How Permit Expediting Works
We manage the paperwork, documents, jurisdiction communication, corrections, resubmittals, and follow-up required to move your project toward permit issuance.
More Than an Application. Permit Management Through Issuance.
A permit application is only one step. Permit Pushers manages the paperwork, collects and organizes supporting documents, communicates with the jurisdiction, monitors the review process, and coordinates comments, corrections, and resubmittals. We stay involved through permit issuance, so you don’t have to manage every moving part yourself.
A Few Minutes of Data Entry Can Represent Hours of Permit Coordination
Clients see the major milestones. Behind each one, Permit Pushers manages the details, communication, and follow-through that keep the process moving.
The Application Is Completed
What we manage:
Confirming the correct jurisdiction, permit type, valuation method, application requirements, and project details.
Plans Are Uploaded
What we manage:
Collecting, reviewing, organizing, naming, and formatting the required documents for submission.
The Application Is Submitted
What we manage:
Navigating the jurisdiction’s submission process, monitoring intake, and resolving missing information or upload issues.
Corrections Are Requested
What we manage:
Reviewing the comments, contacting the appropriate project professionals, collecting revisions, and preparing the corrected package for resubmittal.
The Project Enters Review
What we manage:
Tracking department reviews, monitoring the application’s status, and communicating with the jurisdiction when clarification is needed.
The Permit Is Issued
What we manage:
Collecting the issued permit and approved documents, confirming the package is complete, and delivering everything to the client.
What We Manage for Your Project
Every project and jurisdiction is different. However, our permit-expediting services typically include the following support before submission, during review, and through permit issuance.
Phase One: Before Submission
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We confirm the authority having jurisdiction, commonly called the AHJ, along with the permit type, application process, valuation method, submission format, and current requirements. These details can vary between neighboring cities, towns, counties, and agencies.
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We review the plans, plot plans, utility information, and supporting documents for general completeness and consistency. This helps identify common issues such as conflicting addresses, missing documents, incomplete notes, setback discrepancies, missing utility locations, and incorrect file formats.
Permit Pushers reviews the submission package for permitting purposes. We don’t replace the architect, engineer, surveyor, or other licensed professional responsible for the technical design.
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We complete the appropriate permit application using the client’s project information and the jurisdiction’s required fields. Accurate data entry matters, but it’s only one part of the work required to prepare a successful submission.
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We check that the plot plan aligns with known zoning information, setbacks, utility layouts, project plans, and jurisdiction requirements. If a new or revised plot plan is needed, we coordinate with the appropriate project professional.
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Before filing, we conduct a final review of the entire application package. This additional check can catch easily overlooked inconsistencies before they result in an intake rejection or an avoidable correction cycle.
Phase Two: During Jurisdiction Review
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We submit the application package through the jurisdiction’s required process. This may include navigating agency portals, resolving upload problems, confirming receipt, and responding to initial intake requests.
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We monitor the application as it moves through intake, zoning, plan review, utilities, fire review, and other applicable departments. When clarification is needed or progress appears to have stalled, we follow up with the appropriate agency staff.
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We communicate professionally with permit technicians, plan reviewers, and department representatives to clarify requirements, understand comments, and confirm next steps. Our decades of experience help us know what questions to ask and who to contact when an issue arises.
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We act as a central point of contact between the jurisdiction and the people responsible for the project. Depending on the scope, that may include property owners, contractors, developers, architects, engineers, surveyors, utility representatives, and manufactured home dealers.
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When the jurisdiction issues correction comments, we review them to determine what’s being requested and who needs to respond. We may resolve minor administrative issues directly when appropriate. Technical or design-related comments are sent to the responsible owner, contractor, architect, engineer, or consultant.
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We collect the revised materials, confirm that the requested documents have been provided, organize the response package, and resubmit it to the jurisdiction. We then continue monitoring the application through the next review cycle.
Phase Three: Approval and Handoff
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We monitor the application through final jurisdiction approval and permit issuance. This may include confirming final payment requirements and identifying any remaining conditions that must be satisfied before the permit can be released.
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Once the permit is issued, we collect the permit and applicable approved documents. The completed package is then delivered to the property owner, contractor, or designated project contact.
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We explain the next steps and clarify which responsibilities transfer to the owner or contractor after issuance. These typically include scheduling inspections, completing the work according to the approved plans, and keeping the permit active.
The Permit Process, From Start to Finish
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Step 01
Define the Project
Project details, scope, and plans
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Step 02
Confirm Requirements
Jurisdiction, pathway, and documents
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Step 03
Prepare the Submittal
Review, organize, and quality-check
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Step 04
Submit the Application
File the package and confirm intake
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Step 05
Track the Reviews
Monitor status and communicate
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Step 06
Coordinate Corrections
Organize revisions and resubmit
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Step 07
Deliver the Permit
Permit and approved documents
When the Jurisdiction Has Questions, We Keep the Process Organized
During plan review, the jurisdiction checks the application and supporting documents. If anything is missing, inconsistent, or incorrect, the reviewer issues comments.
Permit Pushers organizes those comments, handles minor administrative issues when appropriate, and sends technical corrections to the responsible project professional. We collect and check the revised documents, resubmit the package, and coordinate each review cycle through approval.
We don’t disappear after submission. We stay involved through comments, corrections, resubmittals, and permit issuance.
Experienced Coordination From Start to Finish
Since 1994, Permit Pushers has coordinated communication between clients, project professionals, and jurisdictions. Our experience helps us recognize common issues, anticipate required documents, and know who to contact when questions arise.
The result is fewer disconnected emails, clearer next steps, consistent tracking, and fewer surprises.
We can’t control jurisdiction timelines, but we can keep your application organized and moving through each stage.
More Complex Projects Require More Coordination
Multi-Lot & Volume Projects
Each lot may require separate plans, applications, plot plans, and review tracking, even within the same development.
Manufactured & Modular Homes
The home and site improvements may follow different requirements. Garages, decks, utilities, and septic systems may need separate permits.
Multi-Trade Projects
Building, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, fire, zoning, and other approvals may need to be carefully sequenced and coordinated.
Engineering & Third-Party Documents
We help coordinate required surveys, engineering, plot plans, and specialty reports. Outside professional fees are separate unless included in your proposal.
What our clients say
“James, from Permit Pushers, did an excellent job of getting our permit processed and approved from Coconino County. He always answers inquiries quickly and keeps you well informed, and I would highly recommend his service to anyone.......he makes the process so easy!”
— Kathy M. Williams, AZ
“James and the Permit Pushers, finding you has made my job so much easier to help my customers. With everything going electronic for permitting it put a lot of my customers in a panic. I am so relieved that I can refer you to them to help with the acquisition of their permits and know that they will be taken care of in a respectable way and for a reasonable cost to my customer.”
— Pat F., Bunger Steel, AZ
“Working with Permit Pushers was great! They are highly communicative and extremely efficient! They processed our paperwork the same day we gave him the required information. We were overwhelmed with the application requirements but they asked a few questions and handled the rest! It was so much easier than trying to navigate the process ourselves.”
— Robert & Robin T., Mayer, AZ
Let’s Get Started
Permit Pushers helps residential and commercial projects stay organized and move toward permit issuance.
Frequently Asked Questions
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A permit expediter prepares and submits the application, tracks its progress, communicates with the jurisdiction, coordinates corrections and resubmittals, and stays involved through permit issuance.
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No company can guarantee jurisdiction approval. Permit Pushers helps reduce avoidable issues and coordinates your application through the jurisdiction’s required process.
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Permit Pushers reviews and organizes the comments. We may address administrative issues directly, while technical changes must be completed by the responsible contractor, architect, engineer, or other project professional.
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Yes. We communicate with applicable agency staff to confirm requirements, clarify comments, and monitor the application’s progress.
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Government fees and third-party professional fees are separate unless your proposal specifically states that they’re included.
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