28 new building permits were filed in Richmond, VA over the trailing 7 days, with $515,000 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
28
— flat vs prior 7 days
Declared construction value
$515,000
$128,750 avg per permit
Prior 7-day comparison
0
permits filed previous week
Of 28 Richmond permits with a published review status, 4 (14.3%) are still in the review or intake queue — the live backlog. Breakdown by current status:
| Permit status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Issued | 17 | 60.7% |
| Plan Review | 3 | 10.7% |
| Revisions Required | 2 | 7.1% |
| Finaled | 2 | 7.1% |
| Addl Information Required | 2 | 7.1% |
| Additional Info Required | 1 | 3.6% |
| Ready to Issue | 1 | 3.6% |
Permit-filing volume is the best public proxy for permitting load: the more permits a building department takes in, the heavier its review queue. Richmond, VA logged 28 permits in the last 7 days versus 0 the week before — essentially flat. This tracker refreshes weekly from official municipal feeds, so it reflects the current pace rather than a stale snapshot.
| Permit type | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Residential Mechanical | 11 | 39.3% |
| Commercial Electrical | 3 | 10.7% |
| Commercial Mechanical | 3 | 10.7% |
| Residential Addition | 3 | 10.7% |
| Residential Electrical | 3 | 10.7% |
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