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 fixed review timeline was published. Applications will not be processed until required documentation is received, including plans and any applicable zoning, health, soil-erosion, driveway, and energy-code documents.
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 (989) 743-2396; inspection request line (989) 743-2280 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
Shiawassee County Community Development Department - Building & Trades 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 (989) 743-2396; inspection request line (989) 743-2280.
N/A; no fixed review timeline was published. Applications will not be processed until required documentation is received, including plans and any applicable zoning, health, soil-erosion, driveway, and energy-code documents.
Call the inspection request line at (989) 743-2280, the office at (989) 743-2396, or email comdev@shiawassee.net. Provide the project address, permit type, inspection type, requester contact information, and site-access instructions. Building inspections are performed Monday-Thursday, electrical Monday and Thursday, and mechanical/plumbing Tuesdays. Do not cover work until approvals are posted; additional inspections and re-inspections may incur fees.
Michigan LARA's current Statewide Jurisdiction List identifies Shiawassee County as County-enforced for building, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing. The county provides services for the majority of communities; Corunna, Durand, Perry, New Lothrop, Caledonia, Owosso Township, and Vernon Township are local for all four or most disciplines, while other listed municipal units are county-enforced, and Lennon has state enforcement for electrical, mechanical, and plumbing. The current Michigan framework includes the 2021 Michigan Building Code, 2015 Michigan Residential Code for one- and two-family dwellings while the proposed 2021 residential update is stayed, 2021 Michigan Mechanical and Plumbing Codes, 2023 National Electrical Code with Michigan amendments, and current Michigan energy and rehabilitation provisions. The county does not publish a single cosmetic-work exemption list. Separate permits are required for electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning work. The county's soil-erosion waiver allows a qualifying earth change disturbing less than 225 square feet when it will not contribute sediment to lakes or streams; other zoning, soil-erosion, pool, deck, agricultural, and accessory-structure rules vary by project and should be confirmed with Community Development.
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.