The Beverly Hills Permit Timeline in 2025: What to Actually Expect
Honest timelines for a Beverly Hills renovation permit — plan check, design review, hillside review, and how to shorten each.
The City of Beverly Hills has a well-earned reputation for careful plan review. In 2025, the real timelines look like this — based on the projects our team at New Horizon Development has permitted this year.
- Interior-only remodel, no envelope changes: 8–14 weeks to permit
- Interior + envelope changes, no design review: 16–22 weeks
- Full renovation triggering design review: 24–36 weeks
- Ground-up construction on a hillside lot: 36–52 weeks
The biggest lever the client controls is the completeness of the submittal. We front-load our permit packages with structural, MEP, T24, and Green Building compliance so the first plan-check response is a technical review, not a completeness review. When it isn't, expect to add two full correction cycles to the timeline.
Working with a construction team that has an existing relationship with Beverly Hills plan check is worth every dollar. Our permit expeditor is on-site at City Hall multiple times per week; the plan checkers know our submittal standard by sight.
