A French law adopted in 2000 obliges municipalities to group into coherent entities and, in cooperation with all local stakeholders, set up spatial management plans, known here as territorial coherence plans.
Tá an cineál seo comhairliúcháin riachtanach mar gheall ar dhlí de chuid na Fraince ón mbliain 2000, a chuireann iachall ar na bardais teacht le chéile i ngrúpaí comhsheasmhacha le pleananna bainistithe spásúil a chur i bhfeidhm, ag cur san áireamh na leasanna ar fad a bhaineann le hábhar: tugtar an clár comhsheasmhachta críche air anseo (SCoT i bhFraincis).