Long Form or Short Form building permit (online): how to file the building permit for the build-out
A Long Form permit for major construction or structural change, a Short Form for minor work; only licensed contractors apply. The health plan review comes first, and the building, plumbing, gas, electrical and mechanical permits follow it.
- Agency
- City of Boston Inspectional Services
- Where it applies
- Boston
- How it's filed
- Filed online
- Fee
- VariesSet by ISD's building permit fees for the work.
Official links
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Every filing links to the agency's own page, and every fact comes from an official form or agency page. Agency requirements change; check the agency's page before you file. How we source and check these guides
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This guide covers the city. Your exact address decides the county, the health district and the zoning. Placetta maps every filing for it, fills the official forms from your details, adds the deadlines and puts them up for your approval.
- The full list for your address, in filing order
- The official forms, filled line by line
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