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
No general floodplain or OSSF review time was published. For a manufactured-home rental community infrastructure development plan, the Commissioners Court must approve or reject within 60 business days. Final inspection is due by the second business day after written completion notice, and a compliance certificate is due within five business days after final inspection, or after the completion letter if no inspection is required.
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 Real County Judge: 830-232-5304; Floodplain Coordinator Vick Jones: 830-279-5822; County Clerk: 830-232-5202 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
Real County Floodplain Coordinator, Commissioners Court, and OSSF Inspector 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 Real County Judge: 830-232-5304; Floodplain Coordinator Vick Jones: 830-279-5822; County Clerk: 830-232-5202 and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.
No general floodplain or OSSF review time was published. For a manufactured-home rental community infrastructure development plan, the Commissioners Court must approve or reject within 60 business days. Final inspection is due by the second business day after written completion notice, and a compliance certificate is due within five business days after final inspection, or after the completion letter if no inspection is required.
Contact Floodplain Coordinator Vick Jones at 830-279-5822 before starting any new construction, addition, manufactured-home or travel-trailer placement, or subdivision proposal and obtain the required Exemption or Elevation Certificate. For subdivision OSSF work, coordinate the required pre-, during-, and post-construction inspections with the County OSSF Inspector through the County Judge's office. Manufactured-home rental community applicants must arrange a preconstruction meeting with the County Engineer; final inspection occurs no later than the second business day after written completion notice.
Real County's floodplain development-permit system applies to all new construction, additions to existing structures, manufactured homes, travel trailers, and subdivision proposals under its Flood Damage Prevention Order and National Flood Insurance Program standards. Projects outside the floodplain require an Exemption Certificate; projects in the floodplain require an Elevation Certificate. The county's December 2024 subdivision and land-development regulations govern plats, roads, drainage, manufactured-home rental communities, infrastructure, groundwater certification, and wastewater. They require every subdivision septic system to meet state and county rules and be permitted and inspected before, during, and after construction by the County OSSF Inspector. No general county structural building-code edition was published for 2026. No minor-structure or cosmetic-work exemption list was published. Development outside the mapped floodplain is not exempt from county review; it requires a $50 Exemption Certificate. Floodplain development requires a $100 Elevation Certificate. State OSSF exceptions may apply only where all 30 TAC Chapter 285 conditions are met, including the strict 10-acre single-family rule or qualifying emergency repairs; obtain a county determination before relying on an exception.
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.