How long building permits take, city by city.
New-home permits from application to issue, the applications waiting on each city now, and how soon building starts once the permit is issued. Figures as of November 2026, updated every day.
Application to permit
Permits issued in the last six monthsSide by side
Waiting now, and the start of the build.
Medians in days. Plan review and the start of the build are for homes that reached them in the last year. Each city’s page goes on, stage by stage, to the certificate of occupancy.
| City | In review now | Waiting so far | Plan review, last year | Permit to foundation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Lauderdale | 118 | 102 | — | — |
| Pompano Beach | 20 | 163 | 191 | 48 |
| Boca Raton | 52 | 55 | 123 | 36 |
| Delray Beach | 49 | 78 | 127 | 28 |
A dash where a city’s records don’t say when its permits were issued, or too few homes reached a step to give a median. The later stages aren’t compared here, since each city’s records mark them differently. How permit times are measured.