Village of New Lenox

Will County, Illinois

Last verified September 17, 2026

Village of New Lenox is a jurisdiction in Will County, Illinois, with an online portal for searching and pulling active or historical building permits. Use the contact information below to reach the local building department, or the mailing address if the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.

Contact

Phone: 815-462-6490
Email: buildinginspections@newlenox.net
Department Site: Community Development Department (Building Division) (opens in a new tab)

Source: newlenox.net (opens in a new tab)

Permit Search

Online Permitting (BS&A Online) (opens in a new tab)

Certificate Holder Mailing Address

Village of New Lenox
1 Veterans Parkway
New Lenox, IL 60451

Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.

Additional Notes

Fully confirmed via the village's own official site (newlenox.net): the Building Department is a division of Community Development, phone 815-462-6490 (general village line 815-462-6400), email buildinginspections@newlenox.net, and permits are filed online via BS&A Online (bsaonline.com) as referenced on the village's Online Permitting page. Disambiguation: this is the well-known Village of New Lenox in Will County, Illinois, per its official .net site and 815 area code/60451 ZIP -- not to be confused with any other similarly named place. Note the Illinois Commerce Commission's older statewide clerks directory lists a different, presumably outdated, Village Hall address (701 West Haven Avenue) than the current official site (1 Veterans Parkway); the current village site's address is used here as more authoritative.

What You Need Before Applying for a Permit

Most building departments ask for the same core package before they'll issue a permit: a completed application naming the property owner and contractor, the contractor's state license number and proof of insurance (general liability, and workers' comp if employees are on the job), a notice of commencement or equivalent recorded filing for larger jobs where the state requires one, and scaled plans or a site plan for anything beyond minor repairs. Roofing, fence, pool, and solar permits typically have their own simplified checklists — Village of New Lenox's department (above) can confirm exactly what applies to your project.

Why this matters for insurance: permit history is one of the first things an underwriter or adjuster checks. Unpermitted work — a finished basement, an added bedroom, a rebuilt roof — can complicate a claim or even void coverage for that portion of the loss, and it routinely surfaces during a home inspection. Pulling the right permit up front, and keeping the closed-permit record on file, protects both the property's value and its insurability at resale.

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