Nashville permits
By Mario Bailey Last checked 2026-06-18 · 2 official sources
Verified against official sourcesMetro Nashville Codes and Building Safety Department
- 800 President Ronald Reagan Way, 1st Floor, Nashville, TN 37210
- Phone: 615-862-6500
- Email: codes.permitting@nashville.gov
- Official permit page
- Permit portal
- Official fee schedule
Look up a permit in Nashville
Nashville lets you look up permit records and application status for a property online. The Property Permit History page walks through pulling a property's permit history via the Parcel Viewer and document portal.
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- Who pulls the permit, you or me, and is the permit fee included in the bid?
- Which inspections will this job need, and who meets the inspector on site?
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Schedule an inspection in Nashville
Permitted work is not finished until it passes inspection. Codes and Building Safety has a dedicated Requesting an Inspection page.
Schedule or request a Nashville inspection
Checked 2026-07-12. If the office has changed its process, report it.
Permitting activity in Nashville
In 2024, Nashville authorized permits for 6,799 new residential housing units (2,662 single-family, 4,137 in multi-family buildings), valued at $1.2B , down from11,158 the year before. That works out to about 10.1 permits per 1,000 residents. It is a useful gauge of how busy the local permit office is.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual data · population 671,295.
About Nashville
Nashville has about 333,074 housing units. The median home is valued at $383,100, against a median household income of $75,197. About 53% of homes are owner-occupied, and the typical home was built around 1985. Older housing stock usually means more renovation, electrical, and plumbing permits.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year.