Chicago Building Permits and Permit Search
Our Chicago feed carried 1,000 permit records across 41 record types in the last 30 days. The busiest was RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICAL (227). The newest 12 filings are in the table below. ZoneWire's Chicago feed holds 30,090 permit records to date.
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Recent Chicago permit filings
Permit records obtained from official sources. One record is shown in full below; the rest carry the filing facts.
3459 W 85TH ST
LINE VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL WORK. NEW PERMANENT 200 AMP SERVICE DISCONNECTING MEANS WITH 40 CIRCUITS. RECEPTACLE OUTLETS: 1 . LIGHTING OUTLETS: 1. SPECIFIC LOCATION: BASEMENT, EXTERIOR.
| Record | Type | Address | Status | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B200516269 | ELECTRICAL | 3459 W 85TH ST | ACTIVE | October 16, 2026 |
| B200516262 | ELECTRICAL | 11655 S LOOMIS ST | ACTIVE | October 16, 2026 |
| B200516207 | RESIDENTIAL ROOFING | 3724 W 59TH PL | ACTIVE | October 16, 2026 |
| B200516195 | SITE WORK | 3848 N PAGE AVE | ACTIVE | October 16, 2026 |
| B200516172 | ELECTRICAL | 7104 W ARMITAGE AVE | ACTIVE | October 16, 2026 |
| B200516167 | ELECTRICAL | 1542 N DAMEN AVE | ACTIVE | October 16, 2026 |
| B200516160 | ROOFING | 7532 S WINCHESTER AVE | ACTIVE | October 16, 2026 |
| B200516154 | ALTERATION | 2245 W MELROSE ST | ACTIVE | October 16, 2026 |
| B200516145 | ELECTRICAL | 2438 N MONITOR AVE | ACTIVE | October 16, 2026 |
| B200516139 | ROOFING | 4527 S JUSTINE ST | ACTIVE | October 16, 2026 |
| B200516138 | RESIDENTIAL NEW CONSTRUCTION | 9430 S WENTWORTH AVE | ACTIVE | October 16, 2026 |
| B200516136 | ALTERATION | 3242 W MONTROSE AVE | ACTIVE | October 16, 2026 |
What a permit record does not carry
A permit record is the construction paperwork: a number, a type, a status and a date. The land-use decision that made the project legal happened earlier, in a public hearing, and it is not in the permit portal. ZoneWire has read 50 Chicago council and commission meetings from the last 24 months and holds 374 land-use decisions from them, each with the board that heard it, and the vote where one was recorded.
Chicago building permit questions
The newest Chicago building permit filings are in our Chicago feed, each with its record number, its record type and the date it was filed. Permit records obtained from official sources.
Our Chicago feed carried 1,000 permit records across 41 record types in the last 30 days. The busiest was RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICAL (227).
No. A permit record is the construction paperwork: a number, a type, a status and a date. The land-use decision that made the project legal happened earlier, in a public hearing, and it is not in the permit portal. That hearing is a separate public record, held by the board that heard it.
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