diff --git a/flow/cmd/validate_peer.go b/flow/cmd/validate_peer.go
index e3b04e88ba..deb15f7de7 100644
--- a/flow/cmd/validate_peer.go
+++ b/flow/cmd/validate_peer.go
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ func (h *FlowRequestHandler) ValidatePeer(
 	if err != nil {
 		return &protos.ValidatePeerResponse{
 			Status: protos.ValidatePeerStatus_INVALID,
-			Message: fmt.Sprintf("peer type is missing or "+
-				"your requested configuration for %s peer %s was invalidated: %s",
+			Message: fmt.Sprintf("%s peer %s was invalidated: %s",
 				req.Peer.Type, req.Peer.Name, err),
 		}, nil
 	}
diff --git a/flow/connectors/bigquery/bigquery.go b/flow/connectors/bigquery/bigquery.go
index 7177e4bb42..f9cb284696 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/bigquery/bigquery.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/bigquery/bigquery.go
@@ -141,6 +141,51 @@ func (bqsa *BigQueryServiceAccount) CreateStorageClient(ctx context.Context) (*s
 	return client, nil
 }
 
+// TableCheck:
+// 1. Creates a table
+// 2. Inserts one row into the table
+// 3. Deletes the table
+func TableCheck(ctx context.Context, client *bigquery.Client, dataset string) error {
+	dummyTable := "peerdb_validate_dummy"
+
+	newTable := client.Dataset(dataset).Table(dummyTable)
+
+	createErr := newTable.Create(ctx, &bigquery.TableMetadata{
+		Schema: []*bigquery.FieldSchema{
+			{
+				Name:     "dummy",
+				Type:     bigquery.BooleanFieldType,
+				Repeated: false,
+			},
+		},
+	})
+	if createErr != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to validate table creation within dataset: %v."+
+			"Please check if bigquery.tables.create permission has been granted", createErr)
+	}
+
+	errors := []string{}
+	insertQuery := client.Query("INSERT INTO %s VALUES(true)")
+	_, insertErr := insertQuery.Run(ctx)
+	if insertErr != nil {
+		errors = append(errors, fmt.Sprintf("unable to validate insertion into table: %v.", insertErr)+
+			"Please check if bigquery.jobs.create permission has been granted")
+	}
+
+	// Drop the table
+	deleteErr := newTable.Delete(ctx)
+	if deleteErr != nil {
+		errors = append(errors, fmt.Sprintf("unable to delete table :%v.", deleteErr)+
+			"Please check if bigquery.tables.delete permission has been granted")
+	}
+
+	if len(errors) > 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf(strings.Join(errors, ","))
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // NewBigQueryConnector creates a new BigQueryConnector from a PeerConnectionConfig.
 func NewBigQueryConnector(ctx context.Context, config *protos.BigqueryConfig) (*BigQueryConnector, error) {
 	bqsa, err := NewBigQueryServiceAccount(config)
@@ -154,10 +199,16 @@ func NewBigQueryConnector(ctx context.Context, config *protos.BigqueryConfig) (*
 	}
 
 	datasetID := config.GetDatasetId()
-	_, checkErr := client.Dataset(datasetID).Metadata(ctx)
-	if checkErr != nil {
-		slog.ErrorContext(ctx, "failed to get dataset metadata", slog.Any("error", checkErr))
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get dataset metadata: %v", checkErr)
+	_, datasetErr := client.Dataset(datasetID).Metadata(ctx)
+	if datasetErr != nil {
+		slog.ErrorContext(ctx, "failed to get dataset metadata", slog.Any("error", datasetErr))
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get dataset metadata: %v", datasetErr)
+	}
+
+	permissionErr := TableCheck(ctx, client, datasetID)
+	if permissionErr != nil {
+		slog.ErrorContext(ctx, "failed to get run mock table check", slog.Any("error", permissionErr))
+		return nil, permissionErr
 	}
 
 	storageClient, err := bqsa.CreateStorageClient(ctx)