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building permit

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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

But, she added, the building permit could be cancelled if the fire safety authorities were not properly consulted.

From BBC May 27, 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

On Holdorff Polhill’s block of Iliff Street, the rebuilding process was underway for nine out of 27 destroyed homes as of early December, according to a Times analysis of Los Angeles city building permit records.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 17, 2025

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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