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
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.
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 Planning & Development: 903-875-3311; OSSF program: 903-875-3313 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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.