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Planning and building permits at the Tribunal administratif de Paris

In 2025, the Tribunal administratif de Paris issued 97 decisions on planning and building permits (32% fewer than in 2024), that is 0.3% of its caseload, against 3% for all administrative tribunals. 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 Tribunal administratif de Paris fell every year, from 174 in 2023 to 97 in 2025. That is a decrease of 44%, against a decrease of 21% for all administrative tribunals. Since 2023, the Tribunal administratif de Paris has issued 414 decisions on this subject.

Its share of the caseload of the Tribunal administratif de Paris went from 1% in 2023 to 0.3% in 2025.

TA Paris: decisions on planning and building permits per year2023 : Decisions 174 ; 2024 : Decisions 143 ; 2025 : Decisions 970100200Decisions 2023 : 1742023Decisions 2024 : 1432024Decisions 2025 : 972025
TA Paris: decisions on planning and building permits per year
YearDecisionsChangeShare of caseload
2023174–1%
2024143−18%1%
202597−32%0.3%

Series start in 2023, the first full year in which the decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Paris were published. TA Paris stands for Tribunal administratif de Paris. Share of caseload: share of the subject among all the decisions of the court, computed from 200 decisions a year.

See also Tribunal administratif de Paris: 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 Paris issued 97, that is 26%.

On planning and building permits, the Tribunal administratif de Paris issued 97 of the 6,133 decisions of all administrative tribunals, or 2%. The share of this subject in the caseload ranges from 0.3% for the Tribunal administratif de Paris and the administrative tribunal of Nouvelle-Calédonie to 2% for the administrative tribunals of Melun and 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 Paris: all subjects

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The other subjects of the court

With 97 decisions, or 0.3% of the total of the Tribunal administratif de Paris, this subject comes behind public procurement (134) and ahead of environment and agriculture (47).

Decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Paris by subject in 2025
Decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Paris by subject in 2025
SubjectDecisions 2025Share of caseloadDismissal rateMedian time
Immigration13,11942%55%3 months
Housing3,03110%10%11 months
Tax1,2794%64%26 months
Social welfare6432%59%9 months
Civil service5472%65%27 months
Education3541%57%1 month
Public health2501%64%–
Employment law2211%71%–
Driving licences1921%––
Local authorities and public property1871%––
Policing1801%––
Public procurement1340.4%––
Planning and building permits970.3%––
Environment and agriculture470.2%––
Elections220.1%––
Other subjects10,80335%42%5 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 Paris: all subjects France

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Understanding these figures

What these figures count

Of the 31,106 decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Paris in 2025, 97 fall under planning and building permits (0.3%), based on the legal texts they cite; 10,803 (35%) 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 Paris issue in 2025?

The Tribunal administratif de Paris issued 97 decisions on planning and building permits in 2025 (32% fewer than in 2024), that is 0.3% of its 31,106 decisions. Since 2023 the total is 414 decisions.

Why is no dismissal rate or median time shown for planning and building permits at the Tribunal administratif de Paris?

With 97 decisions in 2025, the Tribunal administratif 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 Tribunal administratif de Paris does this subject represent?

It accounts for 0.3% of the 31,106 decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Paris in 2025, against 3% for all administrative tribunals.

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

In 2025, the administrative tribunals of Melun, Montreuil and Polynésie française issued 203, 62 and 13 respectively. The others issued fewer.