Permits & licenses in Gordon County.
Permitting in Gordon County runs on Georgia's state minimum standard codes, adopted by the Department of Community Affairs and enforced at the local line. There is no state building permit: the county inspection department holds the unincorporated parcels and each city holds its own, on the same DCA edition.
- The Gordon County Community Development Department enforces the county's building and development ordinances in the unincorporated county and in the cities of Plainville, Ranger and Resaca.
- County building permit applications and payments run through the Community Development portal on OpenGov; commercial plans go to review through ePlan Solution.
- A fire permit for commercial, industrial and multi-family projects comes from the Gordon County Fire Prevention Office.
Talk to a permit specialist — for your Gordon County project.
county seat: Calhoun
Gordon County · drawn from Census boundaries
What we clear here
- Building permits — new construction, fit-outs, renovations
- Trade permits — electrical, plumbing, gas, mechanical
- Use & occupancy and the inspections behind it
- Business & contractor licensing
- Signs, site work, and right-of-way
How it moves
Your package is reviewed against the current Gordon County submission requirements before it's filed — forms, editions, scales, signatures. Then it's tracked in the queue and carried through comments. A resubmittal means the back of the line; the pre-filing review is there to help keep you out of it. The habit comes from volume: the team has processed 400+ permits annually across Maryland, D.C., and Virginia counters.
Straight answers
Who issues building permits in Gordon County?
Gordon County Community Development Department — with the trade, health, and fire reviews that attach depending on the project.
Does DaKa work in Gordon County?
Yes — Gordon County is one of the Georgia markets we serve. Call (240) 344-5075, or send the project over, and we'll lay out your project's permits and licenses, in order, with what each review will take.
Talk to a permit specialist
Ten minutes on your project. You leave knowing the approvals it needs, in what order, and what each review will take. Or send the address, scope, and plans and we start from there.