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Hegewisch permit processing times

For 700 issued permits in Hegewisch, the median processing time was 0 days; 75% were issued within 5 days.

Source: City of Chicago Building Permits · Issued-permit cohort · Updated Sep. 16, 2026

Records checked7002021–Sep. 15, 2026

The short answer

For Hegewisch permit processing times, 700 issued permit records show a median processing time of 0 days; 75% were issued within 5 days and 90% within 16 days, covering January 2021 through September 15, 2026.

Typical wait0 daysmedian issued permit

Usually within5 days75% of records

Long-wait edge16 days90% of records

Evidence700issued permits

The median was unchanged from the previous 12 months.

Hegewisch permit processing times: wait distribution

For Hegewisch permit processing times, 700 issued permits are distributed across five elapsed-time bands from same-day issuance through waits of 91 days or longer.

Same day

57.9%

1–7 days

20.6%

8–30 days

14.4%

31–90 days

3.7%

91+ days

3.4%

Change over time

Hegewisch permit processing times: annual permit timing

Hegewisch permit processing times has 6 publishable issue-year cohorts spanning 2021–2026, representing 700 issued records in the annual table.

Issue year	Records	Median	75th percentile	90th percentile
2021	154	0 days	0 days	12 days
2022	171	0 days	0.5 days	21 days
2023	105	0 days	5 days	14 days
2024	102	1 day	6 days	26 days
2025	107	2 days	8.5 days	22 days
2026*	61	2 days	9 days	17 days

*2026 is partial through Sep. 15. Year labels use the permit issue date, not the application date.

Context

Hegewisch permit processing times: Nearby points in the citywide timing distribution

Hegewisch permit processing times has 700 issued records, a 0 days median, and a 5 days 75th-percentile wait in this release.

Report	75% within	Records
Armour Square	17 days	755
Avalon Park	11 days	1,045
Calumet Heights	9 days	1,129
Chicago Lawn	12 days	2,383
Dunning	9 days	1,934
East Side	8 days	823
Edison Park	18 days	735
Forest Glen	17 days	1,297

More Hegewisch permit processing times comparisons

The Hegewisch permit processing times cohort contains 700 issued records; related links retain separate location and permit-category cohorts.

Express Permit Program 0 days Easy Permit Process 0 days Renovation & Alteration 38 days