Building permit data
AvailableLynchburg city, Virginia building permits
49,202 permits from Lynchburg city’s building department since 2001 — type, status, job value, contractor, dates and parcel id. Full history for $250, or the past 12 months for $45/mo.
- Permits
- 49,202
- Permit history
- 2001–2026
- Past 12 months
- 1,934
- Last collected
- Oct 19, 2026
Permits by year
By issue date (application date where no issue date), 2012–2026.
01K2K
1.9K
201220152018202120242026*
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| Year | Permits |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,686 |
| 2013 | 1,582 |
| 2014 | 1,299 |
| 2015 | 1,208 |
| 2016 | 1,225 |
| 2017 | 1,260 |
| 2018 | 1,361 |
| 2019 | 1,319 |
| 2020 | 1,395 |
| 2021 | 1,430 |
| 2022 | 1,658 |
| 2023 | 1,802 |
| 2024 | 1,756 |
| 2025 | 1,855 |
| 2026 (YTD) | 1,591 |
Field coverage
Share of records with each column populated.
- Permit numberpermit_number100%
- Permit typepermit_type0%
- Work descriptionwork_description0%
- Statuspermit_status100%
- Application dateapplication_date0%
- Issue dateissue_date61%
- Completion datecomplete_date49%
- Expiration dateexpiration_date0%
- Site addressaddress100%
- Parcel identifierparcel_id100%
- Job valuevaluation69%
- Contractorcontractor0%
Parcel identifier kinds
- Parcel number 49.2K
Sample records
8 real records from the file — its fullest, newest first.
| Permit # | Status | Issued | Address | Parcel ID | ID kind | Job value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COM26-00427 | FINALED | Oct 7, 2026 | 3506 WARDS RD | 24606003 | Parcel number | $2,120 |
| COM26-00427 | FINALED | Oct 7, 2026 | 3506 WARDS RD | 24606003 | Parcel number | $2,120 |
| RES26-01078 | FINALED | Oct 5, 2026 | 4940 LOCKSVIEW RD | 19403013 | Parcel number | $3,500 |
| RES26-01080 | FINALED | Oct 5, 2026 | 3627 EAST WOODSIDE AVE | 03705007 | Parcel number | $9,480 |
| RES26-01080 | FINALED | Oct 5, 2026 | 3627 EAST WOODSIDE AVE | 03705007 | Parcel number | $9,480 |
| RES26-01078 | FINALED | Oct 5, 2026 | 4940 LOCKSVIEW RD | 19403013 | Parcel number | $3,500 |
| RES26-01070 | FINALED | Oct 1, 2026 | 115 SEVEN OAKS DR | 25301047 | Parcel number | $2,000 |
| RES26-01070 | FINALED | Oct 1, 2026 | 115 SEVEN OAKS DR | 25301047 | Parcel number | $2,000 |
Sources
Collected from 3 datasets published by Lynchburg city.
- Building Permits - Tabluar (table; 'Building Permits - Tabular')ArcGIS feature layer · historical archive49,982 rows
- Building Permits - Locations (points)ArcGIS feature layer · historical archive49,284 rows
- Lynchburg city permits (csv)Published data file · historical archive45,661 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.