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
For complete construction plans and stormwater/erosion-control submissions, the Oldham County Engineer generally strives to review and return plans within four weeks; actual time varies with project complexity, completeness, code compliance, and queue. No separate guaranteed building-permit review time was published.
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 Chief Building Inspector Matthew Dunaway: 502-222-3967, cell 502-381-8950; Planning & Development Director Ryan Fischer: 502-222-1476; Oldham County Health Department: 502-222-3516; permits email: PermitsInspections@OldhamCountyKY.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
Oldham County Fiscal Court, Planning & Development Services, Buildings & Inspections Division 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 Chief Building Inspector Matthew Dunaway: 502-222-3967, cell 502-381-8950; Planning & Development Director Ryan Fischer: 502-222-1476; Oldham County Health Department: 502-222-3516; permits email: PermitsInspections@OldhamCountyKY.gov.
For complete construction plans and stormwater/erosion-control submissions, the Oldham County Engineer generally strives to review and return plans within four weeks; actual time varies with project complexity, completeness, code compliance, and queue. No separate guaranteed building-permit review time was published.
Submit building and electrical applications electronically to PermitsInspections@OldhamCountyKY.gov; residential swimming-pool applications must be submitted in person. The commercial application requires rough structural/mechanical, rough electrical, temporary-on-main when applicable, final structural, and final electrical inspections before occupancy. The permit fee includes three inspections; additional failed/re-inspection trips are $50 each. Plumbing, septic, and HVAC permits are not issued by county Planning & Development: plumbing and HVAC use the Kentucky DHBC SmartGov portal, while septic is handled by Oldham County Health Department Environmental Services. Call Matthew Dunaway at 502-222-3967 for building inspection scheduling.
Oldham County Planning & Development Services is the local enforcement agency for the Kentucky State Building Code; building inspections are performed by state-certified inspectors and electrical inspections by state-certified electrical inspectors. Kentucky's current adopted codes are the 2018 Kentucky Building Code and 2018 Kentucky Residential Code, based on the 2015 International Building Code and 2015 International Residential Code with Kentucky amendments. State DHBC jurisdiction may apply under KBC 104.2 based on project type, size, or occupancy. The county fee schedule states that an accessory building smaller than 120 square feet requires no building permit, although zoning regulations still apply. A deck or balcony built with the house has no separate fee. Other work may still require zoning, electrical, stormwater, septic, floodplain, or state approvals; confirm exemptions with the Building & Inspections Division 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.