Asheville, NC Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-04

65 new building permits were filed in Asheville, NC over the trailing 7 days, with $0 in declared construction value. Filing volume is the clearest public signal of how busy — or backed up — a city's building department is right now. Live data from official municipal permit-issuance feeds.

By Marcus Reeves · Updated 2026-08-04 · Last permit logged 2026-08-03

Permits filed · this week

65

▲ 32.7% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$0

Prior 7-day comparison

49

permits filed previous week

Asheville permit review backlog

Of 2,605 Asheville permits with a published review status, 1 (0.0%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Issued1,27448.9%
Plan Check32212.4%
Pending Applicant Action32012.3%
Finaled1977.6%
CC Issued1716.6%
Reissued883.4%
Closed813.1%
Revoked421.6%

Is the Asheville building department backed up?

Permit-filing volume is the best public proxy for permitting load: the more permits a building department takes in, the heavier its review queue. Asheville, NC logged 65 permits in the last 7 days versus 49 the week before — a 32.7% increase, so intake is accelerating and review backlogs are likely growing. This tracker refreshes weekly from official municipal feeds, so it reflects the current pace rather than a stale snapshot.

Top contractors this week

#ContractorPermits (7d)Declared value
1 T. P. HOWARD'S PLUMBING CO., INC. 2
2 THE HOFF GROUP LLC 2
3 JOHN MCCLUNG ENTERPRISES, INC. 2
4 BLUE PLANET PLUMBING (DBA) 1
5 COMPLETE COMFORT HEATING & AIR LLC 1

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Res: Alterations 7 10.8%
Stand Alone Sign 5 7.7%
Event-Temporary Use 5 7.7%
Com: Low Voltage 4 6.2%
ABC 4 6.2%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-08-03 Res: Alterations 103 AURORA DR, ASHEVILLE, NC 28805 JEFFREY M HARDESTY
2026-08-03 Res: Multi-Trade Heating 55 SHEPPARD DR, ASHEVILLE, NC 28806 BLUE PLANET PLUMBING (DBA)
2026-08-03 Res: Retaining Wall 163 TACOMA CIR, ASHEVILLE, NC 28801 HOMESOURCE REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION INC
2026-08-03 Com: Low Voltage 36 SAINT DUNSTANS RD, ASHEVILLE, NC 28803 JACKSON ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS INC
2026-08-03 Res: Alterations 30 COMPTON DR, ASHEVILLE, NC 28806 JES COLUMBIA, LLC AKA MOUNT VALLEY FOUNDATION SERVICES
Methodology. Data sourced from Asheville's official municipal permit-issuance feed and refreshed daily. Permits are counted by issue date. Declared construction value reflects what the applicant declared on the permit application and is filtered to remove obvious data-entry errors (values under $1,000 or above $50M are excluded from totals). "This week" means the trailing 7 days through 2026-08-04.

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