San Diego Building Permits and Permit Search
Our San Diego feed carried 559 permit records across 8 record types in the last 30 days. The busiest was Building Permit (253). The newest 12 filings are in the table below, updated daily. The newest filing on record here is October 16, 2026. ZoneWire's San Diego feed holds 4,708 permit records to date.
Recent San Diego permit filings
Scraped from the City of San Diego's own record system. One record is shown in full below; the rest carry the filing facts.
Standard-Discretionary Project:1320/Thomas
1320 Thomas Av San Diego CA 92109
OBTAIN COASTAL AND BUILDING PERMIT TO DEMOLISH ONE EXISTING SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE AND GARAGE (BUILT IN 1947) AND BUILD TWO SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES WITH DETACHED TWO-CAR CARPORTS W/ ADU UNITS ABOVE ON TWO SEPARATE LOTS.
| Record | Type | Address | Status | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRJ-1168893 | Discretionary Project | 1320 Thomas Av San Diego CA 92109 | Pre-Screen | October 16, 2026 |
| PMT-3450071 | Coastal Development | 7760 Herschel Av San Diego CA | Open | October 15, 2026 |
| PMT-3450076 | Site Development Permit | 3501 Balboa Av San Diego CA | Open | October 15, 2026 |
| PRJ-1168857 | Discretionary Project | 1222 01st Av San Diego CA | Pre-Screen | October 15, 2026 |
| PRJ-1168789 | Discretionary Project | 4895 Del Sol Bl San Diego CA | Application Pending Payment | October 15, 2026 |
| PMT-3449604 | Coastal Development | 3880 Bayside Wk San Diego CA 92109 | Open | October 14, 2026 |
| PRJ-1168769 | Discretionary Project | 4825 Cass St San Diego CA | Pre-Screen | October 14, 2026 |
| PMT-3449262 | Neighborhood Development Permit | 1222 01st Av San Diego CA * View Additional Locations>>1) 1222 01st Av San Diego CA | Open | October 13, 2026 |
| PRJ-1168686 | Discretionary Project | 1222 01st Av San Diego CA | In Review | October 13, 2026 |
| PMT-3448860 | Neighborhood Use Permit | 2230 Cactus Rd San Diego CA 92154 | Open | October 12, 2026 |
| PRJ-1168506 | Discretionary Project | 7961 Saint Louis Tr San Diego CA 92037 | Application Pending Payment | October 12, 2026 |
| PRJ-1168560 | Discretionary Project | 3658 Ruffin Rd San Diego CA | Pre-Screen | October 12, 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 75 San Diego council and commission meetings from the last 24 months and holds 40 land-use decisions from them, each with the board that heard it, and the vote where one was recorded.
San Diego building permit questions
Building permits in San Diego are issued by the City of San Diego and published in Accela Citizen Access at https://aca-prod.accela.com/SANDIEGO, which is free to search and is the authoritative record. The newest of those filings are in our San Diego feed, each with its record number, its record type and the date it was filed.
The City of San Diego issues building permits in San Diego and publishes them in Accela Citizen Access at https://aca-prod.accela.com/SANDIEGO.
Our San Diego feed carried 559 permit records across 8 record types in the last 30 days. The busiest was Building Permit (253). The newest filing on record here is October 16, 2026.
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.
The permit tells you someone is building. The hearing tells you what they agreed to.
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Source of record: Accela Citizen Access, the City of San Diego