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; the county publishes application requirements and fees but no standard plan-review timeline.
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 864-852-2433 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
This record is marked Municipal Fallback. Confirm whether a city, state agency, or other local authority controls the parcel before filing.
No verified online portal was located in the reviewed public materials. Contact 864-852-2433 and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.
N/A; the county publishes application requirements and fees but no standard plan-review timeline.
Contact the McCormick County Building Department at 864-852-2433 to request inspections; the permit application grants county inspectors access for inspections and posting notices. The permit holder is responsible for requesting inspections and having work ready. Reinspection fees are $50 for the first through third reinspection and $100 for each additional reinspection.
McCormick County adopts and enforces the versions of the International Building, Residential, Mechanical and Plumbing Codes most recently adopted by the South Carolina Building Codes Council, with South Carolina amendments. The current 2026 state cycle is the 2021 editions of the IBC, IRC, IMC, IPC and related mandatory codes, together with the 2020 National Electrical Code and applicable South Carolina modifications. The county's public application requires permits for the listed residential, commercial, addition, demolition, electrical, mechanical, mobile-home and plumbing work and does not publish a complete local minor-work exemption list. Residential owner-builders may qualify for the owner-builder exception; a licensed electrician is generally required unless the owner performs his or her own electrical work. Confirm ordinary repairs and other exemptions with the Building Department before work begins.
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.