Administrative overview · FIPS 48349
Navarro County permit authority
The first compliance decision is jurisdictional: identify the office with statutory authority over your parcel, then use its filing and inspection sequence to keep the project moving.
Jurisdictional status
County
This county profile is the primary starting point for unincorporated-area permitting.
Responsible agency
Navarro County Planning & Development Office
For a project in or near Navarro County, this office is the identified point of contact for permit intake, statutory code enforcement, plan review coordination, and inspection release conditions. Confirm the parcel’s boundary and project type before relying on the county lane.
Direct contact
Planning & Development: 903-875-3311; OSSF program: 903-875-3313
Call before mobilizing if the project has a boundary, occupancy, fire, septic, or utility question.
Permit counter
Navarro County Planning & Development, 601 North 13th Street, Suite 1, Corsicana, TX 75110
Operating hours
Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-4:30 PM; closed 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Review expectation
OSSF applications received by mail are reviewed within 30 working days. In-person plan-review appointments must be confirmed 24 hours in advance and typically take 30-60 minutes. No fixed building or floodplain review time is published. The OSSF application expires after one year if inspection is incomplete; a lake-area building permit becomes void if authorized work is not completed within 12 months after work commences.
Compliance workbench
Choose the next project decision.
Apply online
Open the verified digital gateway, application form, and review timeline.
Open guide →Fees & penalties
Understand fee schedules, enforcement exposure, and stop-work liabilities.
Open guide →Codes & exemptions
Read the code framework, minor-work exemptions, and inspection lane.
Open guide →Agency website
Visit the primary public source for current notices and contact changes.
Open guide →Source trail
Official sources for this profile
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
Frequently asked questions for Navarro County
Who handles permitting for this jurisdiction?
Navarro County Planning & Development Office is the identified county-level authority for this profile. Confirm that the property is in its service area before filing.
How should I begin an application?
No verified online portal was located in the reviewed public materials. Contact Planning & Development: 903-875-3311; OSSF program: 903-875-3313 and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.
How long might review take?
OSSF applications received by mail are reviewed within 30 working days. In-person plan-review appointments must be confirmed 24 hours in advance and typically take 30-60 minutes. No fixed building or floodplain review time is published. The OSSF application expires after one year if inspection is incomplete; a lake-area building permit becomes void if authorized work is not completed within 12 months after work commences.
How are inspections scheduled?
For covered residential work, the builder contracts with a qualified engineer, architect, TREC inspector, municipal plumbing/building inspector, or ICC residential-combination inspector for three inspections: foundation before concrete, framing and mechanical systems before drywall, and completion. Submit all reports before the county issues the completion certificate. For OSSF work, obtain authorization to construct, leave the system uncovered, and arrange inspection in advance with the county Designated Representative at 903-875-3313; a Notice of Approval follows a passing inspection.
Which codes and exemptions should I review?
International Residential Code published as of May 1, 2008 for new single-family houses and duplexes and additions increasing an existing residence's area or value by more than 50 percent in unincorporated Navarro County; Richland-Chambers Lakeshore Area Zoning Ordinance and building-permit requirements within 5,000 feet of the reservoir's normal shoreline; county Flood Damage Prevention Court Order/NFIP standards; county OSSF rules and 30 TAC Chapter 285; county subdivision and manufactured-home-rental-community regulations. The county residential-construction order does not apply to manufactured homes built under Texas Occupations Code Chapter 1201 or modular homes under Chapter 1202. Its IRC inspection mandate is limited to new single-family houses or duplexes and additions that increase the existing building's square footage or value by more than 50 percent, so ordinary repairs and smaller additions are outside that order; lake-area zoning and floodplain approvals may still apply. The county's current development acknowledgment says all new, modified, or repaired septic systems require a permit.