What the City requires
A new house is not one of Roseville's quick over-the-counter permits (those are water heaters, HVAC changeouts, panels, sewer lines and re-roofs); it goes through full plan review in the City's Online Permitting Services portal. From the City's pages, read 24 October 2026:
| Step | What the City says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Who may draw the plans | A non-licensed person may prepare plans for "Single family dwellings of wood frame construction, not more than two stories and basement in height" | Plan Check |
| Plan review time | 15 business days for the first cycle, 10 for later ones; "Plan on at least two cycles" (about 3 weeks, then 2 weeks, on the Plan Check page) | Online Building Permit Process |
| Submittal fees | Cover three review cycles; later cycles are billed hourly | Same page |
| Final permit fees | "include Regulatory fees" and may include Development Impact fees and Utility Connection fees | Same page |
| Fee estimate | Residential Fee Booklet to estimate; first estimate and first update free, then $212 an hour, one-hour minimum | Development Impact Fees |
| Fee change | 1.31% cost-index (CCI) increase effective 1 July 2026 | Both pages |
The City also runs a fee deferral program that can push certain City-controlled fees "to building permit final/occupancy"; its page does not say which projects qualify, so ask Development Services before you count on it.
How to apply
- Register in the OPS portal and create a Building application; every application starts as a pre-application numbered BD-PREAPP.
- Upload plans as PDFs following the City's submittal rules, then certify and submit.
- Pay the submittal fees; the project is then distributed for review.
- Answer corrections, then pay the final fees online and print the approved documents and Inspection Card for the site.
- Book inspections online up to 15 days ahead, Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (Building Inspections FAQs). The building final closes it out.
Help: (916) 774-5332 or OPS@roseville.ca.gov.
What 1,690 Roseville new home permits show
| Measure | Roseville new homes |
|---|---|
| Issued October 2024 to September 2026 | 1,690 (14% of City permits) |
| October 2024 to September 2025 / October 2025 to September 2026 | 946 / 744 (−21%) |
| Busiest / quietest month (index, 100 = average) | April (176) / July (47) |
| Usual declared value (middle half) | $284,219 ($218,011–$342,861) |
Swings this large (April at nearly four times July) fit production building, where builders permit many lots in a subdivision together, and so does the tight middle half of values. For someone building one custom house, the timing that matters is the City's plan review cycles, not these monthly counts. New homes fell 21% in the second year while HVAC permits rose 8%. Monthly counts are on Roseville new home permits, every kind of work on Roseville permit statistics, and rows on Roseville permits.
Before you hire
Check the builder's B license with the CSLB, as explained in how to check a contractor's license in California, and find earlier permits or a plot plan through the Roseville building permit search. National figures are in new home construction cost.
What this does not tell you
The City's file has no address, status, final date or builder, so we cannot say where the houses are, which finished, or how long construction took. The value is the valuation the fee is set on, not a sale price. Rocklin, Granite Bay and unincorporated Placer County are not included.
How we know this
Plan review times, fee rules and the plan-preparer rule are quoted from the City of Roseville's Online Building Permit Process, Plan Check, Development Impact Fees and Building Inspections FAQs pages, read 24 October 2026. Our counts are the City's Building Permits Issued open file (buxi-gsvq), read 19 October 2026: permits issued October 2024 to September 2026 that we classify as new homes.
Numbers come from public permit records in 57 cities, data through October 19, 2026. Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can.
Questions
- How long is plan review for a new house in Roseville?
The City's online permit page says to expect a 15-business-day first review cycle and 10-business-day cycles after that, and to plan on at least two cycles. Its Plan Check page puts it as about 3 weeks for the first review and 2 weeks for later ones.
- What fees does a new home pay in Roseville?
Final building permit fees include regulatory fees for plan review and inspection, and may also include development impact fees and utility connection fees. The City's Residential Fee Booklet lets you estimate them, and a 1.31% cost-index increase took effect 1 July 2026.
- Do I need an architect to design a house in Roseville?
Not always. The City's Plan Check page says plans may be prepared by a non-licensed person for single-family dwellings of wood frame construction not more than two stories and basement in height.
- How many new homes does Roseville permit?
1,690 new home permits from October 2024 to September 2026: 946 in the first year and 744 in the second, a 21% drop. April is the busiest month (index 176) and July the quietest (47).
- What is a Roseville new home permit usually valued at?
$284,219, with the middle half at $218,011 to $342,861, from 1,689 permits with a value. That is the construction valuation that sets the fee, not a sale price.
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- Online Building Permit Process — City of Roseville Development Services (2026-10-24)
- Plan Check — City of Roseville Building Division (2026-10-24)
- Development Impact Fees — City of Roseville (2026-10-24)
- Building Inspections FAQs — City of Roseville (2026-10-24)
- Building Permits Issued — City of Roseville open data (data.roseville.ca.us) (2026-10-19)