Building permit data
AvailableNewport News city, Virginia building permits
19,102 permits from Newport News city’s building department since 2016 — type, status, job value, contractor, dates and parcel id. Full history for $250, or the past 12 months for $45/mo.
- Permits
- 19,102
- Permit history
- 2016–2026
- Past 12 months
- 10,747
- Last collected
- Oct 19, 2026
Permits by year
By issue date (application date where no issue date), 2016–2026.
07.5K15K
10.5K
201620182020202220242026*
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| Year | Permits |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 215 |
| 2017 | 1,502 |
| 2018 | 854 |
| 2019 | 772 |
| 2020 | 540 |
| 2021 | 648 |
| 2022 | 723 |
| 2023 | 739 |
| 2024 | 1,241 |
| 2025 | 1,385 |
| 2026 (YTD) | 10,482 |
Field coverage
Share of records with each column populated.
- Permit numberpermit_number100%
- Permit typepermit_type0%
- Work descriptionwork_description1%
- Statuspermit_status0%
- Application dateapplication_date100%
- Issue dateissue_date91%
- Completion datecomplete_date69%
- Expiration dateexpiration_date88%
- Site addressaddress95%
- Parcel identifierparcel_id95%
- Job valuevaluation0%
- Contractorcontractor0%
Parcel identifier kinds
- Parcel number 17.8K
- None 886
- Address only 371
Sample records
8 real records from the file — its fullest, newest first.
| Permit # | Work description | Applied | Issued | Address | Parcel ID | ID kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TCO-2026-0106 | NN Transportation Center | Apr 24, 2026 | Apr 26, 2026 | 500 BLAND BLVD B NEWPORT NEWS VA 23602, Newport News, VA, 23602 | 120000105 | Parcel number |
| TCO-2026-0076 | NN Transportation Center | Mar 26, 2026 | Mar 26, 2026 | 500 BLAND BLVD B NEWPORT NEWS VA 23602, Newport News, VA, 23602 | 120000105 | Parcel number |
| TCO-2026-0050 | NN Transportation Center | Feb 20, 2026 | Feb 24, 2026 | 500 BLAND BLVD B NEWPORT NEWS VA 23602, Newport News, VA, 23602 | 120000105 | Parcel number |
| BLDR-2025-1116 | Huntington Pointe - Phase 1B-2 | Dec 19, 2025 | Feb 18, 2026 | 1533 WALTHAM LN NEWPORT NEWS Virginia 23608, Newport News, Virginia, 23608 | 061010153 | Parcel number |
| BLDR-2025-1115 | Huntington Pointe - Phase 1B-2 | Dec 19, 2025 | Feb 17, 2026 | 1535 WALTHAM LN NEWPORT NEWS Virginia 23608, Newport News, Virginia, 23608 | 061010154 | Parcel number |
| TCO-2026-0038 | Huntington Pointe - Phase 1B-2 | Feb 13, 2026 | Feb 17, 2026 | 1548 WALTHAM LN B NEWPORT NEWS VA 23608, Newport News, VA, 23608 | 061010164 | Parcel number |
| TCO-2026-0037 | Huntington Pointe - Phase 1B-2 | Feb 13, 2026 | Feb 17, 2026 | 1548 WALTHAM LN A NEWPORT NEWS VA 23608, Newport News, VA, 23608 | 061010163 | Parcel number |
| TCO-2026-0039 | Huntington Pointe - Phase 1B-2 | Feb 13, 2026 | Feb 17, 2026 | 1548 WALTHAM LN C NEWPORT NEWS VA 23608, Newport News, VA, 23608 | 061010166 | Parcel number |
Sources
Collected from one dataset published by Newport News city.
- Newport News city permits (portal listing API)energov css listing19,102 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.