Oxylane project near Montpellier: the “No concrete” appeal against Décathlon rejected

Already dismissed from this procedure by the Council of State last January, the association had chosen this time to contest the three building permits granted to the Decathlon, Truffaut and O’terra brands.

The Council of State rejected, this Wednesday, December 9, the new appeal filed by the association No to Concrete tending to cancel the authorizations granted to the company Décathlon for the creation of its large “playful village”, north of Montpellier. With the potential creation of 200 jobs.

New setback for “No to concrete”

Already dismissed from this procedure by the Council of State last January, the association had chosen this time to contest the three building permits granted to the Decathlon, Truffaut and O’terra brands. With in particular a new argument denouncing the insufficiency of parking areas given the size of the project.

By rejecting all the arguments of the applicant association, the Council of State therefore validates in their entirety the conclusions of its rapporteur who, during the public hearing on November 23, had indicated that “the ALLUR law had capped at 75 % the footprint of parking areas.However, this regime applies to buildings for which the permit application was submitted as of January 1, 2016. However, the applications for the Oxylane project were submitted in December 2015. It is therefore not subject to the law “.

The association’s lawyer for his part declared that this project was an “ecological mismanagement”.

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