Development Center Inspection and Plan Review Times

At a glance

What: Monitoring of permit plan review and inspection scheduling times at the City's Development Center.
Where it stands: As of August 2026 inspections were about four weeks out; residential reviews averaged 5.7 days and commercial about 8 days.
Next: Added inspection capacity and planning for large projects such as the Corewell expansion.

Details

Outside inspection support comes from a retired inspector, a Safebuilt contract and a Kentwood inspector.

Sources

Economic Development Project Team 2026-09-08, YouTube auto-generated captions.

Log

2026-09-08 - Economic Development Project Team

August 2026 report given verbally; the City Manager asked how the Corewell expansion would be supported.

2026-11-10 - Economic Development Project Team

Agenda: permitting timelines and operational update, and the October 2026 Development Center report.