Village of Downers Grove

DuPage County, Illinois

Last verified September 17, 2026

Village of Downers Grove is a jurisdiction in DuPage 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: 630-434-5515
Department Site: Community Development Department, Building Division (opens in a new tab)

Source: downers.us (opens in a new tab)

Permit Search

Village of Downers Grove Permit Portal (opens in a new tab)

Certificate Holder Mailing Address

Village of Downers Grove, Community Development Department
Civic Center, 850 Curtiss Street
Downers Grove, IL 60515

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

Additional Notes

Confirmed via the village's own official site, downers.us (Permits and Community Development pages). Building Division Manager: Nora King (630-434-5531); Community Development Director: Stan Popovich (630-434-6893); Inspections line: 630-434-5529; main Village line: 630-434-5500. No department email address was published on the official pages reviewed, so email is left blank. All building/fire permit applications must be submitted through the online Permit Portal at cvportal.downers.us (confirmed by following the site's own 'Login/Start the Permit Process' link, which resolves to that subdomain). Confirmed this is the well-known Downers Grove, DuPage County, IL (630 area code, IL ZIP), not a different place of the same name.

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 Downers Grove'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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