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Demolition of unauthorized chalet extension in agricultural zone

ATA/236/1997Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberApr 15, 1997Confirmed

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The Administrative Court confirmed a demolition order against an unauthorized enlargement of a chalet in an agricultural zone, consisting of one extra room and a habitable cellar beneath a terrace. It held that the works were too extensive to be treated as a mere partial transformation. They neither fitted within the permitted use of the zone nor were they imposed by the building's destination, so Art. 24 LAT did not justify them.

Omnilex headnote

Art. 24 LAT; demolition of unauthorized construction in the agricultural zone; a work is only exemptible if it is imposed by the destination of the building and remains compatible with the zoning purpose. Substantial additions to an existing chalet, such as an additional room and a habitable cellar under a terrace, are not merely partial transformations when they do not integrate into the existing building within the limits of the zone's use. In such a case, the demolition order must be confirmed (consid. implied by the summary).

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Descripteurs

AMENAGEMENT DU TERRITOIRE; PERMIS DE CONSTRUIRE; CONSTRUCTION ET INSTALLATION; SURELEVATION; SOUS-SOL; IMPLANTATION IMPOSEE PAR LA DESTINATION; ORDRE DE DEMOLITION; PROTECTION DES MONUMENTS; TRAVAUX DE CONSTRUCTION; ILLICEITE; ZONE AGRICOLE; TPE

Normes

LAT.24

Résumé

Le TA confirme l'ordre de démolition d'un agrandissement non autorisé de chalet situé en zone agricole (une pièce supplémentaire) et d'une cave habitable aménagée sous une terrasse. Ces travaux sont trop importants pour constituer une transformation partielle, car ils ne s'intègrent pas au bâtiment existant dans le cadre de l'affectation de la zone, ni ne sont imposés par sa destination.

Keywords

planningagricultural zonedemolition orderunauthorized constructionchaletextensioncellarpartial transformationdestination of building

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether the unauthorized additional room added to the chalet had to be demolished.

Extracted holding

The demolition order was upheld because the enlargement was too substantial to qualify as a partial transformation and was not justified by the zone’s permitted use or by the building’s destination.

Extracted reasoning

In an agricultural zone, the work did not integrate into the existing building within the limits of the zone’s use, and it was not imposed by the building’s destination under Art. 24 LAT.

Key legal question

Whether the habitable cellar arranged beneath the terrace had to be demolished.

Extracted holding

The demolition order was upheld for the cellar as well, because it constituted an unauthorized construction outside what could be tolerated as a limited alteration.

Extracted reasoning

The cellar formed part of the same non-compliant enlargement and was not covered by any exception allowing construction in the agricultural zone.

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