Village of Beach Park

Lake County, Illinois

Last verified September 17, 2026

Village of Beach Park 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) 746-1770
Department Site: Community Development Department (opens in a new tab)

Source: villageofbeachpark.com (opens in a new tab)

Permit Search

BS&A Online Permit Application (opens in a new tab)

Certificate Holder Mailing Address

Village of Beach Park
11270 W. Wadsworth Road
Beach Park, IL 60099

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

Additional Notes

Confirmed directly on villageofbeachpark.com (official village domain), including the BS&A Online permit-application link embedded on the village's own Building Permits and Inspections page. Community Development Director is Nimrod Warda. The department's email address is obfuscated/cloaked on the site (JavaScript-based anti-spam protection) and could not be reliably extracted, so it is left null. Fax on file: (847) 746-1797.

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 Beach Park'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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