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
OSSF approval or denial within 5 business days; completed subdivision applications are approved, conditionally approved, or disapproved within 30 days, with a possible additional extension of up to 30 days; municipal building timelines vary.
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 940-574-2868 (Emergency Management/floodplain and OSSF permits); 940-574-4811 (County Judge and Commissioners); 940-574-4302 (County Clerk) 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.
Begin with the online permit gateway listed in the application guide. If the portal does not recognize the address or project type, contact 940-574-2868 (Emergency Management/floodplain and OSSF permits); 940-574-4811 (County Judge and Commissioners); 940-574-4302 (County Clerk).
OSSF approval or denial within 5 business days; completed subdivision applications are approved, conditionally approved, or disapproved within 30 days, with a possible additional extension of up to 30 days; municipal building timelines vary.
For Archer County OSSF work, the permitting authority must approve or deny a complete application within 5 business days and conduct a construction inspection within 2 business days after an inspection request. The county requires a floodplain determination before new residential, commercial, or agricultural construction; obtain it through Emergency Management at 940-574-2868. Subdivision applicants must request a pre-application meeting with the precinct commissioner and county engineer at least 15 days before filing, and county/state agencies may inspect the property. Municipal building inspections are scheduled with the applicable city permitting officer.
Archer County’s official mitigation plan states that the county has no building or fire codes and does not enforce building codes except through floodplain permitting. The current May 11, 2026 subdivision regulations govern subdivision infrastructure, drainage, water, sewage, roads, and floodplain development. Incorporated municipalities may enforce their own building codes; Archer City’s code requires permits through the city secretary for building, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, and foundation work. The 2026 county subdivision regulations exempt qualifying agricultural divisions without public-use streets, family tracts of four or fewer parts transferred to relatives within the third degree, rural home tracts with all parts over 10 acres, veterans’ tracts meeting the stated conditions, certain public/floodplain/future-development/partitioned tracts, and similar state-law exemptions. The regulations also exclude routine lawn care, removal of naturally damaged vegetation, agricultural cultivation, and utility/drainage/street work that does not disturb land or increase impervious cover from their definition of development. These exemptions do not remove OSSF, floodplain, municipal, or other applicable approvals.
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.