Digital permit application gateway
Start with the issuing authority’s own submission lane. A complete application package, accurate valuation, and accessible inspection path are the fastest route through statutory plan review.
Recommended first click
Use the official digital gateway to submit plans, monitor review comments, pay required charges, and request inspections when the permit is issued. If the link is unavailable, use the agency website or phone number on the administrative profile to confirm the current lane.
Typical review lane
N/A for ordinary building or zoning-permit review; the County publishes no standard review timeline on its current building-permits page. Complex planned developments can involve scheduled Planning Commission and Board of County Commissioners actions.
Treat this as a planning signal, not a guaranteed approval date. Completeness, corrections, resubmittals, and agency workload control the actual clock.
Verify the parcel is inside this agency’s service area and note whether a city, state, fire marshal, septic authority, or utility district also has approval authority.
Prepare legible plans, site information, project valuation, ownership authorization, contractor information, and any energy, floodplain, zoning, or utility documentation the issuing office requires.
Keep the permit number, approved plan set, correction comments, fee receipts, and inspection results together. Those records establish the compliance trail for the next trade.
Application documents
Before submission, call (719) 783-2669; Planning and Zoning email: pz@custercounty-co.gov if the project involves a change of occupancy, structural alteration, accessory structure, demolition, or work near a regulated environmental feature.
Source trail
Use these direct agency or licensing links to confirm current instructions before you file, pay, or schedule work. External pages control if their information differs from this directory.
Project questions
Custer County Planning and Zoning Office is the identified county-level authority for this profile. Confirm that the property is in its service area before filing.
Begin with the online permit gateway listed in the application guide. If the portal does not recognize the address or project type, contact (719) 783-2669; Planning and Zoning email: pz@custercounty-co.gov.
N/A for ordinary building or zoning-permit review; the County publishes no standard review timeline on its current building-permits page. Complex planned developments can involve scheduled Planning Commission and Board of County Commissioners actions.
For compliance inspections, the applicant calls the Planning and Zoning Office after the applicable criteria are met and the office schedules the inspection. The County's 2026 Zoning Resolution authorizes inspections for suspected violations and requires septic systems to have a prior septic permit; septic permits include inspections, with additional septic inspection trips charged at $75 when the system is not ready or fails inspection.
N/A for a specific 2026 IRC/IBC edition. The County's 2026-revised Zoning Resolution governs development and building requirements in unincorporated Custer County, including zoning permits before excavation, construction, reconstruction, or square-footage-increasing remodels; the reviewed materials do not identify a separate technical building-code edition. The 2026 Planning and Zoning fee schedule states that an accessory building under 100 sq. ft. does not require a permit. Other work may still require zoning, septic, floodplain, or state permits; the Zoning Resolution requires a zoning permit before excavation, construction, reconstruction, or remodeling that increases square footage or changes use. Confirm any other minor or cosmetic exemption with Planning and Zoning because the County's documents are under review.
What makes an application complete
Before you click submit, make sure the drawings agree with the site plan, project description, valuation, ownership authorization, and contractor information. If the work changes structure, occupancy, drainage, fire protection, energy performance, or utility demand, describe that scope plainly. Ambiguous narratives create correction cycles and delay the field schedule.
Save the confirmation number, payment receipt, uploaded plan set, and every correction comment. Those records are the backbone of a defensible compliance file when multiple trades or agencies share responsibility.
Submission quality check
Site: address, parcel, access, setbacks, and existing conditions are consistent.
Scope: structural, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, fire, and energy work is identified.
Closeout: inspection contacts and the final approval path are understood before work begins.