New This Week (May 2-May 8, 2026)

Safer approval flows, clearer applicant guidance, and sturdier background operations.

• Contractor, engineer, and architect licenses now automatically update when new lists are published by DPOR, ensuring that localities in Virginia have the most up-to-date information for auto-populating into permit applications.
• The citizen portal home now shows lightweight to-dos on all open permits based on their curretn status and updates from locality staff, making it easier for applicants to see what still needs action.
• Authorized approval overrides now have stricter guardrails: only eligible review steps can be bypassed, a reason is captured, and each override is written to an immutable audit trail.
• Fee calculations were hardened to reduce edge-case failures in staff workflows.