Refined covisibility criterion in the context of protection of the surroundings

In a ruling of 5 June 2020, the Conseil d’État clarified the concept of covisibility characterising protected buildings in the vicinity of historic monuments.

EC 5 June 2020, req. no. 431994, extract (in French) (…) 4. It follows from the combination of these provisions that building permits may be issued only with the agreement of the architect of Bâtiments de France for buildings located, in the absence of a delimited perimeter, less than 500 metres from a building classified or listed as a historic monument, if they are visible to the naked eye of that building or at the same time as it from a place normally accessible to the public, including when that place is located outside the 500-metre perimeter surrounding the building in question (…) D E C I D E : —————— Article 1: The order of 11 June 2019 of the judge of the administrative court of Pau is annulled (…)