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 application page says approval normally takes 3-10 working days for average structures and 30-45 working days for larger commercial projects; the residential application cautions that review may take up to 14 days. Once paid, work must begin within 180 days, and a permit also expires if work is suspended or abandoned or more than 180 days pass between inspections; written extensions of up to 180 days may be granted for justifiable cause.
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 Building Division: 435-755-1650, press 1; Development Services / land-use questions and violations: 435-755-1640 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
Cache County Development Services Department, Building Division 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 Building Division: 435-755-1650, press 1; Development Services / land-use questions and violations: 435-755-1640 and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.
The application page says approval normally takes 3-10 working days for average structures and 30-45 working days for larger commercial projects; the residential application cautions that review may take up to 14 days. Once paid, work must begin within 180 days, and a permit also expires if work is suspended or abandoned or more than 180 days pass between inspections; written extensions of up to 180 days may be granted for justifiable cause.
Call 435-755-1650 and press 1 by 3:30 p.m. on the business day before the requested inspection; at least 24 hours is mandatory and 2-3 days is recommended. Same-day inspections are not available, the paid permit number/address/owner and inspection type are required, and the project must be ready by 8:00 a.m. Do not cover work before approval. Typical stages include footing and steel, foundation, drain and water, rough plumbing/electrical/framing/mechanical, gas pressure, energy/insulation, lath or wallboard, chimney, stucco certification, and final. A signed Public Works/Fire District pre-occupancy checklist is required at final for unincorporated residential projects and certain accessory structures. A failed readiness visit may trigger the published $75 reinspection fee, payable before another inspection is scheduled.
2024 International Building Code; 2021 International Residential Code; 2024 International Plumbing Code; 2024 International Mechanical Code; 2024 International Fuel Gas Code; 2024 International Energy Conservation Code; 2023 National Electrical Code; and 2009 ANSI A117.1 accessibility standard, with statewide Utah amendments. Published local design criteria include at least 35 psf valley roof snow load, at least 100 psf in canyons and mountain areas, seismic design category D, 90 mph wind, and 30-inch frost depth. The division serves unincorporated Cache County and Amalga, Avon, Benson, Cornish, Cove, Hyrum, Millville, Paradise, Petersboro, Providence, Richmond, River Heights, Smithfield, Trenton, Wellsville, and the county areas; Clarkston, Hyde Park, Lewiston, Mendon, Newton, Nibley, North Logan, and Logan issue their own permits. Cache County directs applicants to 2021 IRC Section R105 for work exempt from permit. That section includes ordinary painting, papering, tiling, carpeting, cabinets, countertops, and similar finish work; qualifying one-story detached accessory structures up to 200 square feet; fences no higher than 7 feet; qualifying low retaining walls, grade-supported small water tanks, sidewalks and driveways, qualifying shallow prefabricated pools, playground equipment, limited wall-supported awnings, and qualifying low detached decks. Separate trade-code exemptions may apply, but exempt work must still comply with code. A qualifying agricultural structure does not need a structural building permit after zoning clearance and a recorded Agricultural Exemption Acknowledgement and Non-Conversion form, but electrical, plumbing, or mechanical work requires a permit and the structure cannot later be converted to residential or commercial use without code review.
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.