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James City County, Virginia building permits

28,088 permits from James City County’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
28,088
Permit history
2008–2026
Past 12 months
5,789
Last collected
Oct 19, 2026

Permits by year

By issue date (application date where no issue date), 2012–2026.

03K6K
5.6K
201220152018202120242026*
* 2026 is year to date.
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YearPermits
20123
20138
201412
201528
2016284
20171,300
20185,629
20193,962
20201,637
20211,816
20221,523
20231,068
2024817
20255,050
2026 (YTD)4,909

Field coverage

Share of records with each column populated.

  • Permit numberpermit_number100%
  • Permit typepermit_type0%
  • Work descriptionwork_description100%
  • Statuspermit_status0%
  • Application dateapplication_date100%
  • Issue dateissue_date93%
  • Completion datecomplete_date86%
  • Expiration dateexpiration_date85%
  • Site addressaddress100%
  • Parcel identifierparcel_id100%
  • Job valuevaluation0%
  • Contractorcontractor0%

Parcel identifier kinds

  • Parcel number 28.1K

Sample records

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

Permit #Work descriptionAppliedIssuedAddressParcel IDID kind
BLDR-26-0669This is a crawl space encapsulation we did in 2021 before we started pulling permits. It was brought to our attention by Andrew Faircloth and we were advised toJun 25, 2026Oct 16, 2026100 PELHAMS ORDINARY Williamsburg VA 23185, Williamsburg, VA, 231855040800100Parcel number
SIGN-26-0059Massage Envy Building Face SignAug 3, 2026Oct 16, 20265107 MAIN ST Williamsburg VA 23188, Williamsburg, VA, 231883842400014Parcel number
SIGN-26-0075Bookies Sports & Rec Building Face SignSep 22, 2026Oct 15, 20261303 JAMESTOWN RD Williamsburg VA 23185, Williamsburg, VA, 231854810100006Parcel number
PLMR-26-0746Irrigation InstallationOct 12, 2026Oct 14, 20263986 ISAAC CIR Williamsburg VA 23188, Williamsburg, VA, 231882330700078Parcel number
BLDC-26-0048CLARA BYRD BAKER E.S. / CONSTRUCT RETAINING WALL B (FOR BRIGHT BEGINNINGS PRE-SCHOOL PROJECT)Mar 9, 2026Oct 13, 20263131 IRONBOUND RD Williamsburg VA 23185, Williamsburg, VA, 231854710100058Parcel number
SIGN-26-0070Primary Care Vets Building Face SignSep 2, 2026Oct 13, 20266508 RICHMOND RD Williamsburg VA 23188, Williamsburg, VA, 231882430400005Parcel number
PLMR-26-0735Installation of cross connection and backflow prevention assembly for irrigation system.Oct 6, 2026Oct 13, 2026109 TROON Williamsburg VA 23188, Williamsburg, VA, 231883720300228Parcel number
GASR-26-0622Repair leaks on existing gas line to stove and water heater. install gas valve at appliance connection for stove.Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 20263936 GUILDFORD LN Williamsburg VA 23188, Williamsburg, VA, 231881330800020Parcel number

Sources

Collected from one dataset published by James City County.

  • EnerGov CivicAccess SelfService anonymous permit search (Tyler SaaS)energov css listing · historical archive28,088 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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