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Building Permit Request Form
A building permit request form collects what a reviewer needs to accept an application rather than return it: the property, the exact works proposed, who is responsible, and when it starts.
For builders, trades, contractors and site managers.
Returned applications are the real cost
Most permit delays aren't decisions - they're rejections for incompleteness. A missing responsible party, no start date, a description that says "renovation". Each one costs a fortnight and a re-submission.
Fixing the shape of the request fixes that. Required fields for the things that cause returns, a description prompt that asks for specifics, and a place for drawing links so nothing arrives as "see attached" with nothing attached.
Fair, because it's identical for everyone
When applicants are asked different things, you're comparing presentation as much as substance - and the confident writers win. One form, one set of questions, and the answers line up next to each other.
It's also a record you can point at later: what was asked, what was answered, when it was submitted.
Site access, scope and dates decide the price
Two identical-sounding jobs price differently because of parking, access, floor level and whether anyone lives there during the work. Those are the questions that stop a quote becoming an argument.
Asking on a form also gives you a written scope. When the job changes - and it will - you have what was originally described, dated, in the customer's own words.
Export it and work how you already work
Every response downloads as a spreadsheet, so shortlisting can happen wherever your team already does it, with the same columns for every applicant and nothing typed in twice.
Edit it like a document, publish like a link
Add questions, remove questions, change the order and the wording, set your accent colour. When you save, the form is live at its own address - share it by link, QR code or a button on your site, and read the answers in your dashboard.
What this template asks
- Applicant name
- Email address
- Phone number
- You are the
- Property address
- Parcel, plot or title number
- Property type
- Is the property listed, or in a conservation area?
- What's proposed?
- Describe the works
- New or altered floor area, in square metres
- Does the work affect the structure?
- Link to drawings and plans
- Proposed start date
- Expected duration
- Contractor - company and registration number
- Designer or engineer responsible
- The information given is accurate and I am authorised to make this application
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Questions
Can applicants attach drawings?
Yes - add a file question and they can attach up to three drawings or photos, 20 MB each. A link to a shared folder also works, and is how most architects already send them. The structured details are what determine whether the application is complete.
Can this be used by a council or building department?
Yes - it's a normal web page with no scripting requirements, real labels and keyboard-navigable controls, which is usually what a public body needs to publish a form at all.
Can applicants attach a CV or document?
Not yet - file uploads are on the roadmap. Most people ask for a link (to a portfolio, a CV in cloud storage, or a profile) which works today and keeps the form fast.
Can I close applications on a deadline?
Yes. Close the form and anyone with the link sees a short closed page instead of the questions, so nobody fills in an application that can't be considered.
Can more than one person review them?
Yes - invite your team into the same account and they'll see the same responses. You can also export to a spreadsheet and score them wherever you like.
Can customers send photos of the job?
Not as uploads yet, but asking for a link to photos works today and most people already have them on a phone. The rest of the detail that drives your price is captured here.
Publish your building permit request form today
Start from this template and change anything you like. Free to begin.