Village of Chatham

Sangamon County, Illinois

Last verified September 17, 2026

Village of Chatham is a jurisdiction in Sangamon 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: 217-483-2451
Email: caseye@chathamil.gov
Department Site: Building/Zoning Department (opens in a new tab)

Source: chathamil.gov (opens in a new tab)

Permit Search

Chatham 311 (opens in a new tab)

Certificate Holder Mailing Address

Village of Chatham, Building/Zoning Department
116 E. Mulberry Street
Chatham, IL 62629

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 site, chathamil.gov, including a downloadable Building Permit Application. The Building/Zoning Department is reached through the village's 'Chatham 311' resident-request system (chathamil.qscend.com/311, linked directly from chathamil.gov) — a plans-intake contact (Casey Erickson, caseye@chathamil.gov) and an inspections line (217-697-5509) were found in addition to the main village number (217-483-2451). Sangamon County also runs a Department of Zoning (sangamonil.gov), but that appears to serve unincorporated county areas, not the Village of Chatham directly.

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 Chatham'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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