UDAP of Paris

Our missions

 Enhancing protected spaces

The regulations distinguish three large families of protected areas: surrounding historic monuments, remarkable heritage sites and listed or classified sites.

• Monitor and ensure the preservation of protected areas, contribute to their development by participating in the appraisal of development projects or works located near a historic monument, protected site, remarkable heritage site;

• To propose, animate and coordinate studies relating to remarkable heritage sites and the surroundings of historical monuments (so-called "delimited" perimeters of the surroundings).

Promoting heritage, architectural and urban quality

• Promote the architectural and landscape quality of buildings, particularly by ensuring the integration of sustainable development issues;

• To contribute to the quality of urban and rural development projects and to city policy, to encourage architectural creation;

• Advise clients in the development and implementation of their architectural projects.

 Preserving the monumental heritage

Participate in the implementation of the Monumental Heritage Regulations:

• preserve and preserve historic monuments;

• Evaluate maintenance, restoration, rehabilitation and upgrading projects and participate in the allocation of public aid;

• Contribute to the scientific and technical control of works on protected monuments as well as to the health watch;

Maintain the quality of protected sites and landscapes

• Contribute, in collaboration with other decentralized departments of the State, to the application of environmental regulations (registered and classified sites, outdoor advertising and signs);

• Integrate urban planning and renewal into a sustainable quality objective of natural and urban spaces.