The guide to public planning consultations — Vaud, Geneva & Valais

Procedures, deadlines, steps by municipality, rights of owners and tenants — everything to never miss a construction project near you. Today mainly Vaud, the Geneva guide will arrive with future publications.

📋 Legal guides 📍 By municipality ⚖️ Rights & duties 🏗️ Practical cases 📰 News & jurisprudence

📋 Legal guides

Procedures, legal bases (LATC/LPA-VD in Vaud, LCI in Geneva, LC in Valais) and deadlines applicable to public planning consultations.

Legal guide

APA vs definitive application in Geneva: when are there observations under the LCI?

APA without public planning consultation in Geneva, DD with 30 days of observations: specific cases under the LCI.

3 min read
Legal guide

Building authorisation in Geneva and LDTR: how the LCI public planning consultation relates to tenant rights during a renovation

Renovation in Geneva: LCI and LDTR progress in parallel — here is the complete mechanism.

6 min read
Legal guide

Submitting observations to a public planning consultation in Geneva: step-by-step with template letter

DD or APA, deadlines, competent authority: the practical guide with a downloadable letter template.

3 min read
Legal guide

Writing an objection to a public planning consultation in the canton of Vaud: step-by-step with template letter

Practical step-by-step guide, with a Word letter template to download and complete.

3 min read
Legal guide

Observations in Geneva: how to intervene during a public planning consultation under the LCI (and how it differs from Vaud)

In Geneva, one submits 'observations', not an objection. Here’s what that changes in practice.

4 min read
Legal guide

Public planning consultation and objection in the canton of Vaud: the complete guide to the procedure

LATC, CAMAC, FAO, municipality, CDAP: who does what, in what order, and how to file a valid objection.

9 min read
Legal guide

Objection period for a public planning consultation in the canton of Vaud: the complete guide to the 30 days

How the period is calculated, who can file an objection, and how to act before it's too late.

10 min read

📍 By municipality

Local specifics of public planning consultations, municipality by municipality and district by district.

Pully

Public planning consultation in Pully: practical guide to follow construction projects

How to monitor building permits in Pully and act within the deadlines? Everything you need to know.

5 min read
Gland

Public planning consultation in Gland: practical guide to follow construction projects

In Gland, 30 days to act. Here’s how to follow each public planning consultation without missing the essentials.

4 min read
Le Mont-sur-Lausanne

Public planning consultation in Mont-sur-Lausanne: practical guide to follow and understand construction projects

Everything you need to know about public planning consultations in Mont-sur-Lausanne, from the FAO to objections.

5 min read
Yverdon-les-Bains

Planning consultation in Yverdon-les-Bains: practical guide to follow construction projects in the capital of Nord Vaudois

FAO, municipal registry, 30 days to act: everything you need to know about public planning consultations in Yverdon.

5 min read
Renens

Public planning consultation in Renens: practical guide to follow construction projects in the Lausanne West area

Renens, the most densely populated municipality in Vaud: everything you need to know about the planning consultation.

4 min read
Lausanne

Planning consultation in Lausanne: how to be alerted and consult a file

Where to find the official publications of the City of Lausanne and how to monitor your neighborhood automatically.

7 min read
Morges

Planning consultation in Morges: follow the building permits in your neighborhood

The CAMAC procedure applied in Morges and La Côte, and how to receive an alert as soon as a project is submitted.

6 min read

⚖️ Rights & duties

Neighbourhood, owners vs tenants, standing to object, easements — what the law says.

Rights & duties

Exemption from public planning consultation under Vaud law: cases, rights of neighbours and appeals

Small cabin or pool: in Vaud, the exemption from consultation exists. What it takes away from neighbours, and what remains.

4 min read
Rights & duties

Appeal to CDAP against a Vaud building permit: who really has standing to act and how not to lose it?

Forgotten objection = inadmissible appeal. What every neighbour should know before the deadline passes.

5 min read
Rights & duties

Supplementary consultation under Vaud law: when is it mandatory and what can neighbours do?

Project modified after the public planning consultation? Vaud law imposes a specific procedure — and your neighbours can object.

5 min read
Rights & duties

Public planning consultation in Geneva: who can submit observations under the LCI and how to prove standing to act?

Under the Geneva LCI, no formal objection — but observations. Who can submit them, and how?

5 min read
Rights & duties

Objection to a building permit: what grounds are really admissible under Vaud law?

Not just any grievance is sufficient: here’s what Vaud courts really accept.

5 min read
Rights & duties

Building without a permit in the canton of Vaud: risks and regularization

Demolition order, fine, bad faith: what the CDAP ruled in 2025-2026 in the canton of Vaud.

5 min read

🏗️ Practical cases

Concrete situations — neighbour's veranda, building under construction, disputed fence — explained step by step.

Practical case

Works not conforming to the Vaud building permit: consequences, regularization and neighbours' appeals

What to do when a construction site exceeds the granted permit? The point on Vaud law.

6 min read
Practical case

Tenant or owner: who can object to a neighbouring construction project in the canton of Vaud?

Does the tenant have the same rights as the owner to object to a neighbouring public planning consultation? Practical answer and concrete cases.

8 min read

📰 News & jurisprudence

Changes in the law, rulings from the Cantonal Court and the Federal Court, changes in CAMAC practice.

Case law

Expiration of the building permit under Vaud law: deadlines, CDAP case law and practical recommendations

Two years to start the construction, then it's too late: what article 118 LATC really says.

6 min read
Case law

Revision of the Vaud LATC 2026: what will change for building permits and public planning consultations

Vaud revises its construction law: -30% on deadlines, new legal deadlines, stability of plans.

5 min read
Case law

Vaud jurisprudence 2026: how the latest CDAP rulings change public planning consultations

Exemption from consultation, standing to appeal, heritage, restoration: six recent CDAP decisions explained simply.

8 min read