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
Complete Certificate of Compliance applications are reviewed by Commissioners Court on a monthly or biweekly basis. Current state rules allow the OSSF permitting authority 30 days to approve or deny a complete application and planning materials. No typical development/floodplain or subdivision review time is 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 County Judge/Floodplain Administrator Joanna Mackenzie: 915-369-2321; Hudspeth County Appraisal District OSSF assistance: 915-369-4118 or 915-369-3621 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
Hudspeth County Judge and Floodplain Administrator / Hudspeth County Appraisal District OSSF Program 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 County Judge/Floodplain Administrator Joanna Mackenzie: 915-369-2321; Hudspeth County Appraisal District OSSF assistance: 915-369-4118 or 915-369-3621 and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.
Complete Certificate of Compliance applications are reviewed by Commissioners Court on a monthly or biweekly basis. Current state rules allow the OSSF permitting authority 30 days to approve or deny a complete application and planning materials. No typical development/floodplain or subdivision review time is published.
Mail the county development application to the County Judge Office, P.O. Box 68, Sierra Blanca, TX 79851, or email countyapplications@co.hudspeth.tx.us; call 915-369-2321 for floodplain review. Floodplain sites must provide scaled plans and the applicable residential elevation certificate, nonresidential floodproofing certificate, or floodway no-rise certification. For septic permitting, inspections, or records, contact the Hudspeth County Appraisal District at 915-369-4118; proof of inspection or authorization to operate is required for the county Certificate of Compliance.
Hudspeth County requires its development-permit review for proposed residential, commercial, manufactured-home, cell-tower, substantial-improvement, temporary-storage, and other development, with the County Floodplain Administrator applying FEMA flood data and elevation, floodproofing, and no-rise documentation where applicable. The county also administers Certificates of Plat Compliance, revised model subdivision rules, subdivision improvement-plan and plat review, road naming, and county road/right-of-way permits. The Hudspeth County Appraisal District administers the local OSSF program under Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 366 and 30 TAC Chapter 285. No general countywide ICC structural-code edition is published. The development application allows the Floodplain Administrator to determine whether a site is outside the mapped floodplain and issue an exemption certificate; projects in a floodplain or floodway must supply the applicable scaled plans, elevation or floodproofing certificate, and no-rise engineering. No county cosmetic-work exemption list is published. State OSSF rules provide narrow exceptions for qualifying 10-acre single-family tracts, qualifying grandfathered systems, and defined emergency repairs reported in writing within 72 hours. Residential property outside incorporated municipalities must obtain a Certificate of Compliance before new, reconnected, or changed utility service.
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.