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City of Denver’s New Permitting Process
This past April 2025, the City of Denver announced the creation of the Denver Permitting Office, aimed at overhauling the City’s permitting and development approval processes to make building easier, fast, and more predictable. Utilizing 280 employees across seven different departments, this office intends to complete all permits within 180 days of city review. As architects, we’re encouraged by the creation of this new office and hope this marks a turning point in the permitting process with faster review times and a more streamlined experience.
Jill Jennings Golich was appointed to the role of Director of the newly created Denver Permitting Office as of April 14, 2025. Previously she served as deputy director for Denver’s Community Planning and Development Department overseeing the areas of policy, regulation and development. From June 2019 – April 2021 she served as Director for Community and Economic Development for Adams County. Prior to that she was at Community Planning and Development with the City of Denver, the Auraria Higher Education Center leading their planning efforts, and began her work as a consultant in the private sector.
Robert Peek is the Director of Development System Performance with the newly established Denver Permitting Office. He previously held the same role within Denver’s Community Planning and Development Department, where his work was sponsored by the Mayor’s Office. Before that, Robert served as a Process Improvement Specialist with the City’s Peak Academy, focusing on streamlining city operations. Earlier in his career, he worked in advocacy and clean energy. Robert holds a Bachelor of Science from Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs.
Meet Jill and Robert and hear from them about the changes that have taken place and how we as architects can support the new streamlined arrangements.
Conversation facilitated by AIA Colorado’s CEO Mike Waldinger, Hon. AIA.
Join city development review staff to learn how Denver is proposing to meet Proposition 123 Fast Track requirements and how this will affect future housing projects.
August 20th, 10:30 – 11:10am
SDP Submittal Requirements
The Denver Site Development Plan Manual is a customer guide to assembling a site development plan for city review. The manual helps customers provide a comprehensive, standardized, flexible, and clear presentation of the development proposal. Review submittal requirements on this page or click the button link below to download the full manual.
View the slides from July 23rd’s Virtual Connect event here.