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building permit

American  

noun

  1. an official certificate of permission issued by local authorities to a builder to construct, enlarge, or alter a building.


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On April 29, the first building permit is issued for preparatory work on the site.

From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026

The presence of ammonia near the site could lead to the annulment of the building permit, he added.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

A contractor who offers to do the job without a building permit is a red flag.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

The foundations are for a hotel extension that attracted so much controversy last year that the country's top administrative court ended up temporarily blocking its building permit.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

I also pull the building permit for the Gardens of Glenwood to show that the interior space has the proper drainage, and that in the original plans, they didn't show rocks, but plants.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

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