Steph1 Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Hi ,"We bought a plot of land with a valid C U in the Haute Pyrenees, at the beginning of November 2005. The C U did not expire until 24th Jan 2006 and when we met with our architect in Nov. he agreed to renew it for us. At that point in time no one had advised us that the C U renewal application must be submitted to the mairie at least 2 months before the expiry date - not the notaire, the estate agent nor the architect . If we had been aware of this fact we would have submitted the renewal ourselves whilst we were in France in November.Imagine our horror when we received a letter from the mairie in early Jan 2006 telling us that our renewal had been refused (our architect had not sent it on time) and we now had to apply for a completely new CU! The architect assured us that this would be just a formality. We decided to come out to France again in March to meet the architect. We expected the new CU to now be in place, but no such luck! He has now told us that we are required to have a Hydropedologique survey carried out on the land to assess the suitability of the ground for the septic tank and also the EDF have to approve the granting of the CU as regards the electricity supply.Our question is this - would the Hydropedologique survey and the EDF approval have been required to merely renew the CU, or would it have been automatically renewed without these procedures ?Any help or advice would be appreciated to help us understand these matters. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Trollope Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 CdeU's are not automatically renewed, circumstances and laws change constantly.The rules on septic tanks have changed since your original CdeU, hence the requirement for the survey (which you would need to have got done anyway). EDF may have noticed you CdeU and simply want to cover their backsides. Just because they want to survey doesn't mean they can't supply power. Take the opportunity to find out how much the installation will cost.The chances are, your CdeU woud not have been renewed with these surveys anyway.Word of warning. Apply for a permis de construire before the next CdeU expires. or you will open up a whole can of worms... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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