Pinellas County Building and Development Review Services

Building Permit (BDRS)

Construction, alteration and tenant build-out work needs a building permit before it starts. The County's Applying for a Building Permit page states that Building and Development Review Services (BDRS) serves unincorporated areas, Belleair Beach, Belleair Shore, Indian Rocks Beach, Kenneth City, Oldsmar and Safety Harbor, and the County's Permitting Guide names the same six partner communities. A business in one of those six towns or in unincorporated Pinellas applies to BDRS, at 440 Court Street, Clearwater; a business in any of the other 18 municipalities applies to that city's own building department. The BDRS department page states that, effective July 1, 2026, the building fee schedule is updated for inspection fees and private provider fees to comply with House Bill 803 and Fla. Stat. 553.79. This record states no dollar figure; contact BDRS for the fee for a specific project.