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
Complete OSSF planning materials must be approved or denied within 30 days under 30 TAC Chapter 285. A manufactured-home rental community Infrastructure Development Plan must be approved or rejected in writing within 60 days; no timely rejection constitutes approval. If a final infrastructure inspection is required, it must be completed by the second business day after written completion notice, and a compliant Certificate of Compliance must issue by the fifth business day. The county publishes no fixed floodplain-permit review target. A floodplain permit is valid for one year and must be renewed if work remains incomplete.
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 Upshur County Road and Bridge: 903-843-7623; Floodplain Administrator Marc Nichols: 903-240-3574; County Judge's Office: 903-680-8113 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
Upshur County Road and Bridge Department and Upshur County Floodplain Administrator 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 Upshur County Road and Bridge: 903-843-7623; Floodplain Administrator Marc Nichols: 903-240-3574; County Judge's Office: 903-680-8113 and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.
Complete OSSF planning materials must be approved or denied within 30 days under 30 TAC Chapter 285. A manufactured-home rental community Infrastructure Development Plan must be approved or rejected in writing within 60 days; no timely rejection constitutes approval. If a final infrastructure inspection is required, it must be completed by the second business day after written completion notice, and a compliant Certificate of Compliance must issue by the fifth business day. The county publishes no fixed floodplain-permit review target. A floodplain permit is valid for one year and must be renewed if work remains incomplete.
Submit the floodplain development application contained at the end of the county ordinance with one copy of plans and specifications when the site is in a floodplain; coordinate map determination, elevation documentation, and inspections with the Floodplain Administrator at 903-240-3574 or Road and Bridge at 903-843-7623. For a county-road culvert, first call Road and Bridge for a size evaluation, return the signed permit, then schedule pipe delivery and installation. Manufactured-home-community improvements may receive periodic inspections; when the County Engineer requires a final inspection, it must occur by the second business day after written completion notice. Obtain OSSF authorization and the required pre-cover inspection through the current permitting authority listed in TCEQ's county directory before installation or operation.
Upshur County's Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance requires a development permit for development in county Special Flood Hazard Areas and applies FEMA FIRM/FIS data, 44 CFR floodplain standards, a two-foot freeboard for new and substantially improved structures in specified zones, floodproofing certification for applicable nonresidential work, anchoring/elevation standards for manufactured homes, and no-rise analysis for floodway encroachments. County subdivision and manufactured-home-community regulations apply road, drainage, utility, plat, and OSSF standards, including 30 TAC Chapter 285. The county publishes no adopted general countywide IRC, IBC, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, or fire-code edition for ordinary construction outside these programs. Municipalities regulate work inside their boundaries and may have ETJ requirements. The floodplain ordinance applies to development in mapped Special Flood Hazard Areas; projects outside those areas are not subject to that floodplain permit but may still need subdivision, septic, driveway/culvert, utility, state, or municipal approval. A recreational vehicle in a regulated flood zone may avoid manufactured-home elevation requirements when it remains fewer than 180 consecutive days or is fully licensed and highway-ready; otherwise it must meet the permit, elevation, and anchoring rules. The county publishes no blanket cosmetic-work or small-accessory-building exemption from regulated floodplain development.
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.