Schéma de Cohérence Territoriale (Scheme of Territorial Cohesion)

The Schéma de Cohérence Territoriale (SCOT) is the central tool for the design and implementation of an inter-municipal strategic planning process, at the scale of population catchment areas or functional urban areas, within the wider framework of a sustainable development project (territorial project).

The documents comprise

• a report based on territorial observation, surveys and an environmental evaluation
• the sustainable development project (projet d’aménagement et de développement durables, PADD)
• the orientation and objectives document (document d’orientation et d’objectifs, DOO), which is opposable to lower level spatial plans, documents and projects

Link Ministry of Housing and Territorial Equality: the SCOT