Outdoor toilet placement rules
France · Auxiliary · usually lightweight
A dry or pit toilet must not contaminate drinking water: like any non-collective sanitation it should stay about 5 m from the dwelling and at least 35 m from a well or water capture, with siting validated by the local SPANC.
Placement rules
A high-sensitivity sanitary object: place it only after checking wells, houses and local sanitation rules.
Sanitary zone
Sanitary protection distances to wells, drinking water and dwellings.
Outdoor toilet / cesspit distancesImportant limitation
The catalog is a planning aid, not a legal opinion. Before construction, check the land plot category, local land-use and development rules, easements, utility protection zones and neighbour buildings.
Sources
The editor will use the same source-backed passport for short in-canvas hints.
Other objects
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