Dover Building Permit Guide
Dover is the state capital and the Kent County seat, and it runs its own permitting: its Department of Planning and Inspections issues the permit and its own city fire marshal reviews the plans.
Kent County Building Permit Guide
Kent County writes and enforces its own building code by Levy Court ordinance, and one of its amendments changes how you engineer a foundation: the prescriptive footing tables are gone.
Middletown Building Permit Guide
Middletown, in southern New Castle County, is the fastest-growing municipality in Delaware, and it runs its own permitting through the Licensing and Inspections Department — with a contractor-licensing rule written into the town code.
Milford Building Permit Guide
How to get a building permit in Milford, Delaware - City of Milford Building Inspections and Permitting Division, state fire marshal review, contractor registration, online permits, fees, inspections, and closeout. 2026 guide.
New Castle County Building Permit Guide
New Castle County is a real building-code authority, not a pass-through: its Department of Land Use adopts, amends and enforces the code across the unincorporated county and issues the permit.
Newark Building Permit Guide
Newark, in New Castle County and home to the University of Delaware, runs its own permitting through the Code Enforcement Division and its own jurisdictional city fire marshal — and it regulates student housing more tightly than anywhere else in the state.
Seaford Building Permit Guide
How to get a building permit in Seaford, Delaware - City of Seaford Code Department, state fire marshal review, contractor registration, online permits, fees, inspections, and closeout. 2026 guide.
Smyrna Building Permit Guide
How to get a building permit in Smyrna, Delaware - Town of Smyrna Permits and Inspections Department, state fire marshal review, contractor registration, online permits, fees, inspections, and closeout. 2026 guide.
Sussex County Building Permit Guide
Sussex County is the building-code authority not only for its unincorporated land but for 14 incorporated towns that never took the function on — so the same office may hold the code inside town limits.
Wilmington Building Permit Guide
Wilmington is the one Delaware municipality large enough to run the whole process itself — its own building code, its own fire marshal, and its own licensing, all through Licenses and Inspections.