We manage your entire permit application — submittal, plan check, corrections, and approvals — across every Santa Barbara County jurisdiction.
Schedule Your Free Site Visit →You've got your plans. Now what? Submitting a permit application in Santa Barbara means navigating plan check queues, responding to correction comments, coordinating with multiple departments, and managing timelines that can stretch from weeks into months.
Every round of corrections is another delay. Every missing document is another cycle. Every department has its own reviewer, its own timeline, and its own requirements. Without someone tracking every piece, applications stall — and you pay for it in lost time and carrying costs.
Every form, every attachment, every fee — assembled correctly before submittal so nothing bounces back at intake.
We submit your application to the right jurisdiction and confirm it's accepted into the review queue.
We track your application through every review stage — Building, Fire, Planning, Public Works — and flag delays before they compound.
When plan check comments come back, we coordinate with your design team to address them quickly and resubmit.
Building & Safety, Fire, Planning, Public Works, Coastal — we manage the communication across every department your permit touches.
You always know where your permit stands. No chasing, no wondering, no surprises.
We review your documents for completeness and code compliance before submittal — catching issues that would trigger corrections later.
We prepare and submit your complete application to the correct jurisdiction with all required forms, fees, and supporting documents.
We monitor review progress, respond to correction comments, coordinate resubmittals, and keep every reviewer on track.
Your approved permit, in hand. Ready for construction to begin.
A beachfront hotel renovation requiring navigation of complex building code, ADA requirements, and coordination between multiple City officials, on-team contractors, project managers, and architects across 140 hotel units.
SBP managed the complete permit process — coordinating between every stakeholder, tracking plan check across multiple departments, and resolving corrections efficiently to keep the project on schedule.
Timelines vary by project type and jurisdiction. Simple residential projects can take 4–8 weeks. Complex projects involving multiple departments or planning approvals can take 3–6 months. We provide realistic timeline estimates at the start of every project.
Yes. If your permit is stalled, stuck in corrections, or you're not sure where it stands, we can step in mid-process. We'll assess the current status, identify what's holding it up, and manage it through to approval.
A permit expediter prepares your application, submits it to the jurisdiction, monitors its progress through plan check, responds to reviewer comments and corrections, coordinates between departments, and manages the process until your permit is issued. We're your representative to the building department.
Architects design plans. Permit expediting is a different skill set — managing the administrative process, tracking reviewer timelines, coordinating between departments, and handling corrections efficiently. Many architects prefer to work with an expediter so they can focus on design while we manage the permit process.
Whether you're starting fresh or stuck mid-process, we'll get your permit across the finish line.