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Planning and building permits at the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris

In 2025, the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris issued 54 decisions on planning and building permits (54% fewer than in 2024), that is 1% of its caseload, against 4% for all administrative courts of appeal. Below the threshold of 200 decisions a year in a subject, only numbers of decisions are shown.

Activity year by year

On planning and building permits, the number of decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris went from 116 in 2023 to 54 in 2025, with a maximum of 118 in 2024. That is a decrease of 53%, against a decrease of 29% for all administrative courts of appeal. Since 2023, the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris has issued 288 decisions on this subject.

Its share of the caseload of the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris went from 2% in 2023 to 1% in 2025.

CAA Paris: decisions on planning and building permits per year2023 : Decisions 116 ; 2024 : Decisions 118 ; 2025 : Decisions 540100200Decisions 2023 : 1162023Decisions 2024 : 1182024Decisions 2025 : 542025
CAA Paris: decisions on planning and building permits per year
YearDecisionsChangeShare of caseload
2023116–2%
2024118+2%2%
202554−54%1%

Series start in 2023, the first full year in which the decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris were published. CAA Paris stands for Cour administrative d'appel de Paris. Share of caseload: share of the subject among all the decisions of the court, computed from 200 decisions a year.

See also Cour administrative d'appel de Paris: all subjects Planning and building permits in France

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Same subject in the courts of appeal

The 9 administrative courts of appeal issued 1,214 decisions on planning and building permits in 2025 between them; the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris issued 54, that is 4%.

On planning and building permits, the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris issued 54 of the 1,214 decisions of all administrative courts of appeal, or 4%. The share of this subject in the caseload ranges from 1% for the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris to 8% for the administrative courts of appeal of Marseille and Bordeaux. Among the 2 courts that issued at least 200 decisions on this subject, the dismissal rate ranges from 72% for the administrative court of appeal of Marseille to 76% for the administrative court of appeal of Bordeaux.

Decisions on planning and building permits in 2025
Administrative courts of appeal: Planning and building permits
CourtDecisions 2025Share of caseloadDismissal rateMedian time
Cour administrative d'appel de Marseille2228%72%–
Cour administrative d'appel de Bordeaux2028%76%–
Cour administrative d'appel de Lyon1856%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Nantes1726%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Toulouse1315%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Nancy1044%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Douai734%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Versailles712%––
Cour administrative d'appel de Paris541%––

Share of caseload: share of the subject among all the decisions of the court. Dismissal rate not computed below 200 decisions on the subject; median time: judgments and rulings only, excluding orders, not computed below 200 judgments.

See also In cassation: Conseil d'État Planning and building permits in France Cour administrative d'appel de Paris: all subjects

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The other subjects of the court

With 54 decisions, or 1% of the total of the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris, this subject comes behind policing (62) and ahead of public procurement (27).

Decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris by subject in 2025
Decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris by subject in 2025
SubjectDecisions 2025Share of caseloadDismissal rateMedian time
Immigration2,56651%80%9 months
Tax60912%75%18 months
Civil service2495%78%18 months
Employment law1262%––
Social welfare972%––
Public health802%––
Local authorities and public property661%––
Policing621%––
Planning and building permits541%––
Public procurement271%––
Education210.4%––
Environment and agriculture150.3%––
Housing130.3%––
Driving licences80.2%––
Elections50.1%––
Other subjects1,06921%63%13 months

Subject determined from the legal texts cited in each decision; “other subjects” groups decisions without a characteristic text. Detailed pages exist from 50 decisions on the subject.

See also Cour administrative d'appel de Paris: all subjects France

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Understanding these figures

What these figures count

Of the 5,067 decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris in 2025, 54 fall under planning and building permits (1%), based on the legal texts they cite; 1,069 (21%) fall under no identified subject and appear under “Other subjects”.

Frequently asked questions

How many decisions on planning and building permits did the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris issue in 2025?

The Cour administrative d'appel de Paris issued 54 decisions on planning and building permits in 2025 (54% fewer than in 2024), that is 1% of its 5,067 decisions. Since 2023 the total is 288 decisions.

Why is no dismissal rate or median time shown for planning and building permits at the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris?

With 54 decisions in 2025, the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris stays below the threshold of 200 decisions a year in this subject: below it, a dismissal rate or a median time would vary too much from one year to the next. Only numbers of decisions are shown.

How much of the caseload of the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris does this subject represent?

It accounts for 1% of the 5,067 decisions of the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris in 2025, against 4% for all administrative courts of appeal.

How many decisions on planning and building permits did the other administrative courts of appeal issue?

In 2025, the administrative courts of appeal of Marseille, Bordeaux and Lyon issued 222, 202 and 185 respectively. The others issued fewer.