Installation or construction of a private swimming pool
Verified 31 janvier 2025 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Your situation
- Installation of an above ground pool
- More than 3 months per year
- The pool is more than 10 m2 and up to 100 m2
Buried pool (with or without shelter)
The structure of the swimming pool is completely buried in the ground. It's not removable.
The construction of a swimming pool may result in higher local taxes. You must declare it within 90 days of the completion of the work.
If your swimming pool has an area of more than 10 m², you are also subject to the development tax.
Warning
You need to equip your pool with safety features to prevent drowning.
Above ground swimming pool
The above ground pool is an unburied, inflatable or kit pool for example.
The construction of a swimming pool may result in higher local taxes. You must declare it within 90 days of the completion of the work.
If your swimming pool has an area of more than 10 m², you are also subject to the development tax.
Warning
You need to equip your pool with safety features to prevent drowning.
Depending on the area of the pool or the height of the shelter, no declaration or prior declaration or application for a building permit must be made:
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Pool of more than 10 m² up to 100 m²
You have to make a prior declaration in town hall:
- By dematerialized according to the arrangements made by your municipality (inquire on the site of the town hall or on the spot)
- By letter RAR: titleContent
- In your own hand.
On the Internet
Form
You must use the following form:
Prior declaration of construction and works not subject to a building permit
Basin with coverage of more than 1.80m high
You must request a building permit in town hall:
- By dematerialized according to the arrangements made by your municipality (inquire on the site of the town hall or on the spot)
- By letter RAR: titleContent
- In your own hand.
On the Internet
Form
The form is different if your pool is the annex of a detached house or other type of construction:
Detached house
You must use the following form:
Application for a building permit for a detached house and/or its annexes (CMIP)
Other construction
You must use the following form:
Application for a building permit (other than for a detached house or its annexes)
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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.
- Departmental Agency for Housing Information (Adil)
- Architectural, city planning and Environmental Council (CAUE)
New buildings subject to building permits
New construction exempted from authorization
New buildings subject to prior notification
Above ground swimming pools (more than 3 months)
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