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
A complete OSSF application is subject to the 30-day approval-or-denial period in 30 TAC Chapter 285. Complete county subdivision applications are reviewed within 30 days, with notice of missing items within 10 business days. No floodplain review timeline 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/OSSF office: 512-556-8271; Floodplain Administrator Joe England: 512-663-8364 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
Lampasas County Judge's Office OSSF Program and Floodplain Administrator 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/OSSF office: 512-556-8271; Floodplain Administrator Joe England: 512-663-8364 and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.
A complete OSSF application is subject to the 30-day approval-or-denial period in 30 TAC Chapter 285. Complete county subdivision applications are reviewed within 30 days, with notice of missing items within 10 business days. No floodplain review timeline is published.
Obtain or submit the current OSSF application through the County Judge's office at 512-556-8271 and coordinate required inspections with designated representative Jerry D. Harrison at jerry_h_2_o@yahoo.com. The application requires a soil/site evaluation, scaled system plan with setbacks, and other planning materials; floodplain sites require additional information. Soil-substitution and mound systems require two inspections and an additional $75 paid at the second inspection. Do not begin construction before approval. For floodplain review contact Joe England at 512-663-8364. No public online scheduler was found.
Lampasas County is a TCEQ-authorized OSSF agent under its TCEQ-approved February 2025 order, incorporating Texas Health and Safety Code Chapters 366 and 367, Texas Water Code Chapters 7, 26, and 37, and 30 TAC Chapters 30, 70, and 285. County-specific rules require an OSSF permit regardless of acreage; one acre of suitable surface area for a single-family OSSF served by public water, two acres without public water; 60 gallons per day in RV designs; and compliance with the county subdivision or manufactured-home order before OSSF approval. Contract administrator Joe England handles county floodplain administration under the county's flood-damage-prevention ordinance. No general county structural-building permit program or adopted county ICC code edition was found; the City of Lampasas separately enforces 2021 ICC codes and the 2020 NEC within city jurisdiction. Lampasas County expressly requires a permit for every OSSF regardless of acreage, eliminating the minimum state 10-acre exception locally. No county cosmetic structural-work exemption list is published because no general county structural permit program was found. Confirm floodplain clearance with the county administrator; incorporated cities impose their own building and floodplain requirements.
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.