LOCAL / CHARLESTON / BRIEF
Permit Activity & Friction
Current City of Charleston permit evidence for scheduling and permit-dependent planning, with separate new-construction history when the evidence supports it.
WHAT MATTERS
Permit activity shifted materially
Issued permit activity was down 18% (203 versus 247). Applications were down 30% (178 versus 253).
WHY IT MATTERS
Single Family/Duplex Dwelling is the leading supplied work type in the recent active-permit evidence. Use the movement only as planning context; permit records do not establish awarded work, crew demand, or project start dates.
WHAT TO DO
Use the supplied ZIP or City concentration as a short verification list, then confirm each relevant permit in the City source before scheduling permit-dependent work.
CURRENT EVIDENCE
Active permit records
These figures come only from the canonical City of Charleston active-permit dataset. New-construction history is kept separate and is never added to these counts.
4,998
Usable active records
296
Recent observed records
178
Recent applications
203
Recent issued activity
Work type
- Single Family/Duplex Dwelling64
- Engineering57
- Accessory Structure18
- Electrical16
- Residential Rental15
Status
- Issued198
- Applied61
- Completed27
- Needs Review10
Geography
- ZIP 2940376
- ZIP 2949249
- ZIP 2940141
- ZIP 2941439
- ZIP 2940730
Recent supplied valuation: $146,129,478. Treat valuation as record context, not awarded revenue or demand.
METRO SOURCE COVERAGE
4 of 7 jurisdiction sources current
Each source is judged against its own expected publication cadence. This is source-health coverage only; permit counts from different jurisdictions are not combined here and this does not create a metro demand signal.
Source-by-source freshness
City of Charleston
Frequent / business-day source · Data through Aug 28, 2026
Charleston County
Frequent / business-day source · Data through Aug 29, 2026
Mount Pleasant
Frequent / business-day source · Data through Aug 29, 2026
Berkeley County
Frequent / business-day source · Data through Aug 28, 2026
Summerville
Weekly / batch source · Data through Jul 1, 2026
Goose Creek
Weekly / batch source · Data through Jun 30, 2026
Dorchester County
Weekly / batch source · Data through Mar 30, 2026
TREND / CONTEXT
New-construction history
Separate source: City of Charleston new-construction permit history. Data through Aug 7, 2026. It contains 989 usable historical records and is not combined with active-permit counts.
No new-construction trend is published. Both comparable 30-day periods must contain at least 20 applications; the current evidence has 0 and 0.
Historical source state: STALE.
Trust & limitations
Permit data through: Aug 28, 2026 · StackQuotes checked: Aug 30, 2026, 6:02 AM · Source: City of Charleston active permit records · Coverage: City of Charleston active permits only · Confidence: medium
Active permits are a directional public-record signal. StackQuotes does not infer contractor demand, sales opportunity, crew availability, approval duration, inspection delay, project start date, or official backlog from this dataset.
Historical planning sample — May 19, 2026
The original May planning sample is retained for historical reference only. It does not describe current permit conditions and is not used to make the current signal above.
View historical sample