Raleigh building & ADU permits
Recent permit activity, updated continuously.
Raleigh, North Carolina's capital and part of the Research Triangle, offers one of the cleanest permit feeds Igni tracks: under the Open Raleigh Data Policy it carries a native ADU field marking attached, detached, or internal units. Igni reads that classification directly rather than inferring it.
Igni is tracking 2,607 residential and building permits in Raleigh, NC — including 27 classified accessory-dwelling-unit (ADU) filings. The most active ZIP is 27610. The most recent filing Igni tracked was Sep 16, 2026. All records come from City of Raleigh ArcGIS open data (Esri), an official government open-data feed, and are refreshed continuously.
2607
Permits tracked
27
ADU permits
17
Distinct ZIP codes
Sep 16, 2026
Newest permit
Recent permits
A sample of the freshest permits in this jurisdiction — ZIP and city only (no street addresses).
| ZIP | Permit type | ADU type | Valuation | Applied |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27617 | Residential | — | $0 | Jul 22, 2026 |
| 27604 | Residential | — | $0 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| 27609 | Commercial | — | $196,375 | Aug 18, 2026 |
| 27601 | Commercial | — | $4,949 | Jan 26, 2026 |
| 27615 | Residential | — | $13,000 | Sep 1, 2026 |
| 27612 | Residential | — | $43,288 | Sep 1, 2026 |
| 27610 | Residential | Detached ADU | $184,932 | Jul 1, 2026 |
| 27616 | Residential | — | $440,909 | Aug 20, 2026 |
| 27607 | Other | — | $198,126 | Jan 29, 2026 |
| 27607 | Commercial | — | $20,034 | Jun 23, 2026 |
| 27612 | Commercial | — | $246,718 | Jul 22, 2026 |
| 27603 | Residential | — | $9,246 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| 27616 | Residential | — | $96,325 | Aug 26, 2026 |
| 27604 | Commercial | — | $0 | Jul 23, 2026 |
| 27607 | Residential | — | $145,000 | Jul 10, 2026 |
| 27604 | Commercial | — | $12,506,757 | May 21, 2026 |
| 27604 | Residential | — | $310,069 | Jul 30, 2026 |
| 27613 | Residential | — | $19,265 | Sep 3, 2026 |
| 27612 | Other | — | $36,404 | Sep 3, 2026 |
| 27616 | Residential | — | $538,923 | Aug 21, 2026 |
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Housing law — North Carolina
Accessory dwelling units in North Carolina are regulated locally; there is no statewide ADU mandate, so rules vary by city and county.
North Carolina has no statewide upzoning law; residential density is set by local zoning, with Charlotte and Raleigh pursuing their own reforms.
Raleigh ADU rules
Raleigh allows accessory dwelling units by right across the city. A 2020 text change (TC-16-19, adopted as Ordinance 2020-117) repealed Raleigh's old ADU overlay — which had required a neighborhood petition and rezoning and produced almost no units — and created Unified Development Ordinance Section 2.6.3, permitting an attached, detached, or internal ADU on residential lots citywide without that opt-in step.
There is no owner-occupancy requirement; the only ownership rule is that the ADU cannot be sold separately from the principal dwelling. A lot is generally allowed one ADU, with up to two permitted on lots inside a Frequent Transit Area. Size is capped at 800 square feet of gross floor area on most lots (1,000 square feet on lots larger than 40,000 square feet) and, in every case, less than the principal dwelling; the maximum height is 26 feet, with setbacks set by lot-size tier. No additional parking is required.
A Raleigh ADU is reviewed as a standard administrative building permit — no rezoning, overlay, special-use permit, or petition — and is allowed across the city's common residential and mixed-use zoning districts.
This is an informational summary — verify current rules with the city's planning/permitting department; not legal advice.
See also: North Carolina ADU law and what is an ADU?
Data source
Sourced from City of Raleigh ArcGIS open data (Esri). Open Raleigh Data Policy.
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Informational only, not legal advice. Headline counts reflect all permits Igni has tracked for this jurisdiction; the table shows recent activity. Housing law changes — verify current statutes before relying on this.