Aubervilliers is set to house a training pool for Paris 2024, which under the controversial plans required the partial destruction of the allotments in that region of the French capital.

There was a dramatic protest on the construction site earlier this month, when a group of activists chained themselves to machinery in an attempt to prevent work from starting which required police intervention.

As reported by French publication Le Monde, the Court ruled that the local urban plan in its present form represented an "attack" on biodiversity in Aubervilliers and displayed "inconsistencies" in its environmental obligations.

It has given the commune - led by the Mayor of Saint-Denis Mathieu Hanotin - four months to produce a new urban plan.

Hanotin of the Socialist Party insisted that the verdict would not affect plans for the aquatics centre.

"There is no immediate consequence on the question of the work, the building permit remains valid," said Hanotin, as reported by Le Monde.

"It does not call into question the project."

Ziad Maalouf, one of the schemes' opponents claimed: "We always said the project was illegitimate, now it's illegal.

"For the first time, justice has given us reason by telling them 'you don't have the right to do what you did'."

The project for the pool in Aubervilliers is budgeted at €33 million (£27.6 million/$37.5 million) and is expected to be made available to residents after the Games.

Construction at the site was briefly suspended by the same Court in September, following legal challenges from local residents and environmentalists.

La Défense Arena in western Paris is set to be the main venue for aquatics events at Paris 2024.

The Paris 2024 Olympics is scheduled from July 26 to August 11, with the Paralympics set to follow from August 28 to September 8.