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 building-plan review time is published. The Floodplain Administrator must review floodplain permit applications and plans within 90 days after submission.
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 304-574-4320 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
Fayette County Building Safety Department 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 304-574-4320 and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.
No general building-plan review time is published. The Floodplain Administrator must review floodplain permit applications and plans within 90 days after submission.
Call the Building Safety Department at 304-574-4320 to arrange required building, electrical, or floodplain inspections. The county publishes no online inspection-request portal, daily cutoff, or promised arrival window. Floodplain development may be inspected during work, and occupancy in the special flood-hazard area requires a Certificate of Compliance.
Fayette County's Unified Development Code adopts and directs the Building Safety Department to enforce the current West Virginia State Building Code. For 2026 this includes the 2018 IBC, 2018 IRC, 2018 IPC, 2018 IMC, 2018 IFGC, 2018 IPMC, 2018 IEBC, 2018 ISPSC, 2015 IECC, 2020 NEC, 2017 ICC A117.1, and West Virginia amendments. The county also enforces its Unified Development Code, zoning requirements, and Floodplain Ordinance. The county does not publish a current minor/cosmetic-work exemption list. Its homeowner guide says permits are required for construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, movement, demolition, occupancy changes, and regulated electrical, gas, mechanical, and plumbing work, including reroofing. An owner working on the home in which the owner resides is exempt from contractor licensing, not from the permit; hired electrical, plumbing, or other trade work must be performed by appropriately licensed contractors. State law excludes structures on parcels used primarily for agricultural purposes from the county-adopted building code.
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.