HNL Build Permitting Platform
At a glance
- What: The Department of Planning and Permitting's new HNL Build permitting system and its backlog, review times, AI plan-review tool and staffing.
- Where it stands: One-year update given 2026-09-23 with no vote. Civ Check commercial rollout is set for November 1; DPP is purging permits idle over a year and working on electrical review capacity.
Sources
Log
2026-09-23 - Government Efficiency & Customer Services
DPP reported 11,000-plus users, a 9,252-permit backlog (about 2,450 idle over a year), average issuance times of 218 days residential and 469 commercial, and early Civ Check results. Members questioned electrical review capacity (about two and a half engineers) and the ending third-party reviewer contract.