Plan Review
Provides plan review for commercial projects to ensure code compliance with the North Carolina Building Codes, conducts on-site safety inspections for Temporary Events, and provides plan review services based on State Local Option Plan Review guidelines. "Counter" reviews will be completed on Duplexes for tenant separation unless the complexity of the separation requires a full plan review. Townhouses require a full plan review. All plans are reviewed electronically.
Applications for plan review are now being done electronically and are available through our ePermits system. CLICK HERE to get started. If you do not already have an ePermits user account, you will be required to set one up to submit applications.
Online payments are accepted through our ePermits system. CLICK HERE to get started. If you do not already have an ePermits user account, you will be required to set one up to make payments.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: North Carolina Office of State Fire Marshal – Engineering and Building Codes Division Statement Regarding the Effective Date of the 2024 North Carolina State Building Code
North Carolina General Assembly Session Law 2024-57 (S382) became law on 12/11/24. Section 1F.3 of the new law delays the effective date of the 2024 North Carolina State Building Code to 7/1/25. As a result, the 2018 North Carolina State Building Code remains effective through 6/30/25. Should the 2024 North Carolina State Building Code be used for a project prior to the 7/1/25 effective date, the 2024 code must be used for the entirety of the scope of work included in that project.
The following code volumes comprise the 2018 North Carolina State Building Code:
- 2018 North Carolina Administrative Code and Policies
- 2018 North Carolina Building Code
- 2017 North Carolina Electrical Code (2017 NFPA 70 National Electrical Code with NC Amendments) for buildings and structures included within the scope of the 2018 North Carolina Residential Code.
- 2020 North Carolina Electrical Code (2020 NFPA 70 National Electrical Code with NC Amendments) for buildings and structures not included within the scope of the 2018 North Carolina Residential Code.
- 2018 North Carolina Energy Conservation Code
- 2018 North Carolina Existing Building Code
- 2018 North Carolina Fire Code
- 2018 North Carolina Fuel Gas Code
- 2018 North Carolina Mechanical Code
- 2018 North Carolina Plumbing Code
- 2018 North Carolina Residential Code
The following code volumes comprise the 2024 North Carolina State Building Code:
- 2024 North Carolina Administrative Code and Policies
- 2024 North Carolina Building Code
- 2023 North Carolina Electrical Code (2023 NFPA 70 National Electrical Code with NC Amendments)
- 2018 North Carolina Energy Conservation Code (NCECC) (The proposed 2024 North Carolina Energy Conservation Code is currently under legislative review by the North Carolina General Assembly pursuant to N.C.G.S. 150B-21.3. The 2018 NCECC remains effective until the results of the legislative review are known, which is anticipated to be in the long session of 2025.)
- 2024 North Carolina Existing Building Code
- 2024 North Carolina Fire Code
- 2024 North Carolina Fuel Gas Code
- 2024 North Carolina Mechanical Code
- 2024 North Carolina Plumbing Code
- 2024 North Carolina Residential Code (NCRC) (Chapters 11 through 24 of the 2018 NCRC are included within the 2024 NCRC as per North Carolina General Assembly Session Law 2023-108 (H488), Sections 7 and 8 which became law on 8/16/23).
Both online and print copies of the 2024 North Carolina State Building Code are anticipated to be available to the public in the first quarter of 2025.
Pulled from the December 2024 Press Release from the Office of the NC State Fire Marshal
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Damon White | Michael Skewes Building Services Official I Mobile: (828) 302-6944 |
| Daphney Browning Plans Facilitator Office: (828) 465-7961 |