Permits & licenses in Cannon County.
Cannon County sits inside Tennessee's two-layer arrangement: the State Fire Marshal's Office holds building code plans review and inspection everywhere it has not delegated them, and here it has — the local codes department issues the permit and runs the inspections. State-owned buildings, schools and licensed daycare facilities stay with the state either way.
- Since January 1, 2025 the Cannon County Planning Department administers and enforces building codes across Cannon County, Woodbury included and Auburntown excluded, under the 2025 International Building Code.
- Residential building permits run through the county's iWorQ permit portal; commercial, industrial and multi-family construction documents are reviewed by a State Fire Marshal's Office deputy building inspector, who sets the permit fee.
- Inside Woodbury the Town of Woodbury approves the site plan before the county issues the permit.
Talk to a permit specialist — for your Cannon County project.
county seat: Woodbury
Cannon 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 Cannon 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 Cannon County?
Cannon County Planning Department — with the trade, health, and fire reviews that attach depending on the project.
Does DaKa work in Cannon County?
Yes — Cannon County is one of the Tennessee 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.