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 current Livingston County or DHBC plan-review turnaround time was published on the verified pages.
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 Local Building Inspector Pat Rhodes: 270-339-4188; State Building Inspector Spence Sowell: 270-889-7066; Livingston County Fiscal Court: 270-928-2105; Livingston County Health Department: 270-928-2193; DHBC plan-review questions: 502-573-0373. 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
Livingston County Building Inspection / Kentucky Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction 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 Local Building Inspector Pat Rhodes: 270-339-4188; State Building Inspector Spence Sowell: 270-889-7066; Livingston County Fiscal Court: 270-928-2105; Livingston County Health Department: 270-928-2193; DHBC plan-review questions: 502-573-0373..
N/A. No current Livingston County or DHBC plan-review turnaround time was published on the verified pages.
For local building inspections, contact Pat Rhodes at 270-339-4188. Commercial construction permit questions go to DHBC/state inspector Spence Sowell at 270-889-7066 or spence.sowell@ky.gov and use the DHBC SmartGov portal. Local electrical questions go to the county judge/executive or city office; state electrical inspector Tony Mercer is 270-601-1698, with local electrical contacts Alfred B. Cossey and Mathus D. Conrad at 270-350-6773 and 270-821-1363. Manufactured housing Jackie Story: 270-226-5693; elevator Jacob Menser: 270-226-4742; HVAC Kevin Purdy: 270-963-3978; plumbing Michael Murt: 270-498-1863, Friday 8:00-9:00 a.m. at the Health Department; boiler Dale Snyder: 270-363-9056.
The current DHBC assignment lists Pat Rhodes as Livingston County's local building inspector and directs commercial construction to DHBC for building permits. 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. No Livingston County-specific minor or cosmetic exemption list was published on the verified county pages. Ordinary maintenance and narrow code exceptions may be exempt, but structural work, commercial construction, manufactured housing, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, septic and floodplain work should be confirmed with Pat Rhodes, DHBC or the relevant city office before starting.
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.