Essex County
Essex County Planning Board
In short
Essex County Planning Board issues 1 permit we publish for Essex County, last verified 2026-10-10. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Planning Board Site Plan and Subdivision Review Fees (Including the License to Connect to the County Stormwater System)only if it applies to you | Essex County Planning Board | Per Essex County Code §44-7 (schedule amended 2-11-2009 by Ord. O-2009-00005). Preliminary/final site plan review, initial fees: residential $250 + $30 per dwelling unit; nonresidential "$300 + $20/dwelling unit" (as printed in the code); mixed use $300 + $30 per dwelling unit + $20 per parking space; cellular antenna and/or towers $350 + $20 per parking space. Site plan additional fees (if applicable): license to connect to the County's stormwater system $400 per connection; appeal or waiver $200 each. Subdivision applications, initial fees: minor subdivision (1 to 3 lots) $200 + $40 per lot; boundary adjustment (no new lots) $150; consolidation of lots (reverse subdivision) $200; major subdivision $500 + $50 per lot. Subdivision additional fees: final plat signature $100; license to connect to the County's stormwater system $400; appeal or waiver $200 each. Revisions: first 25%, second 33%, third 50%, fourth 75% of the original fee. Maximum review fee $10,000 for site plans with fewer than 1,000 off-street parking spaces and $20,000 for site plans with more than 1,000. Governments, public agencies, churches, hospitals and nonprofit institutions exempt from local application fees pay 75% of the applicable fee. Consultant review, where the Board orders it, is at the applicant's expense | one-time fee per application; Code §44-7 sets fees per application and per revision | 2026-10-10 |
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
County Planning Board Site Plan and Subdivision Review Fees (Including the License to Connect to the County Stormwater System)
These are the fees the Essex County Planning Board charges for reviewing a site plan or subdivision application, as set out in Essex County Code §44-7, an adopted ordinance whose schedule was last amended on 2-11-2009 by Ordinance O-2009-00005. A business building, expanding or reworking a site in Essex County, usually through its contractor or engineer, pays these fees when its application goes to the County Planning Board; the Board's office (973-226-8500 ext. 2580) can say whether a particular project is subject to County review. The same schedule prices a license to connect to the County's stormwater system at $400 per connection. The nonresidential site plan row is reproduced exactly as the code prints it. Per §44-7, payment is by cash, check or money order payable to the Essex County Planning Board, and application fees are nonrefundable. After filing, the Board may send an application to consultants at the applicant's expense; the applicant is told the amount and may object within seven days, pay, or withdraw the application.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Essex County
- Phone
- 973-226-8500 ext. 2580
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.
- Essex County Code §44-7, Site plan and subdivision review fees (added 6-16-1993 by Ord. O-1993-00017; amended 2-11-2009 by Ord. O-2009-00005)County of Essex, New Jersey (ecode360) · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-10
- Essex County Directory (Department of Public Works, Planning Board, Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs)County of Essex, New Jersey · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-10
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