Permit Expediting Services

Permit Expediting Services in Detail

Every service below is available in New Jersey, across Essex, Morris, Middlesex, Hudson and Bergen counties, and in South Florida, across Broward and Miami-Dade counties. Work can be taken on as a full package from application to issued permit, or as a single task where you only need one part covered.

Permit submission and expediting

We assemble the permit application, file it with the correct department, pay and track permit and review fees, and follow the application daily as it moves through zoning, building, fire and any other review it has to clear. When comments come back we interpret them, advise on the correction and resubmit. When the permit is issued we collect it and get it to you, and we can schedule inspections from there.

Clients use different names for this work — permit runner, permit expeditor, permit expediter, permit submittal service. It is the same job: someone who knows the department, files it correctly and chases it every day until it is issued.

Preliminary plan and permit application review

Before anything is filed we read the drawings and the application against what that specific municipality requires. This is where most delay is avoided: missing product approvals, inconsistencies between architectural and trade drawings, an incomplete scope description, or a contractor license or insurance certificate that is not current on the municipality's file.

Notice of Commencement filing

The Notice of Commencement is prepared, notarized, recorded with the county clerk and the certified copy filed with the building department. An NOC that has not been recorded correctly is a common reason an inspection is refused after the permit has already been issued.

Permit documentation

Construction drawings, blueprints, site surveys, product approvals, energy calculations, subcontractor forms, license and insurance certificates and the department-specific forms that vary from one municipality to the next. We tell you exactly what is required at the start so it is collected once, and we assemble the package in the order the department expects to receive it.

Permit violations and open permits

Open permits, expired permits and work carried out without a permit have to be resolved before a property can be sold, refinanced or closed out, and they frequently surface at the worst possible moment during a transaction. We search what is open against the property, establish what the municipality needs to close each item, and handle after-the-fact permit applications, corrections and re-inspections.

Contractor license support

Confirming that the contractor license, business registration and insurance a municipality requires are current and correctly registered with that jurisdiction before the application is submitted, so the application is not rejected on paperwork before it has been reviewed on merit.

Property search, preliminary site survey and site photos

Property research, a preliminary site survey and dated site photographs, so you know what is on record and what is actually on the ground before you commit to a scope or a schedule.

Permit types we handle

Residential and commercial building permits, additions, renovations and interior build-outs, shell construction, demolition, multi-family and single family work, roofing, fencing, swimming pools, and the electrical, plumbing, HVAC and sprinkler trade permits that sit underneath them.

How pricing works

Fees are based on the project type, size and location, because a single trade permit in one municipality and a commercial build-out passing four departments in another are not comparable pieces of work. Send the scope and the address through our contact page or to info@advantagepermit.com and we will come back with an estimate and the options. New Jersey projects are covered in more detail on our New Jersey permit expediting page.

Frequently asked questions