RDPPF / ÖREB cadastre: what is it?

Definition and legal framework

The RDPPF cadastre was established by the federal Geoinformation Act (GeoIA, SR 510.62) and its ordinance on the cadastre of public-law restrictions on landownership. It gathers into a single extract the restrictions that take precedence over the land register without always being recorded there, across about a dozen federal themes — land-use plans, reserved zones, building lines, noise-sensitivity levels, water protection sectors, contaminated sites, forest — to which each canton adds its own themes.

Its strength: an RDPPF extract is qualified, meaning the data comes from the competent authorities and engages their responsibility. Its limit: it only carries restrictions formalised in the cadastre. Detailed municipal rules — floor-space indices, heights, setbacks from the building regulations — are not always shown and must be read in the land-use plan and the municipal regulations.

What it changes for your parcel

Before any project, the RDPPF extract tells you whether your parcel is in the building zone, which land use applies and which public easements affect it. It reveals, for instance, a building line that bans construction on the boundary, a noise-sensitivity level requiring reinforced façades, or a protected perimeter constraining any alteration.

An RDPPF restriction is binding: ignoring it risks a permit refusal or an order to restore. Conversely, a parcel with a "clean" extract secures an acquisition or financing. In a Parcellis report these restrictions are read, translated into plain language and connected to what you can actually build.

How to obtain it

The RDPPF extract is available free of charge on your canton's ÖREB portal (reachable from cadastre.ch) or the cantonal geoportal, by entering the parcel's address or EGRID number. It comes as a "static extract" (the authoritative PDF) and as a dynamic map view.