The number and value of building permits issued so far in 2007 has slipped well below levels seen by this time in 2006.

Over the latest two-week period, the Leelanau County Building Code office issued just five new building permits compared to 22 permits issued during the same period in 2006. That has brought the year-to-date number of permits issued to 40, compared to 65 by the same time last year.

The estimated construction value of the recently issued permits received a huge boost from a single permit issued to the owners of The Homestead resort in Glen Arbor – for a $763,805 addition to a commercial banquet facility. The combined value of the five permits, $842,950, brought the year-to-date estimated total construction value to $2,193,726. That’s nearly 42 percent below estimated values by this time in 2006.

Following is a list of projects for which permits have been issued, listed by the community in which the work is being done:

BINGHAM: Pathways of Suttons Bay, L.L.C. (Interlake Associates L.L.C.), manufactured single-family residence on basement with covered porch and attached garage at 2755 S. Pine Meadow Path, $1; Leelanau Dream, L.L.C. (Ken Mork Construction) alteration to single-family residence at 2344 S. Sandy Beach Dr., $18,720.

ELMWOOD: Russell R. Kirt, final inspection for detached garage at 9981 E. Bluewater Dr., $1,000.

GLEN ARBOR: Bayberry Group Inc., commercial addition to “Gnomes Banquet Facility” at 5035 S. Woodridge Rd., $763,805.

LELAND: Perry and Heidi Pentiuk (Coastal Building Co.), change of use and residential addition at 106 N. Lake St., Unit 1, $59,424.