Hi, We've recently purchased a property on the Vienne/HauteVienne border and would like to construct a house there. Whilst I know roughly the rules of where you can and can't build, I'd like to talk to a 'Planning Consultant' if there is such a thing in France or failing that a local(ish) architect who can advise us. I'm meeting with the Marie in the next couple of weeks to start discussing CU, but would ideally like some additional info/help before then.
Hi Jenny, we employed the services of Jérome Viroulaud at Chabanais http://www.maitrise-oeuvre-charente.fr/ma%C3%AEtrise-d-oeuvre-chabanais and have been very pleased that we did. He speaks English (although he's a bit shy about it) but he steered us through the planning requirements for our ruin on the 87/16 border, and through the hassles we, and others, had with Batiments de France.
After a short consultation period with us, he drew up plans (he had some good ideas for the renovations and extension we required), then presented our dossiers after consultations with the DDT and ABdF.
We too used Jérome Viroulaud at Chabanais and found him to be excellent and extremely professional to deal with - and not that expensive either - for our new build.
I’d highly recommend him and indeed have done so previously.