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. No published Grant County plan-review turnaround time was found.
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 859-824-9608 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
Grant County Building Department / Grant County Fiscal Court 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 859-824-9608.
N/A. No published Grant County plan-review turnaround time was found.
The county states that its Building Inspector issues all county building permits and performs three separate inspections for new-home construction, including walls, framing, and final inspection. Contact Tony Ashcraft, Building Inspector and Plan Reviewer, at 859-414-8634, or the Building Inspector office at 859-824-9608. State building inspector Keith Ransdell is 502-591-9896 or keith.ransdell@ky.gov. Plumbing inspector Bobby Saylor is 606-316-9167, with office hours Monday 8:00-9:00 a.m. EST at Grant County Health Department, 234 Barnes Road, Williamstown. State electrical inspector Darryl Morgan is 859-473-5176; elevator inspector Chris Hetterman is 502-226-0819; HVAC inspector Steve Shively is 502-871-1452; manufactured-housing inspector Bruce Hall is 502-682-8544; boiler inspector Gary Shoemaker is 859-339-4458.
The Grant County Building Department enforces the uniform Kentucky Building Code and Grant County Zoning Regulations. The applicable statewide framework is the 2018 Kentucky Building Code and 2018 Kentucky Residential Code, based on the 2015 IBC/IRC with Kentucky amendments. No newer 2026 KBC or KRC adoption was verified; DHBC announced July 2026 NEC updates for electrical work. No current Grant County-specific list of minor or cosmetic building-permit exemptions was published on the verified official pages. Confirm ordinary maintenance, small accessory structures, agricultural or farmstead work, manufactured housing, and other potentially exempt projects with the Building Inspector before beginning; zoning, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, septic, and floodplain requirements may be separate.
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.