Permits & licenses in Gwinnett County.
Permitting in Gwinnett 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.
- Building Services in the Gwinnett County Department of Planning and Development reviews plans, issues building and trade permits, and performs inspections; applications and inspection requests run through the county's Zoning, Inspections, and Permitting (ZIP) Portal.
- The construction permit is issued to the contractor of record once plan review, fees and contractor information are complete.
- The department authorizes private-sector third-party engineers, inspectors, geotechnical testing firms and special inspection agents for limited county development and building services.
Talk to a permit specialist — for your Gwinnett County project.
county seat: Lawrenceville
Gwinnett 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 Gwinnett 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 Gwinnett County?
Gwinnett County Department of Planning and Development — with the trade, health, and fire reviews that attach depending on the project.
Does DaKa work in Gwinnett County?
Yes — Gwinnett 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.