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Travis County Development Services oversees guidelines, procedures, and permits for all development outside corporate city limits in the County, and they are responsible for floodplain management, construction activity inspections, and regulating subdivisions in unincorporated areas of the County and extraterritorial jurisdictions (ETJs) in partnership with other jurisdictions and agencies.

What is development?

Development is defined as any man-made changes to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to:

  • Structures/Buildings
  • Driveways
  • Work in the county right-of-way
  • On-site sewage facilities
  • Division of land
  • Mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation, or drilling

Any development in Travis County requires a permit.

Our website is intended to provide clarity to the Development Permit application process, but does not supersede the requirements in Travis County Code.

Start your application process by clicking the button below:

Apply for a Permit

 

Development Services Contact Card

Contact & Feedback Form

Phone

(512) 854-4215

Permit Desk Hours

Tuesday & Thursday
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Street Address

700 Lavaca
Suite 540
Austin, TX 78701
(Map)

Mailing Address

P.O. Box 1748
Attn: Permits
Austin, TX 78701

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TAX RATE: TRAVIS COUNTY ADOPTED A TAX RATE THAT WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR’S TAX RATE. THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 8.7 PERCENT AND WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $22.42.


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