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Chesapeake city, Virginia building permits

2,341 permits from Chesapeake city’s building department since 2013 — type, status, job value, contractor, dates and parcel id. Full history for $250, or the past 12 months for $45/mo.

Permits
2,341
Permit history
2013–2026
Past 12 months
929
Last collected
Oct 19, 2026

Permits by year

By issue date (application date where no issue date), 2013–2026.

05001K
829
201320162019202220252026*
* 2026 is year to date.
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YearPermits
20131
20141
201511
201633
2017124
2018121
2019130
2020107
2021137
2022119
2023130
2024159
2025437
2026 (YTD)829

Most common permit types

As the department classifies them.

  • DPLAN1.3K
  • FRAN835
  • CROW112
  • MROW88

Field coverage

Share of records with each column populated.

  • Permit numberpermit_number100%
  • Permit typepermit_type100%
  • Work descriptionwork_description100%
  • Statuspermit_status0%
  • Application dateapplication_date100%
  • Issue dateissue_date90%
  • Completion datecomplete_date0%
  • Expiration dateexpiration_date44%
  • Site addressaddress0%
  • Parcel identifierparcel_id100%
  • Job valuevaluation0%
  • Contractorcontractor44%

Parcel identifier kinds

  • Parcel number 2.3K
  • None 2

Sample records

8 real records from the file — its fullest, newest first.

Permit #TypeWork descriptionAppliedIssuedParcel IDID kindContractor
DEV-FROW-2026-00819FRAN116 HAVILAND RD SVC INSTALLOct 15, 2026Oct 14, 20260365001000890Parcel numberVirginia Natural Gas
DEV-FROW-2026-00717FRAN23-4000082224-DIR-Fentress 498 LS (569 Etheridge Road)Oct 15, 2026Oct 14, 20260615002000380Parcel numberTeam Fishel
DEV-FROW-2026-00814FRANfranchise utility permitOct 15, 2026Oct 13, 20260241003004820Parcel numberDiversified Technology, LLC
DEV-FROW-2026-00813FRAN1500 Martin AveOct 15, 2026Oct 13, 20261350000001420Parcel numberVIRGINIA NATURAL GAS
DEV-FROW-2026-00742FRANVZ-15456Oct 15, 2026Oct 13, 20261330000005450Parcel numberVerizon
DEV-FROW-2026-00746FRAN4000077826 DRNUA 2520 Johnstown RdOct 15, 2026Oct 13, 20260840000000390Parcel numberLeidos (On Behalf of Dominion Energy)
DEV-FROW-2026-00765FRAN2510 DEVONSHIRE DR 4100450900Oct 15, 2026Oct 13, 20260252011000350Parcel numberColumbia Gas of Virginia
DEV-FROW-2026-00762FRANVZ-15553Oct 15, 2026Oct 13, 20260344002003720Parcel numberVerizon

Sources

Collected from 2 datasets published by Chesapeake city.

  • DevelopmentPlans (site plans & subdivisions under review)ArcGIS feature layer1,306 rows
  • BuildingActivity (building & ROW permit activity, view layer)ArcGIS feature layer1,039 rows
Why rows, not permits?

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.

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