{
  "page": "https://instabids.ai/us/tx/travis/austin/building-permits",
  "title": "Austin Permit Search: AB+C Public Search, Rules, Fees",
  "skill": "permits@3.4.2",
  "updated": "2026-10-29",
  "rows": [
    {
      "label": "New privately-owned housing units authorized in 2025, Travis County (Census county total)",
      "value": "15,059 units: 4,727 in one-unit buildings, 9,780 in buildings of five or more units",
      "source": "Census Bureau Building Permits Survey, annual county file 2025, Travis County, TX (county grain), read 2026-10-29",
      "url": "https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/County/co2025a.txt",
      "read": "2026-10-29",
      "fact_ids": "bps-total bps-1-unit bps-5plus-units"
    },
    {
      "label": "Residential Plan Review time for a fence application (review times starting July 1, 2026)",
      "value": "5 business days",
      "source": "Residential Plan Review | Austin Development Services | AustinTexas.gov, City of Austin (authority grain), read 2026-10-29",
      "url": "https://www.austintexas.gov/development-services/residential-plan-review",
      "read": "2026-10-29",
      "fact_ids": "time-fence time-intro"
    },
    {
      "label": "Residential Plan Review time for new construction and additions",
      "value": "10 business days",
      "source": "Residential Plan Review | Austin Development Services | AustinTexas.gov, City of Austin (authority grain), read 2026-10-29",
      "url": "https://www.austintexas.gov/development-services/residential-plan-review",
      "read": "2026-10-29",
      "fact_ids": "time-new time-intro"
    },
    {
      "label": "Time to issue most Express Permits (minor repairs); it may differ in a floodplain or historic district",
      "value": "one business day",
      "source": "Express Permits | Austin Development Services | AustinTexas.gov, City of Austin (authority grain), read 2026-10-29",
      "url": "https://www.austintexas.gov/development-services/express-permits",
      "read": "2026-10-29",
      "fact_ids": "time-express-issue"
    },
    {
      "label": "When an activated permit expires if the City has done no on-site inspection",
      "value": "180 days after activation",
      "source": "Activating a Permit | Austin Development Services | AustinTexas.gov, City of Austin (authority grain), read 2026-10-29",
      "url": "https://www.austintexas.gov/development-services/activating-permit",
      "read": "2026-10-29",
      "fact_ids": "time-expire"
    }
  ]
}