New French Building Permits Finder (SITADEL)

Find newly authorized French building permits — permis de construire (PC), déclarations préalables (DP), permis d'aménager (PA) and permis de démolir (PD) — straight from SITADEL, the official database of the French Ministry of Ecological Transition (SDES). Filter by department, INSEE commune, authorization date, number of dwellings, and keep only permits filed by companies (personne morale) to get their SIREN / SIRET / APE code — instant B2B leads for the French construction market (BTP).

Every new permit is a buying signal: someone is about to build, extend, demolish or develop land. This actor turns the raw open data — millions of rows, cryptic column names, monthly file rotations — into clean, structured JSON you can plug into Make, n8n, Zapier, a CRM or a spreadsheet.

This actor is free. You only pay your Apify platform usage.

What you get for each permit

• Permit number, document type (PC / DP / PA / PD) and permit list (housing, non-residential, development, demolition)
• Real authorization date, filing date, work-start and completion dates, plus a derived projectState (authorized / work_started / completed)
• Work-site location: address, postal code, city, INSEE commune code, department, region, cadastral parcels, land area
• Applicant: company name, SIREN, SIRET, APE/NAF code, postal code and city (when the applicant is a legal entity)
• Project details: new construction vs. work on existing, architect involved, dwellings created (total / individual / collective / social housing), floor areas created (housing and non-residential), pool/extension flags

Input

Field	Type	Description
permitTypes	array	Lists to search: housing, nonResidential, development, demolition. Default ["housing"]
departments	array	Department codes (59, 75, 2A, 971…). Empty = all France
communes	array	Optional INSEE commune codes (e.g. 59350 for Lille)
monthsBack	integer	Rolling window in months (default 3)
authorizedAfter / authorizedBefore	string	Explicit ISO date bounds on the authorization date
minDwellings	integer	Housing list only: minimum dwellings created (spot real-estate developments)
companiesOnly	boolean	Keep only permits filed by a company — B2B lead mode
maxResults	integer	Cap on pushed items (default 200)

Output example

{
  "status": "found",
  "permitType": "housing",
  "documentType": "PC",
  "permitNumber": "0594142600004",
  "projectState": "authorized",
  "dateAuthorized": "2026-05-29",
  "dateFiled": "2026-05-29",
  "location": {
    "address": "ROUTE DE LALLAING - LOT 20",
    "postalCode": "59182",
    "city": "MONTIGNY-EN-OSTREVENT",
    "inseeCommuneCode": "59414",
    "departmentCode": "59",
    "departmentName": "Nord",
    "regionName": "Hauts-de-France",
    "cadastre": ["AA 279"]
  },
  "applicant": {
    "isCompany": false,
    "name": null,
    "siren": null,
    "siret": null,
    "apeCode": null,
    "postalCode": "59167",
    "city": "LALLAING"
  },
  "project": {
    "nature": "new_construction",
    "usesArchitect": false,
    "landAreaM2": 414,
    "dwellingsCreated": 1,
    "floorAreaHousingCreatedM2": 93
  },
  "source": {
    "name": "SITADEL (SDES / Ministère de la Transition écologique)",
    "millesime": "2026-06",
    "api": "DiDo diffusion API"
  }
}

Items always carry an explicit status: found, not_found (no permit matched your filters) or error.

Use cases

• BTP lead generation: new permits in your area = prospects for builders, roofers, electricians, kitchen fitters, landscapers, fencing, solar installers. Run weekly with companiesOnly off for local mailing, or on to target developers.
• Real-estate development watch: minDwellings: 10 reveals upcoming residential programmes — feed developers' SIREN into a company enrichment step to reach decision makers.
• Market intelligence: track construction dynamics by commune or department, month after month.
• Supplier prospecting: non-residential permits (warehouses, offices, industry) signal companies investing in premises.

Data source, freshness & fair use

Data comes from the official SITADEL open database published monthly by the SDES (statistical service of the French Ministry of Ecological Transition) under the Etalab open licence, queried through the public DiDo API — no scraping, no API key, no proxies. Authorizations are listed since 2013; the current month's millésime is used automatically. Note: permits appear with an administrative delay of one to a few months after the authorization date, and applicant identity is only published for legal entities (individuals are anonymized, per French regulation). Please keep politeness delays in place and avoid hammering the source.

More actors by this developer

This actor is part of a French business data suite — combine it into a full pipeline:

• French Company Data Enricher (SIREN) — turn each applicant SIREN into full company data (directors, address, activity).
• French Insolvency & Solvency Checker (BODACC) — check the solvency of developers before working with them.
• French RGE Certified Contractors Finder (ADEME) — find certified contractors near the permit's commune.
• New French Companies Finder (SIRENE) — spot newly created construction companies.

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