Setup of the SCOT du Pays Loire Angers (Regional Coherency Plan), which gathers together 66 towns and villages with over 300,000 inhabitants, is in its final stages. Public meetings are being held to give everyone the chance to express their views.
The SCOT
This plan is a key aspect of the regional planning policy.
It is applicable to local town development plans or other planning
documents, local habitat programmes, urban movement plans and
commercial development plans.
Preparation of the SCOT comprises three main stages:
- Drawing up the presentation report documents, including the
diagnosis
- Drawing up the sustainable development and layout project
(PADD)
- the General Guidelines Document
Consideration of
Loire Valley landscapes
Diagnosis:
"The network of valleys and confluences shapes the Angers
landscape and significantly forges its character beyond its
borders.
The Loire Valley, now listed as a UNESCO World Heritage in the
"living cultural landscapes" section, represents the symbolic
landscape of the region, for its inhabitants and for tourist
promotion."
PADD:
"Major assets have been identified in the tourist development
plan (…):
The Loire and Anjou low valleys with special attention paid to
the Loire landscapes, which have been listed as a UNESCO World
Heritage, and to the wealth of fauna and which call for
sustainable development of tourism. Navigability of rivers
and portside facilities
are a development potential for river tourism."
The discussions
With invaluable input from the stakeholders, a diagnosis has
highlighted the challenges for the Anjou region. For now this
involves agreeing on a future to be shared by everyone and on
outlining ways this can be achieved.
Five public meetings with local
mayors and councillors have been planned in April and May
2010.
To conclude the discussions, the final dossier will be
submitted for public inquiry.
SCOT de la région
angevine
Projet paysage