Shelby County Building Department | Permits, Inspections & Contact

Shelby County’s Department of Development Services provides planning, land development, building, fire-safety, and permit-coordination services. Its official department page lists the development-services office at 1123 County Services Drive, Pelham, Alabama 35124-6128, with (205) 620-6650 as the main phone.

Permit, zoning, and land-development review

The county’s land-development page maintains links for zoning, subdivision, site-plan, sign, rezoning, conditional-use, variance, and portable-building applications. A project may therefore need more than a building permit. Confirm the required review path for the parcel and project type before construction or land disturbance begins.

Inspection sequence

Shelby County’s inspection guidance lists a typical sequence that can include temporary service, footing, slab, in-slab trade, setback verification, sewer, soil or erosion control, energy, rough-in, framing, insulation, and final inspections. The county says the exact sequence varies by project. It also warns that setback verification surveys by an Alabama-registered land surveyor may be required in zoned areas.

For final closeout, the county lists electrical, plumbing, gas, mechanical, building-final, and certificate-of-occupancy or completion steps as applicable. If the property is in a floodplain, the county says a Floodplain Development Permit, survey, and elevation certificate may be required.

Confirm local boundaries and current instructions

Shelby County’s official pages are the source for current applications and inspection instructions. The county has also documented transitions in inspection responsibility for some municipalities, so confirm whether the address is served by county Development Services or a city building department before applying.