The second thing that might take some time when getting permits is if the city or county doesn't have all of the paper work that they need. Usually normal building permits take about two weeks. If they do not have all of the proper paper work they might put your request for permits at the bottom which means you might have to wait two more weeks. This is why it is important to speed up the process to make sure that you get all of the required paper work you need and turn it in when you first drop of all of the paper work you need to get a permit.

The third thing you will want to make sure to check is that you have had an engineer sign off and stamp every page of the plans that you take into the city to get your permits. If your plans do not have the required stamps then your permits will take longer because you will have to go pick up your plans from the city get in contact with your engineer and make a time to get the plans stamped and then take them back to city to have them looked over. This could add a lot of time that you probably don't want to take to get your permits.

There are a lot of things that you will want to check and recheck before you request a permit. You will want to make sure that you know exactly what you need to get and take with you and make sure that you have all of the applications you need filled out completely and correctly. Making sure that you have everything done will help ensure that your permits get processed as quickly as possible and will take the least time ti get your permits to build a home.