New Orleans building & ADU permits
Recent permit activity, updated continuously.
New Orleans sits on the Mississippi River in southeast Louisiana and runs its own permitting framework, as the state has no statewide ADU mandate. The city's Safety & Permits data is published under CC0; its coordinates are nested within each record, which Igni resolves and reverse-geocodes to a ZIP.
Igni is tracking 2,975 residential and building permits in New Orleans, LA — including 1 classified accessory-dwelling-unit (ADU) filing. The most active ZIP is 70117. The most recent filing Igni tracked was Sep 17, 2026. All records come from data.nola.gov (Socrata), an official government open-data feed, and are refreshed continuously.
2975
Permits tracked
1
ADU permits
17
Distinct ZIP codes
Sep 17, 2026
Newest permit
Recent permits
A sample of the freshest permits in this jurisdiction — ZIP and city only (no street addresses).
| ZIP | Permit type | ADU type | Valuation | Applied |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70117 | Residential | — | $123,430,137 | Sep 9, 2026 |
| 70117 | Residential | — | $123,430,137 | Sep 9, 2026 |
| 70124 | Residential | — | $0 | Sep 9, 2026 |
| 70127 | Residential | — | $0 | Sep 9, 2026 |
| 70117 | Residential | — | $123,430,137 | Sep 9, 2026 |
| 70117 | Residential | — | $123,430,137 | Sep 9, 2026 |
| 70117 | Residential | — | $123,430,137 | Sep 9, 2026 |
| 70130 | Residential | — | $13,000 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| 70130 | Residential | — | $13,000 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| 70112 | Commercial | — | $10,000 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| 70131 | Residential | — | $0 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| 70115 | Residential | — | $25,828 | Sep 11, 2026 |
| 70118 | Residential | — | $0 | Sep 14, 2026 |
| 70117 | Residential | — | $123,430,137 | Sep 14, 2026 |
| 70122 | Residential | — | $0 | Sep 14, 2026 |
| 70119 | Residential | — | $0 | Sep 14, 2026 |
| 70115 | Residential | — | $0 | Sep 14, 2026 |
| 70117 | Residential | — | $450 | Sep 14, 2026 |
| 70113 | Residential | — | $21,000 | Sep 15, 2026 |
| 70124 | Residential | — | $21,782 | Sep 15, 2026 |
Top ZIP codes by recent activity
Housing law — Louisiana
Accessory dwelling units in Louisiana are handled locally; without a statewide ADU mandate, rules differ by city and parish.
Louisiana has no statewide upzoning law; residential density is governed by local zoning, with New Orleans running its own framework.
Data source
Sourced from data.nola.gov (Socrata). CC0 — public domain (commercial use permitted).
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Informational only, not legal advice. Headline counts reflect all permits Igni has tracked for this jurisdiction; the table shows recent activity. Housing law changes — verify current statutes before relying on this.