38 new building permits were filed in Burien, WA 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.
Permits filed · this week
38
▼ 26.9% vs prior 7 days
Declared construction value
$0
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Prior 7-day comparison
52
permits filed previous week
Of 1,331 Burien permits with a published review status, 0 (0.0%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:
| Permit status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| ISSUED | 952 | 71.5% |
| CLOSED | 338 | 25.4% |
| ARCH_CLOSE | 15 | 1.1% |
| CANCELED | 7 | 0.5% |
| FINALED | 6 | 0.5% |
| INSPECTION | 5 | 0.4% |
| FEES_PAID | 2 | 0.2% |
| FEESDUE | 2 | 0.2% |
Permit-filing volume is the best public proxy for permitting load: the more permits a building department takes in, the heavier its review queue. Burien, WA logged 38 permits in the last 7 days versus 52 the week before — a 26.9% decrease, so intake is easing. This tracker refreshes weekly from official municipal feeds, so it reflects the current pace rather than a stale snapshot.
| # | Contractor | Permits (7d) | Declared value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MICHAEL KERRY PORTER | 3 | — |
| 2 | WILLIAM M HEAVENER | 3 | — |
| 3 | ROBERT LOUIS HARLEY WOFFORD | 2 | — |
| 4 | GERALD ARTHUR HOEFER | 2 | — |
| 5 | MICHAEL K PORTER | 2 | — |
| Permit type | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Residential - Electric | 17 | 44.7% |
| Residential - Mechanical | 9 | 23.7% |
| Multi-Family/Commercial - Electric | 3 | 7.9% |
| Type C (Utility) | 2 | 5.3% |
| Multi-Family/Commercial - Plumbing | 2 | 5.3% |
| Date | Type | Address | Contractor | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | Residential - Mechanical | 3140 SW 171ST ST | GERALD ARTHUR HOEFER | — |
| 2026-07-30 | Residential - Mechanical | 12047 12TH AVE S | MICHAEL KERRY PORTER | — |
| 2026-07-30 | Multi-Family/Commercial - Electric | 133 SW 158TH ST | Eric T Sloss | — |
| 2026-07-30 | Residential - Mechanical | 1210 SW 157TH ST | GERALD ARTHUR HOEFER | — |
| 2026-07-30 | Residential - Mechanical | 12047 12TH AVE S | MICHAEL KERRY PORTER | — |
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