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Planning and building permits at the Tribunal administratif de Pau

In 2025, the Tribunal administratif de Pau issued 126 decisions on planning and building permits (46% fewer than in 2024), that is 5% 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 Pau fell every year, from 238 in 2023 to 126 in 2025. That is a decrease of 47%, against a decrease of 21% for all administrative tribunals. Since 2023, the Tribunal administratif de Pau has issued 599 decisions on this subject.

Its share of the caseload of the Tribunal administratif de Pau went from 9% in 2023 to 5% in 2025.

TA Pau: decisions on planning and building permits per year2023 : Decisions 238 ; 2024 : Decisions 235 ; 2025 : Decisions 1260100200300Decisions 2023 : 2382023Decisions 2024 : 2352024Decisions 2025 : 1262025
TA Pau: decisions on planning and building permits per year
YearDecisionsChangeShare of caseload
2023238–9%
2024235−1%10%
2025126−46%5%

Series start in 2023, the first full year in which the decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Pau were published. TA Pau stands for Tribunal administratif de Pau. 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 Pau: 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 Bordeaux, the 10 administrative tribunals issued 608 decisions on planning and building permits in 2025 between them; the Tribunal administratif de Pau issued 126, that is 21%.

On planning and building permits, the Tribunal administratif de Pau issued 126 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 administrative tribunal of Guyane to 5% for the Tribunal administratif de Pau.

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 Bordeaux1913%––
Tribunal administratif de Pau1265%––
Tribunal administratif de Poitiers974%––
Tribunal administratif de La Réunion603%––
Tribunal administratif de Limoges522%––
Tribunal administratif de Saint-Barthélemy30–––
Tribunal administratif de la Martinique223%––
Tribunal administratif de la Guadeloupe202%––
Tribunal administratif de la Guyane60.3%––
Tribunal administratif de Saint-Martin4–––

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 Bordeaux Planning and building permits in France Tribunal administratif de Pau: all subjects

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The other subjects of the court

With 126 decisions, or 5% of the total of the Tribunal administratif de Pau, this subject comes behind local authorities and public property (136) and ahead of social welfare (119).

Decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Pau by subject in 2025
Decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Pau by subject in 2025
SubjectDecisions 2025Share of caseloadDismissal rateMedian time
Immigration73227%63%1 month
Local authorities and public property1365%––
Planning and building permits1265%––
Social welfare1194%––
Civil service1154%––
Tax1114%––
Driving licences642%––
Environment and agriculture442%––
Public health391%––
Education311%––
Housing291%––
Employment law251%––
Public procurement201%––
Policing90.3%––
Elections10.04%––
Other subjects1,08640%50%19 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 Pau: all subjects France

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Understanding these figures

What these figures count

Of the 2,687 decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Pau in 2025, 126 fall under planning and building permits (5%), based on the legal texts they cite; 1,086 (40%) 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 Pau issue in 2025?

The Tribunal administratif de Pau issued 126 decisions on planning and building permits in 2025 (46% fewer than in 2024), that is 5% of its 2,687 decisions. Since 2023 the total is 599 decisions.

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

With 126 decisions in 2025, the Tribunal administratif de Pau 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 Pau does this subject represent?

It accounts for 5% of the 2,687 decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Pau 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 Bordeaux, Poitiers and La Réunion issued 191, 97 and 60 respectively. The others issued fewer.