Permit Help in Delray Beach
If your property is inside the City of Delray Beach, building permits are issued by the City’s Development Services Building Division — not by Palm Beach County and not by Boca Raton or Boynton Beach. A Delray Beach mailing address can still sit outside city limits. The City notes that a parcel control number (PCN) for property inside the city begins with 12. A PCN that begins with 00 is in unincorporated Palm Beach County, and that work has to be permitted through the County, not through Delray Beach eServices. Confirm the issuing office before anyone applies.
Permit Busters, LLC helps homeowners, business owners, real estate professionals, and contractors with permit expediting, code-violation resolution, and open or expired permit questions on Delray Beach properties. We do not issue or approve permits. The City’s building official decides those outcomes.
Which office reviews a Delray Beach property?
The Building Division handles plan review, permitting, and inspection of construction activity in the City, along with sign permits and certain landscape reviews. The office is at 100 NW 1st Avenue, Delray Beach, FL 33444, north of the main City Hall entrance. The Building Division main line is (561) 243-7200. Posted office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., excluding holidays.
If the property is in a Historic District or is individually listed on the Local Register of Historic Places, Historic Preservation review may apply in addition to the building permit. Association or condominium approval, when a property requires it, is separate from the City permit and remains the client’s responsibility. Engineering and right-of-way questions can also affect site work; those reviews are not a substitute for the building permit.
How Delray Beach applications are submitted
The City’s current apply path is Delray Beach eServices, a Civic Access portal launched in June 2025. The official portal is https://cityofdelraybeachfl-energovweb.tylerhost.net/apps/selfservice#/home. Registration is required to access existing records, request inspections, and submit new applications. The City asks applicants to use the same email already tied to active records when they register.
Through eServices you can start the online application, upload drawings and documents as PDFs, review and respond to comments, pay the City’s permit fees, and download the issued permit. Have the job information and the property’s PCN ready, and confirm that contractor registration with the City is current before filing. Applicants who prefer paper may bring documents to the Building Division; the City can digitize them there.
County reviews, when they apply, are a separate path. A Palm Beach County filing is not a substitute for the Delray Beach permit, and a Delray Beach eServices filing is not a substitute for a County permit on an unincorporated parcel.
How Permit Busters can help
Permit expediting. Share the Delray Beach address, confirmation that the PCN belongs to the City, the scope of work, and whether an eServices record already exists. We can help prepare application information, organize electronic uploads, and follow City and County reviewer comments. Licensed contractors or eligible owner-builders still have to meet the City’s applicant rules. Government fees are separate from our fee. Our fee is non-refundable once work begins.
Code-violation resolution. Read the agency named on the notice. A City of Delray Beach notice is not the same as a Palm Beach County notice or a notice from Boca Raton or Boynton Beach. If a hearing is involved, our help is document preparation only, not attorney work and not legal advice. Bring the notice, confirmation of the property city, and any related permit records.
Open or expired permits. Finished physical work is not the same as a closed permit. If a sale or refinance turned up an open or expired Delray Beach record, gather the permit number, inspection history if you have it, and the question from your transaction team. Identifying a record and resolving it are separate steps. A consultation cannot guarantee a closing date.
Project types we often discuss in Delray Beach
Homeowners, businesses, and real estate professionals often need help with renovations, windows and doors, roofing, kitchens and baths, fences, driveways, or sign work, or with an open permit found during a sale, including on properties that may also need historic review.
Questions specific to Delray Beach
Who issues the permit?
The City of Delray Beach issues its own building permits. A PCN that begins with 12 is inside the city. A PCN that begins with 00 is unincorporated Palm Beach County and should not be filed in Delray Beach eServices.
How do I file?
New applications go through eServices at https://cityofdelraybeachfl-energovweb.tylerhost.net/apps/selfservice#/home. You can also bring paper documents to 100 NW 1st Avenue during posted hours and have the City digitize them.
What should I gather before a consultation?
The property address, the PCN if you have it, confirmation that the property is inside the City of Delray Beach, a short description of the work or the notice, any permit or case number, and copies of plans or inspection history if you have them.
Ready to talk through a Delray Beach file? Book an appointment or call (954) 616-5823. Permit Busters, LLC · Lauderhill, FL 33351 · Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM ET.
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