Add Contractors to a Permit or Planning Application
  • 09 Oct 2024
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Add Contractors to a Permit or Planning Application

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Why add a contractor to a Permit or Planning Application?
When you add a primary and/or trade contractors to a permit or planning application, if they have access to CommunityConnect, they will be able to see permit/planning application information, request inspections, and make payments for every permit/planning application they are added to.


Add the Primary Contractor

  • In the permit or planning application, click Details
  • Click Contractors
  • Click the Manage Contractors button

  • Start typing 3 characters in the company name to search for the company
  • (Optional) Select the contractor's name
  • Click OKGif showing how to search for and add a primary contractor



Add Trade Contractors

  • Click the Add Contractor button
  • Select the Contractor Trade Type
  • Start typing 3 characters of the company name to search for the company
  • (Optional) Select the Contractor Name 
  • Click OK


💡Quick Tip

If you can't find one of your contractors when you are trying to add them as a trade contractor, make sure you have selected trades in their contractor profile.



Expired Contractors

While adding a contractor to a permit, you will see if a contractor's license or documents are expired:


You can see expiration dates for Licenses and Documents for both primary and trade contractors after adding them to a permit: