Building Permit

Permission by a local government to build a new construction or renovate an existing one. A building permit helps ensure that the construction will be safe and that it will comply with inspections (and therefore with the building code). It also helps raise revenue for the municipality, since building permits usually require a fee.

building permit

Written permission from local government to proceed with construction, substantial repair,demolition,or sign erection on real property.The permit process serves several purposes:

• Revenue generation through permitting fees
• Early identification of potential problems, such as the need for historical district approvals
• Entry of the project into a tracking system to ensure code compliance through periodic inspections
• Estimation of the anticipated cost of the project, in order to assist local government with analysis of building and development trends
• Initiation of steps that will ultimately ensure all subcontractors have business licenses and correctly report their income for the year

(Developers typically include contingencies in their purchase contracts to allow for difficulties in obtaining building permits. Especially with large projects, which require extensive plan review before issuance of a permit,the permitting process can take many months.)

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About 70 of the building permits issued last year were valued at $500,000 or more.

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Building permits for non-housing projects fell 38 per cent in January to February, to 24,693 square meters in terms of construction area, and 11 per cent in terms of value, to e1/424m compared to a year before, Cystat said.

Building permits up 28% in first two months of 2018

The building permits provide for the construction of 2,302 detached houses, which is 35 per cent more compared to 2016.

Building permits up 47% in 2017, Cystat says

This formed part of the 4th workshop on developments in the building permit system.

Qatar:5,400 building permits issued since Feb 2014

"Callander in the last 18 months had 117 new building permits," says Minogue, along Lake Nipissing's south shore and the golf course development.

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From January to June of 1992, there were 17 new building permits issued which was more than a 50 percent drop from the same period in 1991 in which 36 were issued.

With ICIP expired, owners feel headache

The building permit data shows that the construction area of licenced non-housing projects rose 31 per cent in the first 10 months of 2017, to 217,670 square meters, compared to the respective period of 2016, while their value rose 19 per cent, to AaAaAeA@1/4220,76

Building permits up 32% in first 10 months of 2017

He added that Benayat has not only helped to issue building permits more efficiently, it has also provided the ability to monitor, manage and evaluate building permit services, hence increasing the construction sector's competitiveness regionally and globally.

Bahrain building permits' number up 4.2pc in Q1

His Excellency added that Benayat has not only helped to issue building permits more efficiently, it has also provided the ability to monitor, manage and evaluate building permit services, hence increasing the construction sector's competitiveness regionally and globally.

HE Khalaf: 192 building permits issued for investment projects during the first quarter of 2019

Dubai: Dawoud Al Hajiri, Chairman of Dubai Building Permit Development Committee, on Sunday launched the Dubai Building Permits App, which includes all procedures of government departments for building permits.

Dubai Municipality launches Dubai Building Permits App

<br />Case No.: 2018 WI 61<br />Focus: Building Permit Rule Extension of Land<br />Wisconsin has long provided a vested right to build a structure upon the filing of a building permit application that strictly conforms to all applicable zoning regulations (the "Building Permit Rule")a doctrine we reaffirmed last term in McKee Family I, LLC v.

Building Permit Rule Extension of Land