Week of 6 to 12 April 2026
Case law
Conseil d’État, 7 April 2026 (dismissal of the appeals brought by Damylu and Supermarchés Match, Auchel project) : A building permit that also serves as a commercial operating authorisation, and is tainted by illegality, can be regularised while proceedings are pending by an amending permit that draws the consequences of a change in the applicable legal or regulatory framework, including where that change post-dates the first-instance judgment. The Conseil d’État confirms the broad scope of the administrative judge’s regularisation powers in the field of commercial planning law.
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