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Building permits
Permits authorising construction, alteration and demolition, issued at municipal or county level and covering work already approved in principle.
2 of 2,770+ permit-issuing jurisdictions in the US catalogued. This family is fragmented — the 2 below are a sample, not coverage.
Who asks for this
Roofing contractor sourcing leads; insurance underwriter checking works
What it answers
Answers "what work is actually starting at this address, and who is doing it" — the working signal for contractors, suppliers, insurers and property analysts.
| Record class | Permit / authorisation permit_authorisation |
|---|---|
| Sector | Construction permits REGI>construction |
| Already served by | not yet checked |
Typical fields
- permit number
- address
- work type
- valuation
- contractor
- issue date
- status
Catalogued instances (2)
| Dataset | Jurisdiction | Class | Access | Licence | Status | Req. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto building permits | Toronto, Canada | Permit / authorisation | csv | verified | requested | |
| US county and municipal building permits | United States | Permit / authorisation | mixed | unverified | requested |
Each instance is a separate publisher with its own licence. We never infer a licence from the family, the publisher or the country — the Environment Agency publishes one dataset under the Open Government Licence and another marked all rights reserved.