Zoning of the PLU of La Motte Tilly

The Urban Planning Code defines four types of areas regulated in the local planning plan (R.123-5 to 8): urban areas (U), areas to be urbanised (AU), agricultural areas (A) and natural and forest areas (N). These areas shall be demarcated on one or more graphic documents. A regulation is attached to each area. The by-law may lay down different rules, depending on whether the purpose of the construction relates to housing, hotel accommodation, offices, commerce, crafts, industry, agricultural or forestry operations or warehouse functions. These categories are limited (Art. R.123-9).The areas already urbanised where existing or under construction public facilities have sufficient capacity to serve the buildings to be installed are classified as U-areas.The natural areas of the municipality may be classified as AU zones, which are intended to be opened for urbanisation depending on whether or not the existing equipment on the periphery is sufficient to serve the buildings to be installed. There are two types of AU zone: “constructible” and “inconstructible” areas.Can be classified as zones A, the areas of the municipality, whether or not equipped, to be protected due to the agronomic, biological or economic potential of agricultural land.Can be classified as N zones, the areas of the municipality equipped or not, to be protected either by reason of the quality of the sites, natural habitats, landscapes and their interest, in particular from the aesthetic, historical or ecological point of view, either the existence of a forestry operation or their nature as natural areas.- Within the N zones, can be: perimeters in which possibilities for the transfer of the right to build can be carried out (transfer of COS),- areas of limited size and capacity where construction is possible under the condition of implantation and density.

城市规划法规（Urban Planning Code）明确了本地规划方案中四类受监管区域（条款R.123-5至R.123-8）：城市建成区（U）、待城市化区域（AU）、农业区域（A）以及自然与林业区域（N）。上述区域须在一份或多份规划图纸中标定边界。每类区域均配套有对应的监管规则。本配套条例可根据建设用途的不同制定差异化规则，建设用途涵盖住宅、酒店住宿、办公、商业、手工业、工业、农业或林业作业以及仓储功能，此类用途类别存在限定范围（条款R.123-9）。
已完成城市化的区域，若其现有或在建的公共设施具备足够承载力以服务待建设建筑，则归类为U类区域。市镇的自然区域可被归类为AU区域，该类区域是否启动城市化开发，取决于其周边现有配套设施是否足以支撑待建设建筑的使用需求。AU区域分为两类：可建设区域与不可建设区域。
可被归类为A类区域的，是市镇内无论是否配备配套设施，因农业用地的农艺、生物或经济价值潜力而需要予以保护的区域。可被归类为N类区域的，是市镇内无论是否配备配套设施，因场地品质、自然栖息地、景观及其美学、历史或生态价值，或是存在林业经营活动、其本身属于自然区域属性而需要予以保护的区域。
在N类区域范围内，可进一步划分为：可开展建筑权转让的地块（transfer of COS）、以及规模与承载力受限，仅在符合建设布局与密度要求的前提下方可进行建设的区域。