Contra Costa County
Contra Costa County Department of Conservation and Development
In short
Contra Costa County Department of Conservation and Development issues 2 permits we publish for Contra Costa County, last verified 2026-10-02. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land Use Permit (General/"Other" category)only if it applies to you | Contra Costa County Department of Conservation and Development | $5,500 minimum deposit plus time and materials, for the Land Use Permit (Other) category, covering fee-schedule codes S-025, S-027, S-027B and S-029. | per application (one-time) | 2026-10-02 |
| Building Permit — Plan Review & Permit Review/Processingonly if it applies to you | Contra Costa County Department of Conservation and Development | Plan Review fee, by improvement value (seven tiers): up to $2,000 = $49 + $8.94 per $1,000 above $2,000; $25,000 = $254 + $6.44 per $1,000 above $25,000; $50,000 = $415 + $4.47 per $1,000 above $50,000; $100,000 = $639 + $5.30 per $1,000 above $100,000; $500,000 = $2,758 + $5.52 per $1,000 above $500,000; $1,000,000 = $5,516 + $3.79 per $1,000 above $1,000,000; $5,000,000 = $20,685 + $5.52 per $1,000 above $5,000,000. A separate, lower-scaled Permit Review and Processing fee runs on the same valuation bands, starting at $19 + $3.44 per $1,000 above $2,000. | per permit (one-time, project-based) | 2026-10-02 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Land Use Permit (General/"Other" category)
Zoning-triggering projects in the unincorporated area that do not fall under one of the Land Development Fee Schedule's more specific named categories (such as Quarry, Land Use Permit/Development Plan Combination, Home Occupation, or Land Use Permit Modification) are billed under this general 'Other' category, codes S-025, S-027, S-027B and S-029, at a $5,500 minimum deposit plus time and materials. This applies only in the unincorporated area; each of the county's 19 incorporated cities administers its own discretionary land-use review and fee schedule instead. The named category codes above are the only ones this fee schedule itself documents as billing against this deposit figure.
Building Permit — Plan Review & Permit Review/Processing
New construction, a tenant improvement, or a change of use in the unincorporated area needs a building permit from the Department of Conservation and Development, 30 Muir Rd, Martinez. This applies only in the unincorporated area; inside any of the county's 19 incorporated cities, that city's own building department issues the permit instead. Both the Plan Review fee and the separate Permit Review and Processing fee are keyed to the same seven improvement-value tiers set by the Land Development Fee Schedule, adopted August 10, 2022, with the underlying valuation data itself increased 5% effective January 1, 2025.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Contra Costa County
- Phone
- (925) 655-2700
- Website
- www.contracosta.ca.gov/
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Land Development Fee ScheduleContra Costa County Department of Conservation and Development · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
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