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 4,176 residential and building permits in New Orleans, LA — including 1 classified accessory-dwelling-unit (ADU) filing. The most active ZIP is 70115. The most recent filing Igni tracked was Nov 2, 2026. All records come from data.nola.gov (Socrata), an official government open-data feed, and are refreshed continuously.
4176
Permits tracked
1
ADU permits
17
Distinct ZIP codes
Nov 2, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70118 | Residential | — | $400 | Oct 24, 2026 |
| 70122 | Residential | — | $6,000 | Oct 26, 2026 |
| 70117 | Residential | — | $450 | Oct 27, 2026 |
| 70117 | Residential | — | $500 | Oct 27, 2026 |
| 70130 | Commercial | — | $322,177 | Oct 27, 2026 |
| 70115 | Commercial | — | $245,594 | Oct 27, 2026 |
| 70113 | Residential | — | $17,296 | Oct 28, 2026 |
| 70128 | Residential | — | $15,943 | Oct 28, 2026 |
| 70114 | Commercial | — | $7,000 | Oct 28, 2026 |
| 70130 | Residential | — | $2,867 | Oct 28, 2026 |
| 70114 | Commercial | — | $32,683 | Oct 28, 2026 |
| 70114 | Commercial | — | $800 | Oct 28, 2026 |
| 70112 | Commercial | — | $32,374 | Oct 29, 2026 |
| 70118 | Residential | — | $48,536 | Oct 29, 2026 |
| 70118 | Residential | — | $17,000 | Oct 29, 2026 |
| 70126 | Residential | — | $17,364 | Oct 29, 2026 |
| 70126 | Residential | — | $26,281 | Oct 29, 2026 |
| 70130 | Residential | — | $3,200 | Oct 29, 2026 |
| 70118 | Residential | — | $11,488 | Oct 29, 2026 |
| 70114 | Residential | — | $562,000 | Oct 29, 2026 |
Top ZIP codes by recent activity
Permit activity in New Orleans
Igni counted 17,924 permits issued in New Orleans over the last 12 months (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026) — up 1.0% on the 17,744 in the 12 months before. The forecast expects about 8,964 over the next 6 months.
Forecast: trailing mean, typical error ±9% in backtests one to six months ahead. How we forecast
| Permit type | Last 12 months | Year over year | Forecast, next 6 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| All permits | 17,924 | Up 1.0% | ≈ 8,964 |
| Residential building | 3,376 | Down 32.2% | ≈ 1,337 |
| Commercial building | 918 | Down 9.7% | ≈ 462 |
| Trade (electrical, plumbing, mechanical) | 13,479 | Up 16.4% | ≈ 6,514 |
| ADU | 4 | — | — |
Monthly figures
| Month | Permits | 10th–90th percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2023 | 1,748 | — |
| Nov 2023 | 1,497 | — |
| Dec 2023 | 1,191 | — |
| Jan 2024 | 1,448 | — |
| Feb 2024 | 1,278 | — |
| Mar 2024 | 1,416 | — |
| Apr 2024 | 1,488 | — |
| May 2024 | 1,745 | — |
| Jun 2024 | 1,612 | — |
| Jul 2024 | 1,617 | — |
| Aug 2024 | 1,942 | — |
| Sep 2024 | 1,171 | — |
| Oct 2024 | 1,677 | — |
| Nov 2024 | 1,204 | — |
| Dec 2024 | 1,287 | — |
| Jan 2025 | 1,131 | — |
| Feb 2025 | 1,406 | — |
| Mar 2025 | 1,303 | — |
| Apr 2025 | 1,594 | — |
| May 2025 | 1,515 | — |
| Jun 2025 | 1,829 | — |
| Jul 2025 | 1,677 | — |
| Aug 2025 | 1,777 | — |
| Sep 2025 | 1,344 | — |
| Oct 2025 | 1,731 | — |
| Nov 2025 | 1,285 | — |
| Dec 2025 | 1,272 | — |
| Jan 2026 | 1,311 | — |
| Feb 2026 | 1,262 | — |
| Mar 2026 | 1,508 | — |
| Apr 2026 | 1,519 | — |
| May 2026 | 1,989 | — |
| Jun 2026 | 1,561 | — |
| Jul 2026 | 1,533 | — |
| Aug 2026 | 1,424 | — |
| Sep 2026 | 1,529 | — |
| Oct 2026 (forecast) | ≈ 1,494 | 1,270–1,878 |
| Nov 2026 (forecast) | ≈ 1,494 | 1,270–1,878 |
| Dec 2026 (forecast) | ≈ 1,494 | 1,272–1,924 |
| Jan 2027 (forecast) | ≈ 1,494 | 1,274–1,979 |
| Feb 2027 (forecast) | ≈ 1,494 | 1,299–1,985 |
| Mar 2027 (forecast) | ≈ 1,494 | 1,354–1,995 |
Counts are permits issued per calendar month as New Orleans publishes them to its open-data feed — not a complete census; a change in what the city publishes moves them too. The current month is left out, and the most recent months are provisional. A forecast is a statistical estimate with a range, not a prediction for any project. Informational only.
How long do permits take in New Orleans?
Based on 48,098 New Orleans permits applied for between Nov 2023 and Aug 2026, the typical (median) permit was issued 12 days after application, and the middle half of permits took 3–34 days. One in ten took longer than 84 days.
| Permit type | Median | Typical range | Permits |
|---|---|---|---|
| All permits | 12 days | 3–34 days | 48,098 |
| Residential building | 25 days | 7–60 days | 11,780 |
| Commercial building | 38 days | 5–91 days | 2,632 |
| Trade (electrical, plumbing, mechanical) | 8 days | 2–22 days | 33,280 |
Typical, not guaranteed: individual permits vary with project scope, application completeness and plan-review workload. Days are calendar days from application to issuance; applications still pending are counted as not-yet-issued rather than dropped. Informational only, not legal advice. How we calculate approval times.
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.