Get help with Honolulu plan check comments.
Upload your plan check comments, HNL Build screenshot, marked-up plans, or describe the issue. A local architectural professional will review what you provide and recommend clear next steps.
Plan check comments, HNL Build screenshots, marked-up plans, emails, or a brief description are enough to start.
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Upload the plan comments or tell us what is slowing things down.
What is plan check?
Plan check is the review process where the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting, often called DPP, checks submitted plans and documents before a permit can move forward.
If the reviewer needs changes, clarification, missing documents, or more information, the plans may come back with comments.
You do not need to understand every comment before asking for help. Upload the comments, screenshot, message, or plan sheet so the issue can be reviewed.
Plan check problems usually appear as comments or repeated review cycles.
A plan check issue can be frustrating because it may not be obvious what needs to change or who should respond.
- The plans came back with comments.
- DPP asked for missing information.
- A reviewer asked for clarification.
- A drawing or plan sheet may need revision.
- A zoning or LUO issue came up.
- The same issue keeps coming back.
- HNL Build shows a message or review status that is unclear.
- You are not sure whether the issue is simple or needs professional help.
Plan check comments can keep a permit stuck.
A permit may not move forward until plan check comments are answered clearly. Guessing can create more delays, especially when comments involve drawings, missing documents, zoning questions, or repeated review issues.
Some comments may be simple. Others may require updated drawings, clearer details, or a professional response.
A document-first review helps identify what the plan check issue appears to involve and what the next step may be.
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This page may be for you if...
- Your plans came back with comments.
- DPP asked for missing documents or clarification.
- You are stuck in repeated plan check comments.
- Your HNL Build status or message is unclear.
- A drawing, plan sheet, or detail may need revision.
- The comments mention zoning, LUO, setbacks, floor area, or other requirements.
- You submitted on your own or used a draftsman or permit expediter.
- You want help understanding what the reviewer appears to be asking for.
Upload the plan comments, screenshots, or marked-up documents.
You do not need to prepare a perfect file. Upload the comments, screenshots, plan sheets, permit record, email, or provide a brief description that shows the issue.
- Plan check comments
- HNL Build screenshot
- Marked-up plan sheets
- DPP email or message
- Permit application documents
- Missing document list
- Drawings or plan sheets
- Previous responses if the issue keeps coming back
- Brief written description of what happened
Upload the plan check issue for review.
Upload plan check comments, screenshots, marked-up plans, emails, or documents — or briefly describe what happened. A local architectural professional will review what you provide and recommend the next step.
No Obligation
Upload the plan comments or tell us what is slowing things down.
The right next step depends on what the reviewer is asking for.
Plan check issues are not all the same. Some involve missing documents. Some involve drawings. Some involve zoning or code comments. Some involve a response that needs to be clearer.
The review can help identify whether the comments appear to involve drawings, missing documents, zoning, plan details, HNL Build issues, or another review concern.
A document review can help identify if a previous permit record, zoning map, LUO document, or site record is relevant to answering the plan check comment.
The review concludes with a recommended next step, which may be a simple explanation, a missing document, or a professional response.
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Plan check comments slowing your permit down? Upload the comments for review.
You do not need to figure it out first. Upload the plan comments, HNL Build screenshot, marked-up plans, email, or provide a brief description and get a plain-language review from a local architectural professional.