median application-to-issuance time among 168 permits with both dates.
Kirkland permit data
What 400 building permits reveal.
Explore how long recent Kirkland building permits took to reach issuance, how the current pipeline is distributed, and how builder cohorts compare. The analysis follows Kirkland’s distinct Applied, In Review, Revision in Review, Ready to Issue, Issued, and Finaled stages.
400 recent permitsApplications from Apr 2025 through Aug 2026Analyzed Aug 8, 2026
the middle half of observed issuance times.
are Ready to Issue, where fees or contractor details may still remain.
are Applied, In Review, or in a revision review in this snapshot.
Showing the full 400-permit sample.
Builder comparison
Timing across the full sample
Only permits with both application and issuance dates are included.
Median time to issue
Selected
164 days
All builders
164 days
Average time to issue
Selected
174.6 days
All builders
174.6 days
Current pipeline
Where the 400 permits sit now
A status snapshot, not a measure of delay or fault.
Issued permits
How long issuance took
Calendar days from application to issuance for 168 permits with both dates.
How to use these numbers
Benchmarks, not a promised schedule.
The source contains 400 Kirkland building permits applied for between April 17, 2025 and August 6, 2026. Issuance timing uses the 168 rows with both application and issuance dates, including permits currently in post-issuance revision review.
The median is the best single baseline because a few very fast and very slow permits pull the average to 174.6 days. One quarter issued within 123 days, while one quarter took at least 226 days; 10% took at least 258 days.
Builder names are missing on 90 permits and may reflect contractors, development partners, or manually standardized labels. Builder comparisons are descriptive only: project complexity, intake timing, grouped developments, and small samples can drive the differences.
This file does not contain full activity histories for every permit, so this guide does not estimate department response times or revision counts. Those require the underlying MyBuildingPermit review records.
Practical interpretation
What homeowners should watch.
In Review is not one queue. Kirkland can assign Building, Fire, Planning, Public Works, and Urban Forestry reviews, and the permit moves at the pace of the unresolved review.
Corrections shift the next action. In the public activity record, “Corrections Needed” means the applicant or design team must respond; “Under Review” means the city has the current action.
Ready to Issue is not the same as issued. Outstanding fees and licensed contractor information can remain. Build Eastside checks both before recommending the next step.
Post-issuance revisions are their own workflow. Kirkland may restart version labels at V1 after issuance, so they should not be confused with the original first review.