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Repeated offensesIn 2004, the breeder applied for a building permit which was refused. Despite this refusal, the shepherd decides to build eight covered tunnels to shelter his sheep. The court of first instance of Coutances is seized, it orders the breeder to dismantle everything. The case could have ended there,
but in 2009 François Cerbonney built, without a building permit, a barn of nearly 1000 m2, thus violating the coastal law and the land use plan.War is declaredThe mayor of the time will end up granting a building permit long after the construction of the sheepfold to regularize the situation. The shepherd does not hide it, at that time, the mayor of Genets and several other political figures of the department of Manche decide to come to his aid.
It is true that during this period I was made full of promises, but I still thank the former senator Jean Bizet who succeeded in passing an amendment to relax the coastal law, even if in the end it did not. walked for me
François Cerbonney, shepherd
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François Cerbonney finds himself in the middle of the fight between a part of the elected representatives of the southern Manche and the Manche nature association, or more exactly of a duel between two men: Jean Bizet, then right-wing senator and Yves Grall, the president of the association for the defense of the environment. Either, on the one hand, a parliamentarian who absolutely wants to demonstrate his power in his territory, and on the other the president of an organization that wants to prove that it is able to face political power.
In the middle is a shepherd who has committed several faults. First, he convinced himself that by doing his job as well as possible for enough time (20 years), he would succeed in tipping the law in his favor. Then François Cerbonney undoubtedly made the mistake of believing in the promises of politicians who failed to help him.
ConclusionDespite the constitution of a support committee made up of clients, friends of the shepherd, residents of Genets and the current mayor of the town, the fight seems to be definitely lost.