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 McLean County building-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 Kelly Meadows: 270-823-3921; McLean County Planning and Zoning permit administrator Jenny Baldwin: 270-280-7671; McLean County Judge Executive: 270-273-3213; Health Department: 270-273-3062. 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
McLean County Planning and Zoning Commission / McLean County Fiscal Court; Kentucky DHBC local building inspection assignment 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 Kelly Meadows: 270-823-3921; McLean County Planning and Zoning permit administrator Jenny Baldwin: 270-280-7671; McLean County Judge Executive: 270-273-3213; Health Department: 270-273-3062..
N/A. No current McLean County building-plan review turnaround time was published on the verified pages.
For local building inspections, contact Pat Rhodes at 270-339-4188 or patrh@bellsouth.net. Planning/zoning permit administration is handled through Jenny Baldwin at 270-280-7671. State building questions go to Kelly Meadows at 270-823-3921. Local electrical inspector Mathus D. Conrad: 270-821-1363; state electrical Pat O'Bryan: 270-899-1254. Manufactured housing James Blackburn: 270-704-7171; elevator Jacob Menser: 270-226-4742; HVAC Alan Bates: 270-619-1460; plumbing Jerry Dorris: 270-577-5350, Friday 8:00-9:00 a.m. at McLean County Health Department, 200 West Highway 81 North, Calhoun; and boiler Billy Yarbrough: 502-682-2839.
The current DHBC assignment lists Pat Rhodes as McLean County's local building inspector and Kelly Meadows as state building inspector. The local program operates under the 2018 Kentucky Building Code and 2018 Kentucky Residential Code with Kentucky amendments; state trade inspectors remain responsible for assigned disciplines. No newer 2026 KBC or KRC adoption was verified. No McLean County-specific minor or cosmetic building exemption list was published on the verified pages. The county zoning code contains separate land-use exceptions and requirements, but ordinary maintenance and narrow code exceptions should be confirmed with the building inspector; structural, manufactured-housing, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, septic, floodplain and zoning work should be cleared before construction.
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.