As of 2026, 7 of the 478 active building permits issued in Bethesda in the last 12 months are major or high-impact.
Updated Nov 11, 2026 · Refreshes about every 48 hours.Compared to the average Montgomery County neighborhood.
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7 major or high-impact building permits were issued in Bethesda in the last 12 months and are still active. Search an address above to see what's planned on a specific block.
Bethesda has 478 building permits filed in the last 12 months, 7 of them high-impact. The map above shows where.
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Search BethesdaFigures cover the Bethesda Census place (the boundary outlined on the map), over the last 12 months, compared against the average Montgomery County neighborhood. Source: Montgomery County open data (Police, Permitting Services, Health and Human Services) and M-NCPPC. Montgomery County’s permit data is the Department of Permitting Services’ residential and commercial building permits: a permit counts as active while its status is Issued, within a window that depends on declared cost, because permits are rarely marked finaled. Electrical, mechanical, sign, fence, demolition and other trade permits are separate permit types and are not shown. Rockville and Gaithersburg issue their own building permits, which are not in the county data, so permits there are not covered. Open data updates on a delay, so the most recent records may be incomplete. For general information only — not legal, financial, or real-estate advice.
Outline shows the Bethesda Census place; figures count records inside it. Search an address for block-level detail.