Oakland County homeowner guide
Farmington building permits & home project planning
Plan a home project in Farmington with official permit contacts, application guidance and questions to settle before requesting contractor bids.
Your local starting point
Use Farmington’s own permit office
Farmington Planning and Building
HomeScope is an independent planning guide. The municipality decides which permits and approvals your project needs.
Open the department’s current forms and online scheduling links; ask which zoning approvals accompany construction permits.
Find Farmington in the permit directory →
Official source reviewed September 16, 2026. Confirm current forms, fees and inspection arrangements with the department.
Planning calculator
Start with a working range.
Select a project only when you want a local planning range. Permit and building-department visitors can continue without choosing one.
Uses the general planning baseline with no city price premium. These are not measured local contractor prices. Obtain several written bids and confirm current permit fees and requirements directly.
Verified local details
What Farmington homeowners should know.
Use Farmington’s own permit office
Farmington’s department reviews building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing permits. It links forms and online permitting/inspection scheduling and also administers zoning compliance.
Farmington municipal guidance ↗Farmington building department
Start with your local permit office, then confirm every required inspection.
Farmington Planning and Building is the official starting point identified in our current source review. HomeScope links to the responsible municipal pages below; the department - not this guide - determines the current requirements for an address and project.
Farmington Planning and Building
248-473-7250
Open Farmington official permit guidance
Open the department’s current forms and online scheduling links; ask which zoning approvals accompany construction permits.
Open official application path ↗Choose the right application path
Match the exact project scope to the municipality’s current procedure and forms.
- The City of Farmington and Farmington Hills have separate municipal services. Confirm the property jurisdiction rather than choosing by a nearby landmark.
- Open the department’s current forms and online scheduling links; ask which zoning approvals accompany construction permits.
- Confirm issuance before starting work and keep the approved scope with the job records.
Plan inspections before work starts
Know which checkpoints must happen before concrete or finished surfaces conceal the work.
- Confirm inspection stages with Planning and Building and assign the scheduling responsibility in the bid.
- Save the inspection results and confirm any remaining corrections or closeout requirements.
Assemble the submission package
Prepare the project information the official procedure identifies for your scope.
- Property address and parcel information
- Written scope identifying each affected trade
- Site sketches, plans and applicant documents requested by the municipality
- Applicant contact details and contractor information requested by the office
Local workflow
A practical sequence for Farmington.
Confirm the property
The City of Farmington and Farmington Hills have separate municipal services. Confirm the property jurisdiction rather than choosing by a nearby landmark.
Prepare the application
Open the department’s current forms and online scheduling links; ask which zoning approvals accompany construction permits.
Agree on responsibilities
Write down who supplies plans, applies for each permit, pays fees and handles corrections before accepting a bid.
Plan inspections
Confirm inspection stages with Planning and Building and assign the scheduling responsibility in the bid.
Project checkpoints
Questions change with the scope.
Home addition
Ask which building drawings and zoning compliance documents are needed.
Fence
Ask for the fence application and confirm property-line and placement information.
Kitchen remodel
Separate building changes from electrical, plumbing and mechanical work in the permit responsibility list.
Contractor-ready
Put these questions in every bid request.
- Who confirms the property is served by Farmington Planning and Building?
- Which permits and drawings are included in this bid?
- Are fees included, estimated or excluded?
- Who schedules inspections and corrects rejected work?
- Which final approvals and permit records will I receive?
Primary sources
Verify directly with Farmington.
Use the local record
How to plan a home project in Farmington without losing the local details.
This guide connects an early project range to the municipal starting point. It does not replace the official determination for an address, a complete design, or a contractor’s written scope.
Confirm the jurisdiction
Verify that the property is governed by Farmington before choosing forms or scheduling an inspection. Postal city names, school districts, neighboring townships, and county services do not always identify the enforcing authority.
Describe the exact work
Tell Farmington Planning and Building what is changing, where it is located, which trades are affected, and whether structural, utility, zoning, or site work is involved. A project label alone is rarely enough to establish the correct path.
Plan inspections before concealment
Ask which approvals must occur before concrete, insulation, drywall, roofing, finishes, or other work covers the installation. Put inspection responsibility and correction responsibility into the contractor’s written scope.
Keep the final record
Store applications, drawings, issued permits, inspection results, approved changes, warranties, manuals, receipts, and final approvals with the home. Recheck official sources if the scope or schedule changes.
Official source first