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; no county review-duration target is published. The development/floodplain permit is valid for one year and must be renewed if work is not completed within that period. A complete OSSF application remains subject to the 30-day approval-or-denial period in 30 TAC Chapter 285.
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 Lee County Development Services: 979-212-8070 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
Lee County Development Services Department 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 Lee County Development Services: 979-212-8070 and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.
N/A; no county review-duration target is published. The development/floodplain permit is valid for one year and must be renewed if work is not completed within that period. A complete OSSF application remains subject to the 30-day approval-or-denial period in 30 TAC Chapter 285.
Submit the completed development packet, survey, flood map, and—when any part of the site is in the floodplain—plans, specifications, latitude/longitude, elevation certificate, and required professional certifications to Development Services at permitting@co.lee.tx.us or call 979-212-8070. The applicant consents to county compliance inspections, must furnish any required elevation certificate within 10 business days after foundation completion, and may not occupy or use the development until a Certificate of Compliance is issued. For OSSF inspection, give at least three working days' advance notice and leave the installation uncovered until approval.
Lee County requires a development application for residential, commercial, oil/gas, pipeline, water, manufactured-home, and other development in unincorporated areas; individual structures over 100 square feet require a permit. Projects must receive either a floodplain exemption certificate or a permit under the Lee County Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance. In the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain, residential lowest floors must be at or above BFE; nonresidential buildings must be elevated or floodproofed; foundations, materials, utilities, and backflow protection must meet the published flood standards and receive professional certification. Every OSSF must be permitted under Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 366 and 30 TAC Chapter 285. No general adopted county ICC code edition was found. An individual building of 100 square feet or less does not require the county development permit. County guidelines also list roofing, painting, general repair, livestock pens and fences, and remodels that do not change a structure's square footage as not requiring a development application. Development outside the mapped 100-year floodplain receives a floodplain exemption certificate rather than a floodplain permit. All septic systems must be permitted; no acreage exception is published locally.
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.