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ATA/255/1996•Access and noise assessment for 8-villa development upheld
ATA/255/1996Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberMay 7, 1996Dismissed
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The appeal concerned a planned development of eight villas. The court upheld the planning authority's handling of access, held that there was no reason to assume that noise exposure limits would be exceeded, and found that DTPE had not abused its discretion by not ordering a noise forecast under Art. 25 LPE. It also held that the opponents had not shown that the villas would fail to integrate into the built villa environment. The appeal was dismissed.
Art. 25 LPE; planning permission and noise prognosis; access and integration requirements for a housing project. Where the file contains no concrete indications that limit values for noise immissions will be exceeded, the authority is not required to order a noise forecast. The competent authority does not exceed its discretion by abstaining from additional prognostic measures in such circumstances. Objections against access and architectural integration must be substantiated; a mere assertion that a project does not fit into the surrounding built fabric is insufficient.
Descripteurs
CONSTRUCTION ET INSTALLATION; ACCES; AUTORISATION(EN GENERAL); ROUTE; VILLA; INCONVENIENT MAJEUR; IMMISSION; PRINCIPE JURIDIQUE; VALEUR LIMITE D'EXPOSITION; BRUIT; TPE
Normes
LCI.14
Résumé
Accès à un futur groupe de 8 villas jugé suffisant par le TA. Il n'existe aucune raison de présumer que les limites d'exposition au bruit sont dépassées. Le DTPE n'a pas outrepassé son pouvoir d'appréciation en ne demandant pas un pronostic de bruit (25 LPE). Les opposants au projet n'ont pas démontré en quoi les futures villas ne s'intégreraient pas dans un site bâti de villas.
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Whether the access to the planned 8-villa development was sufficient.
The access was held sufficient.
The court found no basis to overturn the TA's assessment of the access arrangement for the future development.
Whether a noise forecast under Art. 25 LPE had to be ordered and whether exposure limits were likely exceeded.
No concrete basis existed to presume that noise exposure limits would be exceeded, and DTPE did not exceed its discretion by not requiring a noise forecast.
Absent indications of excessive immissions, the authority was not obliged to demand an additional noise prognosis.
Whether the project integrated adequately into the built villa setting.
The opponents failed to show that the future villas would not fit into the built-up villa site.
The objection was not substantiated sufficiently to establish incompatibility with the surrounding built environment.
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