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; Burnet County publishes application requirements and fees but no standard 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 512-756-5445 (permit/flood-hazard verification); 512-715-5260 (Development Services flood assistance); 512-756-5420 (county courthouse) 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
Burnet County Development Services Department / Environmental Services and OSSF Permitting is the identified county-level authority for this profile. Confirm that the property is in its service area before filing.
No verified online portal was located in the reviewed public materials. Contact 512-756-5445 (permit/flood-hazard verification); 512-715-5260 (Development Services flood assistance); 512-756-5420 (county courthouse) and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.
N/A; Burnet County publishes application requirements and fees but no standard review timeline.
Submit the building application and supporting flood-zone documentation to Development Services; floodplain work requires pre-pour and finished-construction inspections. For OSSF, submit the county septic application with a licensed site evaluation, soil test, design, and any required affidavits or maintenance contracts; construction cannot start until the Designated Representative approves and issues the permit to construct. The permitting authority may enter the property during daylight for inspection.
Burnet County requires a building/development permit for county projects, with Class A for work outside a designated flood hazard boundary and Class B for work in a flood zone. All floodplain development, including new construction, filling, grading, paving, and substantial improvements at 50% or more of market value, requires a permit and inspections. The county flood order uses FEMA FIS/FIRM data dated November 1, 2019 and requires one-foot freeboard for new and substantially improved structures, with a two-foot recommendation in A zones. Burnet County adopts 30 TAC Chapters 30 and 285 for OSSF and applies more stringent local rules. Class A permits require no structural inspections; Class B flood-zone permits require elevation or engineer/site-plan documentation. No broad cosmetic-work exemption list was published. Burnet County's OSSF order expressly requires permitting and inspection of all on-site systems regardless of tract size, so the usual state 10-acre exemption is not available within the county's jurisdiction unless the county confirms otherwise. Development outside the designated flood hazard area does not require a floodplain permit, but the county's building permit may still be required.
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.