to the first dated response from any city department.
Bellevue permit data
What 300 building permits reveal.
Explore how long Bellevue permits take, which departments respond first, how many revision rounds are typical, and where active permits are waiting. Filter the results by builder to compare experience across the same public process.
300 recent permitsApplications from Jun 2025 through Jul 2026Updated Aug 7, 2026
for every assigned department to finish the first review.
on average across the full 300-permit sample.
from application to issuance among permits issued in the sample.
Showing the full 300-permit sample.
Builder comparison
Timing across the full sample
Average time to issue
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163.5 days
All builders
163.5 days
Complete first review
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30.6 days
All builders
30.6 days
First city response
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5.7 days
All builders
5.7 days
Revision rounds
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2
All builders
2
Department timing
Average first-review response
Calendar days from application to each department’s first dated response.
Active permits
Why permits are waiting now
A snapshot of the latest public review state, not proof that anyone forgot.
Issued permits
How long issuance took
Distribution from application date to issued date for completed permits in this selection.
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Useful benchmarks, not promises.
The analysis uses 300 recent Bellevue building permits and review activity published by MyBuildingPermit. Averages exclude records without the dates needed for that metric.
Builder names come from the supplied permit list and may be missing or incomplete. Small builder samples can swing dramatically, so they should not be treated as a quality ranking.
Bellevue does not publish the exact date a permit becomes Ready to Issue. “Final approval to issue” is therefore a proxy: issued date minus the latest final department approval date.