Villers-Bretonneux · report
Renovation in Villers-Bretonneux
In 2025, 6% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 6%
Homes authorised in Villers-Bretonneux: new buildings and existing ones
Dwellings authorised each year, by the year the permit was granted: in new buildings, and by works on existing buildings (conversions, extensions, changes of use). SDES Sitadel.
- Existing buildings
- New buildings
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| Year | New buildings | Existing buildings | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 100 | 6 | 106 |
| 2023 | 15 | — | 15 |
| 2022 | 3 | — | 3 |
| 2021 | 5 | — | 5 |
| 2020 | 6 | — | 6 |
| 2019 | 19 | — | 19 |
| 2018 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2017 | 53 | 1 | 54 |
| 2016 | 26 | 4 | 30 |
| 2015 | 24 | — | 24 |
| 2014 | 9 | — | 9 |
| 2013 | 28 | 1 | 29 |
Only permits that create dwellings are listed, so renovation that adds no home (refurbishing, insulating, re-roofing) is not counted. A permit is permission to build, not a finished home. The current year is left out until it is complete.
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At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €177,030. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €689 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 16%
- Payment, one income
- 32%
Figures for Somme: Villers-Bretonneux has no reliable figures of its own.
30.2% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 1,870
In 2022 the population grew by 3 while 2 homes were started: 1.5 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.5
- Population change, 2022
- +3
8.8% of the 2,059 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 8.8%
- Empty homes
- 182
Public bodies signed €132K of housing works here in 2025, and €191.5K since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €132K
- Per resident, 2025
- €28