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Norwood Park permit processing times
For 2,380 issued permits in Norwood Park, the median processing time was 0 days; 75% were issued within 11 days.
Source: City of Chicago Building Permits · Issued-permit cohort · Updated Sep. 16, 2026
The short answer
For Norwood Park permit processing times, 2,380 issued permit records show a median processing time of 0 days; 75% were issued within 11 days and 90% within 54 days, covering January 2021 through September 15, 2026.
The median was 1 day faster than the previous 12 months.
Norwood Park permit processing times: wait distribution
For Norwood Park permit processing times, 2,380 issued permits are distributed across five elapsed-time bands from same-day issuance through waits of 91 days or longer.
Change over time
Norwood Park permit processing times: annual permit timing
Norwood Park permit processing times has 6 publishable issue-year cohorts spanning 2021–2026, representing 2,380 issued records in the annual table.
| Issue year | Records | Median | 75th percentile | 90th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 471 | 0 days | 6 days | 35 days |
| 2022 | 468 | 0 days | 4 days | 41 days |
| 2023 | 476 | 0 days | 8 days | 60 days |
| 2024 | 357 | 2 days | 15 days | 43 days |
| 2025 | 352 | 3 days | 18 days | 84 days |
| 2026* | 256 | 3 days | 20 days | 60 days |
*2026 is partial through Sep. 15. Year labels use the permit issue date, not the application date.
Context
Norwood Park permit processing times: Nearby points in the citywide timing distribution
Norwood Park permit processing times has 2,380 issued records, a 0 days median, and a 11 days 75th-percentile wait in this release.
| Report | Median | 75% within | Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armour Square | 0 days | 17 days | 755 |
| Avalon Park | 0 days | 11 days | 1,045 |
| Calumet Heights | 0 days | 9 days | 1,129 |
| Chicago Lawn | 0 days | 12 days | 2,383 |
| Dunning | 0 days | 9 days | 1,934 |
| East Side | 0 days | 8 days | 823 |
| Edison Park | 0 days | 18 days | 735 |
| Forest Glen | 0 days | 17 days | 1,297 |
More Norwood Park permit processing times comparisons
The Norwood Park permit processing times cohort contains 2,380 issued records; related links retain separate location and permit-category cohorts.
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