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Planning and building permits at the Tribunal administratif de Melun

In 2025, the Tribunal administratif de Melun issued 203 decisions on planning and building permits (17% fewer than in 2024), that is 2% of its caseload. 63% of the decisions with a stated outcome are dismissals, against 61% for all administrative tribunals.

Activity year by year

On planning and building permits, the number of decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Melun fell every year, from 302 in 2023 to 203 in 2025. That is a decrease of 33%, against a decrease of 21% for all administrative tribunals.

Its share of the caseload of the Tribunal administratif de Melun went from 3% in 2023 to 2% in 2025.

The dismissal rate is 63% in 2025, against 59% in 2023.

TA Melun: decisions on planning and building permits per year2023 : Decisions 302 ; 2024 : Decisions 246 ; 2025 : Decisions 2030100200300400Decisions 2023 : 3022023Decisions 2024 : 2462024Decisions 2025 : 2032025
TA Melun: decisions on planning and building permits per year
YearDecisionsChangeShare of caseloadDismissal rateMedian time
2023302–3%59%23 months
2024246−19%2%62%24 months
2025203−17%2%63%–

Series start in 2023, the first full year in which the decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Melun were published. TA Melun stands for Tribunal administratif de Melun. Share of caseload: share of the subject among all the decisions of the court, computed from 200 decisions a year. Rate and time not computed below 200 decisions in the year.

See also Tribunal administratif de Melun: all subjects Planning and building permits in France

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Outcome of the cases

Among the 191 decisions of 2025 on planning and building permits with a stated outcome, 63% are dismissals, 29% annul the contested act or grant the claim, and 8% are withdrawals or “no need to rule” decisions, which end the case without a ruling on the merits. On this subject, for all administrative tribunals, these shares are 61%, 32% and 7%. 12 other decisions of the year (interim rulings, outcome not stated or classified apart) are left out of the calculation.

The dismissal rate of the Tribunal administratif de Melun is 2 points higher than that of the same subject for all administrative tribunals. Compared with 2024, the dismissal rate on this subject is up 1 point.

Outcomes on planning and building permits in 2025
  • TA Melun
  • Administrative tribunals
  • Dismissed
  • Annulled or granted
  • No need to rule
  • Withdrawn
  • Referred or transferred
  • Other outcomes
Outcomes on planning and building permits in 2025
OutcomeDecisions 2025ShareShare: Administrative tribunals
Dismissed12063%61%
Annulled or granted5629%32%
No need to rule32%2%
Withdrawn126%5%

Decisions with a stated and classified outcome, excluding interim decisions (expert report, investigation).

See also Tribunal administratif de Melun: all subjects Planning and building permits in France

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Same subject in the jurisdiction

In the jurisdiction of the Cour administrative d'appel de Paris, the 5 administrative tribunals issued 376 decisions on planning and building permits in 2025 between them; the Tribunal administratif de Melun issued 203, that is 54%.

On planning and building permits, the Tribunal administratif de Melun issued 203 of the 6,133 decisions of all administrative tribunals, or 3%. The share of this subject in the caseload ranges from 0.3% for the administrative tribunals of Paris and Nouvelle-Calédonie to 2% for the Tribunal administratif de Melun and the administrative tribunal of Polynésie française.

Decisions on planning and building permits in 2025
Tribunals of the jurisdiction: Planning and building permits
CourtDecisions 2025Share of caseloadDismissal rateMedian time
Tribunal administratif de Melun2032%63%–
Tribunal administratif de Paris970.3%––
Tribunal administratif de Montreuil620.4%––
Tribunal administratif de la Polynésie française132%––
Tribunal administratif de Nouvelle-Calédonie10.3%––

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 On appeal: Cour administrative d'appel de Paris Planning and building permits in France Tribunal administratif de Melun: all subjects

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The other subjects of the court

With 203 decisions, or 2% of the total of the Tribunal administratif de Melun, this subject comes behind driving licences (343) and ahead of education (182).

Decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Melun by subject in 2025
Decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Melun by subject in 2025
SubjectDecisions 2025Share of caseloadDismissal rateMedian time
Immigration6,41648%58%6 months
Housing6545%32%14 months
Social welfare4553%52%19 months
Tax4153%79%39 months
Civil service3433%69%33 months
Driving licences3433%71%21 months
Planning and building permits2032%63%–
Education1821%––
Local authorities and public property1511%––
Employment law1471%––
Public health881%––
Policing791%––
Environment and agriculture250.2%––
Public procurement230.2%––
Elections110.1%––
Other subjects3,80129%41%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 Tribunal administratif de Melun: all subjects France

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Understanding these figures

What these figures count

Of the 13,336 decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Melun in 2025, 203 fall under planning and building permits (2%), based on the legal texts they cite; 3,801 (29%) fall under no identified subject and appear under “Other subjects”.

Frequently asked questions

How many decisions on planning and building permits did the Tribunal administratif de Melun issue in 2025?

The Tribunal administratif de Melun issued 203 decisions on planning and building permits in 2025 (17% fewer than in 2024), that is 2% of its 13,336 decisions. Since 2023 the total is 751 decisions.

Why is the time to judgment on planning and building permits at the Tribunal administratif de Melun not shown?

Of the 203 decisions of 2025, only 185 are judgments and rulings with a measurable time, below the threshold of 200: at this level a median time would not be solid enough.

What share of the decisions on planning and building permits at the Tribunal administratif de Melun are dismissals?

In 2025, 63% of the decisions on planning and building permits of the Tribunal administratif de Melun with a stated outcome were dismissals, against 61% for all administrative tribunals. The calculation covers 191 of the 203 decisions of the year.

How many decisions on planning and building permits did the other tribunals of the jurisdiction issue?

In 2025, the administrative tribunals of Paris, Montreuil and Polynésie française issued 97, 62 and 13 respectively. The others issued fewer.