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Kenwood permit processing times
For 1,044 issued permits in Kenwood, the median processing time was 6 days; 75% were issued within 24 days.
Source: City of Chicago Building Permits · Issued-permit cohort · Updated Sep. 16, 2026
The short answer
For Kenwood permit processing times, 1,044 issued permit records show a median processing time of 6 days; 75% were issued within 24 days and 90% within 87 days, covering January 2021 through September 15, 2026.
The median was 1 day slower than the previous 12 months.
Kenwood permit processing times: wait distribution
For Kenwood permit processing times, 1,044 issued permits are distributed across five elapsed-time bands from same-day issuance through waits of 91 days or longer.
Change over time
Kenwood permit processing times: annual permit timing
Kenwood permit processing times has 6 publishable issue-year cohorts spanning 2021–2026, representing 1,044 issued records in the annual table.
| Issue year | Records | Median | 75th percentile | 90th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 189 | 1 day | 21 days | 51 days |
| 2022 | 162 | 1 day | 13 days | 58 days |
| 2023 | 213 | 1 day | 23 days | 106 days |
| 2024 | 186 | 11 days | 30 days | 108 days |
| 2025 | 171 | 10 days | 26 days | 70 days |
| 2026* | 123 | 9 days | 31 days | 93 days |
*2026 is partial through Sep. 15. Year labels use the permit issue date, not the application date.
Context
Kenwood permit processing times: Nearby points in the citywide timing distribution
Kenwood permit processing times has 1,044 issued records, a 6 days median, and a 24 days 75th-percentile wait in this release.
| Report | Median | 75% within | Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenwood | 6 days | 24 days | 1,044 |
| Oakland | 6 days | 27 days | 316 |
| Riverdale | 6 days | 64 days | 207 |
| Pullman | 5 days | 25 days | 686 |
| Near North Side | 4 days | 20 days | 14,726 |
| West Town | 4 days | 32 days | 7,607 |
| East Garfield Park | 3 days | 28 days | 1,600 |
| Grand Boulevard | 3 days | 34 days | 1,871 |
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