ROH §18-6.4
When building permit applications expire
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗If you pay plan review fees but don't get a permit within 365 days, your application expires. For most homes, the building official can extend the deadline, but for certain large single-family or duplex homes, no extension is allowed. After expiration, you must start over with a new application and fee.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Expiration of plan review
A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), applications for which plan review fees have been paid and for which no permit is issued within 365 days following the date of application will expire, unless the expiration date is extended by the building official.
(b) Applications relating to a single-unit dwelling or two-unit dwelling or duplex-unit dwelling with a floor area ratio that exceeds three to five, for which plan review fees have been paid and for which no permit is issued within 365 days following the date of application will expire, and the expiration date may not be extended.
(c) Upon expiration of an application, plans and other data submitted for review will thereafter be returned to the applicant or destroyed by the building official. In order to renew action on an application after its expiration, the applicant must submit a new application and pay a new plan review fee.
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