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Planning and building permits at the Tribunal administratif de Toulouse

In 2025, the Tribunal administratif de Toulouse issued 224 decisions on planning and building permits (22% fewer than in 2024), that is 3% 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 Toulouse went from 245 in 2023 to 224 in 2025, with a maximum of 286 in 2024. That is a decrease of 9%, against a decrease of 21% for all administrative tribunals.

Its share of the caseload of the Tribunal administratif de Toulouse went from 4% in 2023 to 3% in 2025.

The dismissal rate is 63% in 2025, against 70% in 2023.

TA Toulouse: decisions on planning and building permits per year2023 : Decisions 245 ; 2024 : Decisions 286 ; 2025 : Decisions 2240100200300Decisions 2023 : 2452023Decisions 2024 : 2862024Decisions 2025 : 2242025
TA Toulouse: decisions on planning and building permits per year
YearDecisionsChangeShare of caseloadDismissal rateMedian time
2023245–4%70%–
2024286+17%4%62%25 months
2025224−22%3%63%–

Series start in 2023, the first full year in which the decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Toulouse were published. TA Toulouse stands for Tribunal administratif de Toulouse. 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 Toulouse: all subjects Planning and building permits in France

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Outcome of the cases

Among the 216 decisions of 2025 on planning and building permits with a stated outcome, 63% are dismissals, 32% annul the contested act or grant the claim, and 5% 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%. 8 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 Toulouse 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 Toulouse
  • 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
Dismissed13763%61%
Annulled or granted6932%32%
No need to rule73%2%
Withdrawn31%5%

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

See also Tribunal administratif de Toulouse: 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 Toulouse, the 3 administrative tribunals issued 746 decisions on planning and building permits in 2025 between them; the Tribunal administratif de Toulouse issued 224, that is 30%.

On planning and building permits, the Tribunal administratif de Toulouse issued 224 of the 6,133 decisions of all administrative tribunals, or 4%. The share of this subject in the caseload ranges from 3% for the Tribunal administratif de Toulouse to 5% for the administrative tribunals of Montpellier and Nîmes. Among the 3 courts that issued at least 200 decisions on this subject, the dismissal rate ranges from 60% for the administrative tribunal of Nîmes to 63% for the Tribunal administratif de Toulouse. The median time ranges from 24 months for the administrative tribunal of Nîmes to 25 months for the administrative tribunal of Montpellier.

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 Montpellier2965%62%25 months
Tribunal administratif de Nîmes2265%60%24 months
Tribunal administratif de Toulouse2243%63%–

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

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The other subjects of the court

With 224 decisions, or 3% of the total of the Tribunal administratif de Toulouse, this subject comes behind civil service (322) and ahead of local authorities and public property (172).

Decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Toulouse by subject in 2025
Decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Toulouse by subject in 2025
SubjectDecisions 2025Share of caseloadDismissal rateMedian time
Immigration2,47336%71%6 months
Social welfare4386%78%18 months
Tax3956%55%30 months
Housing3255%28%–
Civil service3225%67%29 months
Planning and building permits2243%63%–
Local authorities and public property1722%––
Driving licences1712%––
Employment law751%––
Environment and agriculture711%––
Public health671%––
Education651%––
Policing451%––
Public procurement401%––
Elections40.1%––
Other subjects2,03529%49%18 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 Toulouse: all subjects France

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Understanding these figures

What these figures count

Of the 6,922 decisions of the Tribunal administratif de Toulouse in 2025, 224 fall under planning and building permits (3%), based on the legal texts they cite; 2,035 (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 Toulouse issue in 2025?

The Tribunal administratif de Toulouse issued 224 decisions on planning and building permits in 2025 (22% fewer than in 2024), that is 3% of its 6,922 decisions. Since 2023 the total is 755 decisions.

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

Of the 224 decisions of 2025, only 175 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 Toulouse are dismissals?

In 2025, 63% of the decisions on planning and building permits of the Tribunal administratif de Toulouse with a stated outcome were dismissals, against 61% for all administrative tribunals. The calculation covers 216 of the 224 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 Montpellier and Nîmes issued 296 and 226 respectively.