Palm Beach County Permit Help

Palm Beach County is not one building department. The Palm Beach County Planning, Zoning & Building Department’s Building Division reviews building permits for unincorporated Palm Beach County. Cities such as West Palm Beach and Boca Raton have their own building officials and their own portals. Confirm the issuing office from the property address 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 across Palm Beach County. We do not issue or approve permits. The building official for that jurisdiction decides those outcomes.

This page explains how to tell County filing from city filing. For a property inside a city we already cover, use that city page for the local portal details.

Which office reviews a Palm Beach County property?

A West Palm Beach mailing address can still sit in unincorporated Palm Beach County or in another municipality. Check the property against official city or County records before you choose a portal. If the property is inside the City of West Palm Beach, filings go through the City’s Civic Access portal, not through the County’s ePZB system. If the property is inside Boca Raton or another municipality, use that city’s process.

The County Building Division’s main office is published at 2300 N. Jog Road, West Palm Beach, FL 33411. Published main-office hours are Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. A South County office at 345 S. Congress Avenue, Delray Beach, is listed with limited services, Tuesday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. The published main phone number is 561-233-5000.

The County also publishes current submittal reminders on its Building Division site, including flood-related documentation for certain application types. Check the current County checklist before you apply; requirements can change.

How unincorporated Palm Beach County applications are submitted

For unincorporated Palm Beach County, the Building Division’s website links “Apply for a Building Permit” to the County’s ePZB Admin Portal at https://www.pbcgov.org/ePZB.Admin.WebSPA/#/login. The same portal family is used, on the County site, for permit tracking, some fee estimates, and other Building Division services.

ePZB is not the portal for a property that sits inside a municipality with its own building department. If you already created a Civic Access profile for a West Palm Beach city job, that login does not automatically file a County permit, and the reverse is also true.

How Permit Busters can help

Permit expediting. Share the property address, whether you believe it is unincorporated or inside a city, and the scope of work. We can help confirm the issuing office, organize the ePZB or city-portal application that office typically requires, and follow comments. Licensed contractors or eligible owner-builders still have to meet that office’s applicant rules.

Code-violation resolution. Read the agency named on the notice. A Palm Beach County notice is not the same as a City of West Palm Beach notice or a notice from another municipality. Bring the notice, the property city or unincorporated location, and any related permit records to the conversation.

Open or expired permits. Finished physical work is not the same as a closed permit. The County Building Division publishes inactive-permit and permit-tracking resources on its site. Identifying a record and resolving it are separate steps. A consultation cannot guarantee a closing date.

Questions specific to Palm Beach County

If my property is in West Palm Beach, do I use ePZB?

Only if the property is actually in unincorporated Palm Beach County. Properties inside the City of West Palm Beach use the City’s Civic Access portal.

Where do I apply for an unincorporated County permit?

The County’s Building Division site points applicants to the ePZB Admin Portal. Start from the official “Apply for a Building Permit” link in case the address changes.

What should I gather before a consultation?

The property address, any information you have about whether it is unincorporated or inside a city, a short description of the work or the notice, and any permit or case number.

Palm Beach County cities we help with

Property in another county? See Broward County permit help or Miami-Dade permit help.

Ready to talk through a Palm Beach County file? Book an appointment or call (954) 616-5823. Permit Busters, LLC · Lauderhill, FL 33351 · Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM ET.

Also see Boca Raton, residential permit help, commercial permit help, code-violation help, open or expired permit help, and West Palm Beach.

Permit Help in Palm Beach County