Building permit data
AvailableCharlottesville city, Virginia building permits
53,242 permits from Charlottesville city’s building department since 2008 — type, status, job value, contractor, dates and parcel id. Full history for $250, or the past 12 months for $45/mo.
- Permits
- 53,242
- Permit history
- 2008–2026
- Past 12 months
- 6
- Last collected
- Oct 19, 2026
Permits by year
By issue date (application date where no issue date), 2012–2026.
01.3K2.5K
2.4K
201220152018202120242026*
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| Year | Permits |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,119 |
| 2013 | 2,406 |
| 2014 | 1,903 |
| 2015 | 2,049 |
| 2016 | 2,087 |
| 2017 | 2,253 |
| 2018 | 2,163 |
| 2019 | 2,114 |
| 2020 | 1,801 |
| 2021 | 1,801 |
| 2022 | 1,686 |
| 2023 | 1,658 |
| 2024 | 1,880 |
| 2025 | 68 |
| 2026 (YTD) | 5 |
Most common permit types
As the department classifies them.
- B-CONVERT18.6K
- ZNG-ZONING5.8K
- TE-TRAFFIC5.3K
- R-BLDG4K
- R-PLUMB4K
- C-BLDG2K
Field coverage
Share of records with each column populated.
- Permit numberpermit_number100%
- Permit typepermit_type62%
- Work descriptionwork_description95%
- Statuspermit_status100%
- Application dateapplication_date0%
- Issue dateissue_date69%
- Completion datecomplete_date0%
- Expiration dateexpiration_date0%
- Site addressaddress92%
- Parcel identifierparcel_id92%
- Job valuevaluation33%
- Contractorcontractor0%
Parcel identifier kinds
- Parcel number 45.2K
- None 7.1K
- Address only 1K
Sample records
8 real records from the file — its fullest, newest first.
| Permit # | Type | Work description | Status | Issued | Address | Parcel ID | ID kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F-24-0004 | F-FIRE | Fire Sprinkler Permit | OPEN | Aug 12, 2026 | 116 W JEFFERSON ST | 131322 | Parcel number |
| F-24-0050 | F-FIRE | Fire Alarm System | OPEN | Aug 12, 2026 | 116 W JEFFERSON ST | 131322 | Parcel number |
| MC-24-0009 | C-MECH | Mini-Split System | OPEN | Jun 10, 2026 | 211 East High St | 128223 | Parcel number |
| BC-24-0015 | C-BLDG | Interior Renovations | OPEN | Apr 24, 2026 | 211 E HIGH ST | 128223 | Parcel number |
| BR-24-0329 | R-BLDG | Interior Renovations | OPEN | Jan 20, 2026 | 1619 MULBERRY AVE | 138528 | Parcel number |
| BC-24-0115 | C-BLDG | Interior Renovations | OPEN | Dec 4, 2025 | 800 E HIGH ST | 156190 | Parcel number |
| PR-24-0206 | R-PLUMB | Backflow Device | OPEN | Aug 29, 2025 | 1867 FIELD RD | 160383 | Parcel number |
| BR-24-0376 | R-BLDG | Interior Renovations | CLOSED | Jul 21, 2025 | 239 MONTE VISTA AVE | 151035 | Parcel number |
Sources
Collected from 3 datasets published by Charlottesville city.
- Planning (Building Permits 2023) — current Cityworks table, published as 'Building Permits' on the city open-data hubArcGIS feature layer53,155 rows
- Planning (Building Permits) — legacy pre-Cityworks tableArcGIS feature layer · historical archive33,169 rows
- Permit Parking Zone AreaArcGIS feature layer9 rows
Why rows, not permits?Hide
A department can publish the same permit in more than one dataset — a current feed and an archive, or one row per inspection. The permit count above counts each permit number once.