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Community Development reports faster permit review times; Port and county at odds over subarea plan cost-sharing

3789028 · June 3, 2025
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Summary

Walla Walla County Community Development reported improved permit-review turnaround times and outlined steps to assess reporting concerns; separately a proposed Port subarea plan advanced to a point of disagreement over cost-sharing and scheduling of a joint commissioners’ meeting.

Community Development Associate Lauren Prentice told commissioners on June 2 that permit-review metrics have improved: individual reviewer turnaround averaged about 4.2 days and planning critical‑areas review fell to an average of 3.9 days after staffing additions. Prentice noted that 29% of completed reviews for the prior month required a resubmittal, and that re-review is often driven by missing site…

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