Village of Gurnee

Lake County, Illinois

Last verified September 17, 2026

Village of Gurnee is a jurisdiction in Lake 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: 847-599-7550
Department Site: Building Safety Division, Community Development Department (opens in a new tab)

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

Permit Search

One-Stop Shop Permitting & Licensing (opens in a new tab)

Certificate Holder Mailing Address

Village of Gurnee, Community Development Department
325 N. O'Plaine Road
Gurnee, IL 60031

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

Additional Notes

Well-known Lake County village; official domain confirmed as gurneeil.gov (the village's homepage there self-identifies as 'The Village of Gurnee, Illinois'), with the older gurnee.il.us domain now redirecting to it — both treated as the same official source. General Village Hall phone is 847-599-7500; Building Safety Division number (847-599-7550) is cited in indexed pages from the same official domain. No building-department-specific email confirmed.

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 Gurnee'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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