Special authorization for the installation of a sign
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Prior authorization of the general meeting of the co-owners
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