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
The county publishes no standard OSSF review duration; nonstandard systems may receive additional TCEQ review. An OSSF Authorization to Construct is valid for one year. Commercial/heavy-duty driveway permits have a maximum 30-day construction period unless Commissioners Court specifically authorizes longer.
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/Commissioners Court: 432-607-3535 or 432-607-3536; 911 Addressing: 432-607-3599; Road & Bridge: 432-459-2405 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
Martin County Judge's Office and On-Site Sewage Facility 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/Commissioners Court: 432-607-3535 or 432-607-3536; 911 Addressing: 432-607-3599; Road & Bridge: 432-459-2405 and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.
The county publishes no standard OSSF review duration; nonstandard systems may receive additional TCEQ review. An OSSF Authorization to Construct is valid for one year. Commercial/heavy-duty driveway permits have a maximum 30-day construction period unless Commissioners Court specifically authorizes longer.
For OSSF work, submit the owner-signed application, technical information, licensed site/soil evaluation, installer drawing, planning materials, fee, and site directions. Construction may begin only after Authorization to Construct. Contact the County Judge/OSSF office at least 24 hours before the system is ready for inspection and leave every part uncovered; a Notice of Approval follows a satisfactory inspection and payment of all fees. Martin County reserves the right to inspect driveway work during construction and afterward and may require changes, maintenance, or repairs needed to protect life and property.
Martin County administers OSSF construction under Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 366 and 30 TAC Chapter 285, requires county-road driveway/access permits, and requires 911 addressing for new houses and related septic/building/driveway permitting. The Texas Floodplain Management Association directory identifies the County Judge as Martin County's floodplain contact, but current state transportation plans state that no FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps exist for the county's unincorporated areas. No countywide ICC structural building-code edition, general building-permit program, or zoning code was found. No county cosmetic-building-work exemption list is published. Martin County's residential county-road driveway permit has no fee, but every new, rebuilt, relocated, enlarged, or otherwise modified access connection in county right-of-way still requires the permit. State OSSF rules exempt limited emergency component repairs from advance permitting when reported in writing within 72 hours after work begins, and may exempt a single-family system on a tract of at least 10 acres only when all statutory separation, retained-effluent, nuisance, and groundwater-protection conditions are met; confirm applicability with the county before work.
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.