How to Respond to Plan Review Corrections in Beaverton, OR

Beaverton accepts electronic PDF submittals for land use applications, site development permits and building permits through its Beaverton Electronic Permitting System (BEPS). These are separate tracks with separate reviewers. A building permit can be ready while a site development or planning comment is still open.

Know which tracks you are on

• Planning: new single-detached and middle housing in the RMA, RMB, RMC and CM-RM zones goes through Single-Detached and Middle Housing Design Review One, a Type 1 decision by the Director. ADUs need their own Type 1 application.

• Site development: grading, utilities and stormwater work.

• Building: reviewed separately by the Building Division.

How to answer corrections

1. List every comment from every track in one place.

2. Resolve land use items first. A planning change can move a wall or a driveway that the building and site sets depend on.

3. Fix each item on the drawings and write one response per track that names the sheet and detail.

4. Resubmit complete packages, with revised calculations and reports included.

Before you resubmit

Check that the building set, the site development plans and the land use decision show the same footprint, setbacks and grades. Mismatches between tracks are a common reason a Beaverton project takes an extra round. The model building codes treat an application as abandoned 180 days after filing unless it is being pursued in good faith, and allow the building official to extend it (IBC and IRC Section 105.3.2). Confirm the local rule and the date on your file before you assume there is time left.

Common questions

Why does Beaverton have several reviews for one project?

Planning, site development and building are separate permit tracks with separate reviewers, so a project can need more than one approval.

How are Beaverton permits submitted?

Electronically, as PDFs, through the Beaverton Electronic Permitting System (BEPS).

How SASHKOV handles it

• Reads every correction comment and builds one item list across all review disciplines.

• Coordinates structural, civil, energy and survey items with the licensed consultants under one SASHKOV contract.

• Revises the set so every item is resolved on the drawings, with a response that names the sheet and detail for each comment.

• Resubmits one complete package through the City's portal and tracks each review to issuance, in business days.

Where a building requires a licensed architect or engineer of record, SASHKOV brings them into the contract.

Stuck in a correction cycle? See Corrections and Permit Recovery and the City of Beaverton permit page.

Have corrections open now? Send the comments and permit number, and SASHKOV will scope the response and the timeline in business days.