What is the permit turnaround in Timnath?

From issue to final inspection, the usual permit takes 144 days (middle half 67 to 200 days), from 814 permits issued Jan 2023-Dec 2023. The wait to get a permit issued is not in this file; ask the town for its current review times.

Which permits finish fastest in Timnath?

Solar permits, at 75 days. The slowest are new home permits, at 196 days. Bigger jobs take longer; so does work where the final inspection is easy to forget.

How many permits actually get finished in Timnath?

89% of the 913 permits issued Jan 2023-Dec 2023 have finished; 10% expired without a final and the rest are still open.

Why does an open permit matter to me?

An unfinished permit stays with the property, not the contractor. It can hold up a sale or a refinance. Ask whoever does the work to call for the final inspection and show you the result.

How Long Do Permits Take in Timnath, CO? 144 Days Usual (2024)

Getting the permit vs finishing the work: two different clocks

“How long does a permit take?” can mean two waits. This page measures the second one.

Getting the permit (not measured): application → issue, the wait for the town to approve the plans. Ask the town for its current review times.

Finishing the work (measured here): issue → final. From the day the town issued the permit to the day it recorded the final inspection. We count only permits issued Jan 2023–Dec 2023, at least 12 months before the file ends, so slow jobs have had time to finish; a permit still open is not in the days.

By kind of work

Permits issued Jan 2023–Dec 2023. Usual days is the middle permit among those with a final date: half finished sooner, half later. Middle half is the range the middle 50% fell in. Kinds of work with fewer than 100 permits in that period are left out.

Kind of work	Permits	Finished	Expired	Usual days to final	Middle half (days)
New homes	326	99.1%	0.6%	196	160–241
Solar	161	97.5%	2.5%	75	49–95
Other	128	82.8%	14.1%	176	139–197

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How long each kind of permit takes

Each kind of work on its own, issue to the town's final.

How long does building a new home take in Timnath, from permit to final?

The usual new home permit in the Town of Timnath takes 196 days from issue to final; the middle half take 160 to 241 days (323 permits with a final date, issued Jan 2023–Dec 2023). 99% of the 326 permits issued then have finished and under 1% expired. Timnath new home permits →

How long does a solar installation take in Timnath, from permit to final?

The usual solar permit in the Town of Timnath takes 75 days from issue to final; the middle half take 49 to 95 days (157 permits with a final date, issued Jan 2023–Dec 2023). 98% of the 161 permits issued then have finished and 2% expired. Timnath solar permits →

How long does a remodel take in Timnath, from permit to final?

The usual remodel and repair permit in the Town of Timnath takes 98 days from issue to final; the middle half take 61 to 165 days (82 permits with a final date, issued Jan 2023–Dec 2023).

How Timnath compares with other cities

From our cross-city data studies: the same measure, read the same way, for every city we cover.

196 days for the usual new home permit here, issue to final, against 238 days across 24 cities (8th quickest of 25). How long permits take, city by city →
75 days for the usual solar permit here, issue to final, against 70 days across 30 cities (13th slowest of 31). How long permits take, city by city →
99% finished of new home permits a year or more old here, against 90% across 26 cities (3rd highest of 27). Permit completion rates by city →
0.3% still open of new home permits a year after issue here, against 10% across 26 cities (2nd fewest left open of 27). Permits still open after a year, by city →

Nearby permit data

How long permits take for other places in Northern Colorado. Each permit office keeps its own file, so the numbers are not added together.

Longmont, CO

How these numbers are made

Source: Town of Timnath GIS, Building Permits 2020 through 2024 (ArcGIS layer BP2020thru2024), with the town's 2025 certificates of completion and occupancy, read 21 Oct 2026. We count permits issued January 2023 through December 2024; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.

Building, trade, roofing, solar, fence and demolition permits issued by the Town of Timnath Building Department for property in the town, east of Fort Collins in Larimer County. Fort Collins, Windsor and unincorporated Larimer County run their own permit offices and are not in this file.

The town's permit layer is a one-time export covering 2020 through 2024 (last edited January 2025), and the town publishes no permit list for 2025 or later, so the window ends in December 2024.
Statuses are as of the January 2025 export. A permit still in progress then that appears on the town's 2025 list of certificates of completion and occupancy counts as finished on its certificate date.
Job values are the valuation on the permit. For new homes this is the town's building valuation, not the sale price.
Attached single-family homes (townhomes) count as new homes; a few multi-family buildings count as other.
Timnath is a small, fast-growing town: about 900 permits a year, a large share of them new homes in new subdivisions, so a few builders account for many permits.

Counts are permits, not jobs: one job can need several permits. Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can. Sources and definitions →

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Contractor Records, "How long do permits take in the Town of Timnath, CO?", https://contractorrecords.com/timnath/how-long-does-a-permit-take, data through December 2024, from Town of Timnath Building Department building-permit records.

Link to a table: By kind of work · Each kind of permit.

Download the tables (CSV): Days to final by kind of work.

Common questions

What is the permit turnaround in Timnath?From issue to final inspection, the usual permit takes 144 days (middle half 67 to 200 days), from 814 permits issued Jan 2023–Dec 2023. The wait to get a permit issued is not in this file; ask the town for its current review times.
Which permits finish fastest in Timnath?Solar permits, at 75 days. The slowest are new home permits, at 196 days. Bigger jobs take longer; so does work where the final inspection is easy to forget.
How many permits actually get finished in Timnath?89% of the 913 permits issued Jan 2023–Dec 2023 have finished; 10% expired without a final and the rest are still open.
Why does an open permit matter to me?An unfinished permit stays with the property, not the contractor. It can hold up a sale or a refinance. Ask whoever does the work to call for the final inspection and show you the result.

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