Pinehurst, NC Permit Pulse — Week of 2026-08-03

85 new building permits were filed in Pinehurst, NC over the trailing 7 days, with $38,071 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 2026-08-02

Permits filed · this week

85

▲ 49.1% vs prior 7 days

Declared construction value

$38,071

$9,517 avg per permit

Prior 7-day comparison

57

permits filed previous week

Pinehurst permit review backlog

Of 365 Pinehurst permits with a published review status, 126 (34.5%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:

Permit statusPermitsShare
Issued20255.3%
Submitted9124.9%
In Review328.8%
Accepted164.4%
Withdrawn102.7%
Finaled51.4%
Closed41.1%
Plan Review20.5%

Is the Pinehurst 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. Pinehurst, NC logged 85 permits in the last 7 days versus 57 the week before — a 49.1% 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 SANDHILLS HEATING, REFRIGERATION & ELECTRICAL 14
2 Clayton M Smith 5
3 Onsite Homes LLC 4
4 CAROLINA PRO GAS LLC 3
5 AIRRICH HEATING AND COOLING 2

What's being built this week

Permit typeCountShare
Residential Mechanical Single Trade 33 38.8%
Residential New 8 9.4%
Propane Tank 6 7.1%
Residential Building Single Trade 4 4.7%
Fence, Wall, or Column Permit 4 4.7%

Recent permit filings

DateTypeAddressContractorValue
2026-08-01 Residential Electrical Single Trade 45 Lake Dornoch Dr, Pineurst NC 28374 United States GET Electric 123 Inc. $1,000
2026-07-31 Commercial Electrical Single Trade 3 Inverrary Rd, Pinehurst North Carolina 28374 CHISHOLM ELECTRICAL $20,000
2026-07-31 Propane Tank 14 Kilbride Dr Clayton M Smith
2026-07-31 Residential Mechanical Single Trade 80 Pomeroy Dr Comfort Services Inc
2026-07-31 Residential New 29 Beasley Dr Formyduval Homes LLC
Methodology. Data sourced from Pinehurst'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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