Baldwin County Building Inspection Department

Building Permit — Unincorporated Baldwin County

A business building, altering or demolishing a structure in unincorporated Baldwin County needs a building permit from the County's own Building Inspection Department, priced per this fee schedule adopted October 6, 2020 and effective November 2, 2020. Residential-scale fees run from a $55 minimum permit fee up to $3.00 per $1,000 of construction valuation, plus itemized fees for plan review, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, re-roofing, demolition, pools, dune walkovers and mobile homes. Commercial construction is $5.00 per $1,000 of valuation (minimum $55) plus a $1.00 per $1,000 Construction Industry Craft Training Fee. This entire department, and every fee on this schedule, applies ONLY within unincorporated Baldwin County — a business inside any incorporated city (Fairhope, Daphne, Foley, Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, Spanish Fort, Robertsdale, Bay Minette and the rest) gets its building permit from that city's own building department instead, not from the County. A food-truck or other purely mobile operation with no fixed structure of its own does not trigger this permit.