Protected Agricultural Areas (PAZ) in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône

The Protected Agricultural Area (PAZ) is a tool that helps to protect the agricultural vocation of certain areas sustainably and to remove them from the pressure of urbanisation. In a few sentences: The Protected Agricultural Area (PAZ) is a public utility easement (SUP) that preserves the agricultural vocation of areas of general interest by: — the quality of their production, or — their geographical location, or either their agronomic quality. The ZAPs are delimited by prefectural decree: — on a proposal or after agreement of the municipal council of the municipalities concerned — or, where appropriate, and after consulting the municipal council of the municipalities concerned, on a proposal from the deliberative body of the public establishment responsible for local planning (PLU, PLUi) or territorial coherence scheme (SCoT).