Stage 03 of 05 · Permit
A permit stalls for predictable reasons: an incomplete submittal, a correction letter nobody owns, a reviewer waiting on an answer. We handle those before they become weeks.
The question at this stage
We review the package before it goes in, track every department's comments, coordinate the responses with your architect and engineers, and keep a written record of where the file stands.
You get a status you can trust and a next step for every open item, whether the project is a new estate, a remodel or an unpermitted structure that needs to be made right.
Permit services
A fixed-fee audit of your permit package before it goes in, so it comes back complete.
A written pre-flight report: every likely issue, the recommended fix, and a submittal sequence. Fixed fee.
Active management of your permit through every department, with written status each week.
A single written status each week and a permit file with no unowned items.
Legalizing unpermitted structures and additions so a property can be financed, sold or improved.
A clear, documented path to a clean permit record, and a property you can finance, sell or improve.
Guest houses, ADUs and junior ADUs, planned against the rules that apply to your lot.
An ADU plan that fits your lot's rules from day one, managed through to a permit.
See how we measure the work: Permit expediting results
Questions
Yes. Send us the permit or case number and the latest correction letter. We will review the file, identify what is holding it, and return a written plan with the next steps and who owns each one.
We work across the county, including the cities of Santa Barbara, Goleta, Carpinteria, Solvang and Buellton. Each jurisdiction has its own process, and we plan for the one your property falls under.
A permit expediter moves an application through plan check: submittals, tracking and correction responses. A land use consultant works earlier and wider: what a property allows, which approvals it needs and in what order, through zoning, design review and any discretionary hearings. Black Oak does both under one relationship, so the permit is planned from the land use decisions rather than handed off after them.
What usually comes next
Your architect works for the design and your builder works for the build. Through our partnership with SYV Property Advisor, led by Melissa Krantz, you have a representative who works only for you.
