108 new building permits were filed in Kern County, 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.
Permits filed · this week
108
▼ 36.5% vs prior 7 days
Declared construction value
$0
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Prior 7-day comparison
170
permits filed previous week
Of 1,145 Kern County permits with a published review status, 548 (47.9%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:
| Permit status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Issued | 477 | 41.7% |
| Applied | 472 | 41.2% |
| In Review | 76 | 6.6% |
| Approved | 58 | 5.1% |
| Canceled | 56 | 4.9% |
| Finaled | 5 | 0.4% |
| In Review - Revision | 1 | 0.1% |
Permit-filing volume is the best public proxy for permitting load: the more permits a building department takes in, the heavier its review queue. Kern County, CA logged 108 permits in the last 7 days versus 170 the week before — a 36.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Residential Plumbing | 15 | 13.9% |
| Residential Mechanical | 14 | 13.0% |
| Residential Energy SolarAPP+ | 12 | 11.1% |
| Residential Electrical | 9 | 8.3% |
| Residential Energy Solar | 8 | 7.4% |
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