The Department of Planning and Building Permit Center is open by appointment only for limited building permit intake, correction returns/pick-up, and permit issuance. To set up an appointment, please call 805-781-5601.
To submit electronic Building Permit or Land Use Permit Applications, please visit the Permitting page.
As of January 15, 2022, a technology fee of 6% will be added to all Planning and Building charges for permits processed by the County of San Luis Obispo Department of Planning and Building.
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Cost accounting agreement for Land Division, Land Use, and Construction permits, as well as General Plan Amendment applications, detailing standard real time billing provisions for application processing cost recovery (ACT-1001)
Fillable PDF to request fee waivers for all project types (ACT-1006)
Fee schedule for fiscal year 2021-2022
This is a tabular, 3-fold guide to residential permit fees (Document BLD-2005)