Building a new home on Cape Cod is hard enough, but the real challenge comes with permitting a project. Each town has slightly different regulations, there is a mountain of paperwork to digest, and once the permit is submitted, it is difficult to know where the permit stands for several months.
Finally the county has spearheaded an effort to bring uniform online permitting to Cape Cod. This system will be available to Cape Cod Builders, and promises reduced timelines, instant status updates, and should lend some more predictability and accountability to the process. We look forward to seeing this program develop over the next year, and have been asked to participate in its development which will be an exciting opportunity. This system should consolidate all of the approving authorities in each town, allowing building, health, fire, conservation, historic, and other filings to be done at once. We will keep you up to date on the implementation of this new program.