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Renovation & Alteration permits in Lincoln Park

The typical renovation & alteration permit issued in Lincoln Park took 33 days. The 75th-percentile wait was 86 days.

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

Records checked1,3402021–Sep. 15, 2026

The short answer

For Renovation & Alteration permits in Lincoln Park, 1,340 issued permit records show a median processing time of 33 days; 75% were issued within 86 days and 90% within 165 days, covering January 2021 through September 15, 2026.

Typical wait33 daysmedian issued permit

Usually within86 days75% of records

Long-wait edge165 days90% of records

Evidence1,340issued permits

The median was 10 days slower than the previous 12 months.

Renovation & Alteration permits in Lincoln Park: wait distribution

For Renovation & Alteration permits in Lincoln Park, 1,340 issued permits are distributed across five elapsed-time bands from same-day issuance through waits of 91 days or longer.

Same day

23.8%

1–7 days

8.3%

8–30 days

16.5%

31–90 days

27.8%

91+ days

23.6%

Change over time

Renovation & Alteration permits in Lincoln Park: annual permit timing

Renovation & Alteration permits in Lincoln Park has 6 publishable issue-year cohorts spanning 2021–2026, representing 1,340 issued records in the annual table.

Issue year	Records	Median	75th percentile	90th percentile
2021	284	5 days	50 days	111 days
2022	262	0 days	44 days	142 days
2023	235	34 days	94 days	181 days
2024	236	48 days	96 days	174 days
2025	184	59 days	111 days	195 days
2026*	139	69 days	118 days	211 days

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

Context

Renovation & Alteration permits in Lincoln Park: Renovation & Alteration timing in comparable community areas

Renovation & Alteration permits in Lincoln Park has 1,340 issued records, a 33 days median, and a 86 days 75th-percentile wait in this release.

Report	Median	75% within	Records
Albany Park	33 days	77 days	422
Lincoln Park	33 days	86 days	1,340
Lincoln Square	33 days	82 days	638
Mckinley Park	33 days	106 days	176
North Center	33 days	84 days	755
East Garfield Park	34 days	94 days	400
Greater Grand Crossing	32 days	95 days	596
Irving Park	32 days	85 days	707

More Renovation & Alteration permits in Lincoln Park comparisons

The Renovation & Alteration permits in Lincoln Park cohort contains 1,340 issued records; related links retain separate location and permit-category cohorts.

All Lincoln Park permits Area report Renovation & Alteration citywide Type report