The number and value of the building permits for the month of September is down this year in Prince Edward County compared to the previous year.
In the September building report from Prince Edward County, it states that 81 building permits were issued for the month of September with the estimated value of those permits at over $9.2 million. The County took in over $68,000 in fees from the permits.
This is down from the 103 permits issued valued at over $20.2 million in September 2021. The County took in over $125,000 in fees at that time.
Despite this, permit activity at this point has already exceeded this point last year.
So far in 2022, Prince Edward County has issued a total of 809 building permits valued at nearly $181 million, resulting in The County taking in over $1 million in fees.
That is up from the 785 building permits valued at over $136 million at the same point in 2021. The total fees were over $758,000.