48 new building permits were filed in Fairfax, VA 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
48
▼ 18.6% vs prior 7 days
Declared construction value
$0
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Prior 7-day comparison
59
permits filed previous week
Of 359 Fairfax permits with a published review status, 220 (61.3%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:
| Permit status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Submitted | 210 | 58.5% |
| Submittal/Invoice | 41 | 11.4% |
| Issued | 36 | 10.0% |
| Submission Incomplete | 30 | 8.4% |
| Paid Online | 14 | 3.9% |
| Plan Review | 10 | 2.8% |
| Plan Submittal/Invoice | 5 | 1.4% |
| Resubmitted | 5 | 1.4% |
Permit-filing volume is the best public proxy for permitting load: the more permits a building department takes in, the heavier its review queue. Fairfax, VA logged 48 permits in the last 7 days versus 59 the week before — a 18.6% decrease, so intake is easing. This tracker refreshes weekly from official municipal feeds, so it reflects the current pace rather than a stale snapshot.
| Permit type | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Amendments | 11 | 22.9% |
| Residential Alteration | 7 | 14.6% |
| Residential Electrical | 4 | 8.3% |
| Residential Mechanical | 4 | 8.3% |
| Residential Plumbing | 4 | 8.3% |
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