How do I get an individual alignment order?
Verified 11 April 2025 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
You are proprietor and you're looking at doing roadside works. So you need to know the limit between the public road and your property (land, garden ...). To do this, you need to request a individual alignment order. We present you with the information you need to know.
Step-by-step approach
You must apply for an individual alignment order depending on whether your work is on the roadside or on a rural road:
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Boundary with a public road
When your work (e.g. fencing) are in the public domain and if the municipality does not have alignment plane, you must request an individual alignment order.
The surveyor-expert shall be responsible for drawing up the parcel plan annexed to the individual alignment order.
Warning
Individual alignment does not exempt you from request city planning permissions necessary, for example the preliminary declaration of works or the building permit in case of extension of your property or fencing.
Boundary with a rural road
The alignment procedure does not concern rural roads, because they are not in the public domain.
There are 2 ways to know the boundary between your property and a rural road:
- The parcel plan annexed to the municipal council deliberation determining the opening or the alteration limits rural road
- The bounding between the owner of the neighboring land and yourself at shared cost.
Your request must be made on free paper.
Your mail must include the information following:
- Your name and address
- Description of your planned works
- Address of your property.
L'public authority which delivers the individual alignment is different according to the road type :
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Communal road
Your request must be sent to the City Hall.
Intercommunal road
Your request must be addressed to the City Hall or to the intercommunalité.
Who shall I contact
Departmental road
Your request should be sent to the department.
National road
The situation differs if you live in Ile-de-France or in another region:
General case
Your request must be sent to the Interdepartmental Roads Directorate (DIR).
In Île-de-France
Your request should be sent to the regional and interdepartmental directorate for environment, planning and transport of Île-de-France (DRIEAT).
The deed is a document written. It takes the form of a decree.
Individual alignment is a right. It can't be denied. If there is no response, you can form a appeal to the administrative court.
The individual alignment request is free.
The cost of surveying expert for alignment planes are at charge of the municipality.
Who can help me?
Find who can answer your questions in your region
Telephone administrative information - Allo Public Service
For more information on this topic, you can contact Allô Service Public.
Attention: the service does not have access to users' personal files and cannot therefore provide information on their status.
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The informants who answer you belong to the ministry in charge of housing and city planning.
- Town Hall
Boundary of rural roads
Costs of the intervention of the surveyor-expert for the alignment plans at the expense of the municipality
Support for the intervention costs of an expert surveyor
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