Brea, CA Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-03

42 new building permits were filed in Brea, CA 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 2026-08-03 · Last permit logged 2026-08-03

Permits filed · this week

42

▼ 2.3% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$0

Prior 7-day comparison

43

permits filed previous week

Brea permit review backlog

Of 314 Brea permits with a published review status, 179 (57.0%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Submitted10934.7%
Plan Review6520.7%
HOLD4715.0%
Issued4012.7%
Ready to Issue237.3%
Inspection Phase216.7%
Pending51.6%
Finaled41.3%

Is the Brea 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. Brea, CA logged 42 permits in the last 7 days versus 43 the week before — a 2.3% decrease, so intake is easing. 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 SUNRUN 3
2 BEL SOUTHWEST INC 3
3 K N R BUILDERS 2
4 CS SIGNS LLC 1
5 C R T ROOFING CO 1

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Commercial Alteration 6 14.3%
Certificate of Occupancy 6 14.3%
Residential Mechanical 5 11.9%
Residential Electrical 3 7.1%
Revision 3 7.1%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-08-03 Residential Plumbing 428 MAGNOLIA AVE ROOTER HERO
2026-07-30 Revision 685 S BREA BLVD VAN DAELE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
2026-07-30 Revision 371 Sequoia Ave ONDA CONSTRUCTION INC
2026-07-29 Commercial Plumbing 975 E BIRCH St, B BEL SOUTHWEST INC
2026-07-29 Commercial Electrical 975 E BIRCH St, B BEL SOUTHWEST INC
Methodology. Data sourced from Brea'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 2026-08-03.

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