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Building Permit Application Requirements
*Please note this process can sometimes take weeks or months to accomplish.
New Home
- Contact Board of Health for well and septic system requirements 978-369-0283
- Contact Fire Prevention Office for fire and carbon monoxide requirements 978-287-0072
- Contact Planning Board to inquire about any restrictions 978-369-9702
- Contact Conservation Commission regarding land use issues 978-369-0336
- 2 Set of detailed plans
- Completed Building application with Homeowner signatures
- Certified plot plan by a surveyor
- HERS Preliminary Report
- Workers Comp Insurance and Liability Insurance Certificates
- Construction Supervisors License
Addition/Alteration
- Contact Board of Health for well and septic system requirements 978-369-0283
- Contact Fire Prevention Office for fire and carbon monoxide requirements 978-287-0072
- Contact Planning Board to inquire about any restrictions 978-369-9702
- Contact Conservation Commission regarding land use issues 978-369-0336
- 2 Set of detailed plans
- Completed Building application with Homeowner signatures
- Certified plot plan by a surveyor
- HERS Preliminary Report
- Workers Comp Insurance and Liability Insurance Certificates
- Home Improvement Contractors License and Construction Supervisors License
Finish Basement
- Contact Board of Health for well and septic system requirements 978-369-0283
- Contact Fire Prevention Office for fire and carbon monoxide requirements 978-287-0072
- 2 Set of detailed plans
- Completed Building application with Homeowner signatures
- Workers Comp Insurance and Liability Insurance Certificates
- Home Improvement Contractors License and Construction Supervisors License
Sheds
- 2 Set of detailed plans
- Completed Building application with Homeowner signatures
- Workers Comp Insurance and Liability Insurance Certificates
- Certified plot plan
- Home Improvement Contractors License and Construction Supervisors License
Deck-Porch-Pool
- Contact Board of Health for well and septic system requirements 978-369-0283
- Contact Fire Prevention Office for fire and carbon monoxide requirements 978-287-0072
- Contact Conservation Commission regarding land use issues 978-369-0336
- 2 Set of detailed plans
- Completed application with Homeowner signatures
- Certified plot plan
- Workers Comp Insurance and Liability Insurance Certificates
- Home Improvement Contractors License and Construction Supervisors License
Wind Turbine
- 2 Set of detailed Engineer stamped drawings
- Zoning Board of Appeals Special Permit Approval 978-369-5326
- Conservation Commission approvals for land use 978-369-0336
- Certified plot plan indicating approved location
- Copies of the recorded documents from Registry of Deeds
- Workers Comp Insurance and Liability Insurance Certificates
- Home Improvement Contractors License and Construction Supervisors License
- Completed Building Permit Application
- Completed Electrical Permit Application by a Licensed Electrician
- Electrical Permits submitted by homeowners will not be accepted
*For Inspections and Questions Call: 978-369-6689 Fax: 978-318-0098 *