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
N/A; after compliant work is completed, Chapter 22 requires the certificate of compliance to be issued within 10 days.
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 715-743-5130 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
Clark County Planning, Zoning and Land Information Department is the identified county-level authority for this profile. Confirm that the property is in its service area before filing.
Begin with the online permit gateway listed in the application guide. If the portal does not recognize the address or project type, contact 715-743-5130.
N/A; after compliant work is completed, Chapter 22 requires the certificate of compliance to be issued within 10 days.
Submit the county land-use form with a site plan, stake or flag the proposed project, and obtain any separate township, UDC, POWTS, driveway, Wisconsin DNR, or federal approval before starting. Call 715-743-5130 to coordinate county on-site zoning, shoreland, sanitary, or compliance inspections. The public portal currently provides printable permit records for only part of the township alphabet. Structural, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and occupancy inspections must be arranged with the applicable town or its UDC inspection agency.
Clark County Chapter 22 Land Use governs county zoning, shoreland, wetland, sanitation/POWTS, floodplain-related land use, grading, and development in unincorporated areas. The county reviews and inspects land-use construction and compliance, but Chapter 6 Buildings and Building Regulations is expressly reserved, so Clark County does not publish a county structural building code. Wisconsin Uniform Dwelling Code SPS 320-325 and structural/trade permits must therefore be obtained from the applicable town, municipality, contracted UDC inspector, or Wisconsin DSPS in addition to county land-use approval. No broad county cosmetic-work exemption is published. Chapter 22 requires a zoning permit before a building or structure is erected, moved, or structurally altered to change use or increase floor area, before land use is substantially altered, and before a private sewer or water system is built or structurally altered. The ordinance contains narrow shoreland-wetland exceptions for passive recreation with no filling or excavation, livestock fences, approved piers or docks, limited maintenance of agricultural drainage and highways, and certain small satellite receivers or utility facilities. Confirm ordinary repair work with the county and the applicable municipal UDC inspector.
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.