A real estate project under study in a former Parisian convent, part of which is classified as a protected green space, will be frozen and reviewed in light of the capital’s future local urban development plan (PLU).
A small corner of the village in a cul-de-sac near the Parc de Montsouris (14th century, south), the convent of the Franciscan sisters, with its chapel and its large wooded garden, had to be partially demolished to make way. for a 135-unit housing project implemented by the group Action Logement, the leading social landlord in France. But first deputy Emmanuel Grégoire, the right-hand man of PS mayor Anne Hidalgo, announced on Thursday, July 7, in the Paris council, the suspension of the decision on the examination of the construction permit. “For this project to meet our goal of producing apartments in Paris“while maintaining”protection of protected green areas“and avoiding”condensations in the heart of the block“.
“destroys a part of the protected green area” project.
Left Majority 14th District Mayor (Generations) Karin Petit recalled her opposition to various versions of the project and welcomed the decision.is very important in relation to climate change“. “It is no longer possible to make the city the same as it was ten years ago or five years ago“, he assessed. The first building permit application, approved in 2019, was refused and it is the second option recommendation that is subject to a stay of proceedings made possible by PLU’s ongoing review.”bioclimaticwhich should be adopted at the beginning of 2023. Therefore, this suspension of proceedings is both awaiting“and”an invitation to continue the dialogue“, esteemed Emmanuel Grégoire, Urban Planning Assistant.
This suspension was requested from him by the elected environmentalist Emile Meunier, for whom the project “destroyed part of the protected green area“, includes “Too much private housing and not enough social housing“, and even more remains “too dense“. In January, the Paris-based France Nature Environnement (FNE) association, which regularly condemns municipal urban projects, called for an end to the trial and “shrine of the placeto complete the project. Some of the residents also mobilized against this real estate project.
Source: Le Figaro
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