Procedures, deadlines, steps by municipality, rights of owners and tenants, everything to never miss a construction project near you. Today mainly Vaud-based, the Geneva guide is coming along with publications.
Procedures, legal bases (LATC/LPA-VD in Vaud, LCI in Geneva, LC in Valais, BauG in Bern, LATeC in Fribourg; Ticino, Zug, Appenzell Ausserrhoden and Basel-Stadt via their official gazette) and deadlines applicable to planning consultations.
What is being built in Fribourg without going through the official gazette — and what the neighbour can still challenge.
Legal guideRoutine maintenance, fences, interiors: what is exempt from public planning consultation in Jura, and the pitfalls.
Legal guideThe owner signs, the architect files: what the municipality of Bern really requires in the file.
Legal guideThe six file errors that delay the Vaud planning consultation, and the reflex that avoids them all.
Legal guideWhy a building permit can be issued without publication in Berne, and what the neighbour can still do.
Legal guide30 days from publication: the Bernese objection procedure explained, from the BauG to the Bernese Jura.
Legal guideLCI, 30-day deadline, TAPI then Administrative Chamber: the Geneva route, without the pitfalls that cause an appeal to fail.
Legal guideA PLQ sets the framework, a permit implements it: under the LCI, 30 days in FAO to submit your observations. Stay tuned.
Legal guideGeneva does not have the Vaud-style objection: here is how to act, within 30 days, in both cantons.
Legal guideObjection to a building permit in Jura: the official gazette publishes the applications, 30 days to file a written and reasoned objection, file available for consultation at the municipality.
Legal guideTime limit, grounds, procedure: how to file an objection to a Neuchâtel building permit.
Legal guideObjection to a building permit in Valais: 30 days, standing to act, concrete procedure.
Legal guideAPA without public planning consultation in Geneva, DD with 30 days of observations: specific cases under the LCI.
Legal guideRenovation in Geneva: LCI and LDTR advance in parallel, here is the complete mechanism.
Legal guideDD or APA, deadlines, competent authority: the practical guide with a downloadable letter template.
Legal guidePractical step-by-step guide, with a Word letter template to download and complete.
Legal guideIn Geneva, one submits 'observations', not an objection. Here’s what that changes in practice.
Legal guideLATC, CAMAC, FAO, municipality, CDAP: who does what, in what order, and how to file a valid objection.
Legal guideHow the period is calculated, who can file an objection, and how to act before it's too late.
Local specifics of public planning consultations, municipality by municipality and district by district.
The planning consultation Le Chatelard-Montreux can be read in the FAO and on the municipal notice board: 30-day deadline to file a reasoned objection.
VeveyPlanning consultation in Vevey: where to read the files, what to do within 30 days, how to monitor the North-West and South plans.
NyonNyon files its applications with the Land Management Department and publishes them for 30 days: here's how not to miss anything.
Cheseaux-sur-LausanneCAMAC, municipal clerk's office, 30 days LATC: monitor building permits in Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne without missing anything.
PrillyIn Prilly, the planning consultation notice appears in the FAO: 30 days to consult the file and submit a reasoned objection.
CarougeCarouge, Geneva: follow the LCI planning consultations, consult the files and react within the deadlines.
PullyHow to monitor building permits in Pully and act within the deadlines? Everything you need to know.
GlandIn Gland, 30 days to act. Here’s how to follow each public planning consultation without missing the essentials.
Le Mont-sur-LausanneEverything you need to know about public planning consultations in Mont-sur-Lausanne, from the FAO to objections.
Yverdon-les-BainsFAO, municipal registry, 30 days to act: everything you need to know about public planning consultations in Yverdon.
RenensRenens, the most densely populated municipality in Vaud: everything you need to know about the planning consultation.
LausanneWhere to find the official publications of the City of Lausanne and how to monitor your neighborhood automatically.
MorgesThe CAMAC procedure applied in Morges and La Côte, and how to receive an alert as soon as a project is submitted.
Neighbourhood, owners vs tenants, standing to object, easements, what the law says.
The public deposit is open to everyone: documents available for consultation, limits and deadlines in four Swiss cantons.
Rights & dutiesSmall cabin or pool: in Vaud, the exemption from consultation exists. What it takes away from neighbours, and what remains.
Rights & dutiesForgotten objection = inadmissible appeal. What every neighbour should know before the deadline passes.
Rights & dutiesProject modified after the public planning consultation? Vaud law imposes a specific procedure, and your neighbours can object to it.
Rights & dutiesUnder the Geneva LCI, no formal objection, but observations. Who can submit them, and how?
Rights & dutiesNot just any grievance is sufficient: here’s what Vaud courts really accept.
Rights & dutiesDemolition order, fine, bad faith: what the CDAP ruled in 2025-2026 in the canton of Vaud.
Concrete situations, neighbour's veranda, building under construction, disputed fence, explained step by step.
The project owner signs, the architect assembles the file, the municipality publishes: the three roles of the filing in Jura.
Practical caseThe Valais official bulletin publishes each project: filter by municipality and file an objection within 30 days.
Practical caseThe model letter to send to the municipality within 30 days, and the pitfalls that make the objection inadmissible.
Practical caseDiscover how to monitor public planning consultations near you, without missing an objection period.
Practical caseWhat to do when a construction site exceeds the granted permit? The point on Vaud law.
Practical caseDoes the tenant have the same rights as the owner to object to a neighbouring public planning consultation? Practical answer and concrete cases.
Changes in the law, rulings from the Cantonal Court and the Federal Court, changes in CAMAC practice.
Missing display, incomplete file, shortened deadline: when the publication defect invalidates the building permit.
Case lawJudgment 1C_409/2025: the reserved zone does not suspend the publication of building permits in the canton of Vaud. Developers retain their rights.
Case lawTwo years to start the construction, then it's too late: what article 118 LATC really says.
Case lawVaud revises its construction law: -30% on deadlines, new legal deadlines, stability of plans.
Case lawExemption from consultation, standing to appeal, heritage, restoration: six recent CDAP decisions explained simply.