How to Respond to Plan Review Corrections in Gresham, OR

Gresham reviews building and public facilities plans through its online permit system. The first step is a completeness check, where staff confirm the file has enough information to process. The City states that first reviews are generally completed within about 3 weeks of a complete submittal, and later submittals usually take about a week.

Why the second week matters

Because later rounds are short, the real cost of a correction letter is not the City's review time. It is the time it takes to get the answers together: the engineer's revised calculations, a corrected site plan, an erosion control plan or a utility question. A response that leaves one item open buys another round.

How to answer corrections

• List every comment from every reviewer in one place.

• Fix each item on the drawings, then write a response that names the sheet and detail.

• Include revised calculations and reports in the same resubmittal.

• For triplexes, quadplexes, townhouses and cottage clusters, confirm public water, wastewater, emergency access and stormwater early. The Development Code does not allow them without these.

Before you resubmit

Check the set against the City's new construction checklist and the erosion prevention and sediment control requirements. Plan review questions can go to a submissions coordinator at 503-618-2845. 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

How long is a Gresham plan review?

The City states first reviews are generally completed within about 3 weeks of a complete submittal, and later submittals usually take about 1 week.

How are Gresham corrections submitted?

Through the City's online permit system, where plans are submitted directly.

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 Gresham permit page.

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