Planning and Development Services

Washington State has adopted a revised version of the State Building Code effective February 1, with new standards for building safety, fire safety, and energy code compliance. More information may be found at the Washington State Building Code Council webpage. Projects with a building permit application date prior to February 1, 2021 must be designed compliant with the 2015 building codes. Projects with a building permit application date February 1, 2021 or thereafter must be designed compliant with the 2018 building codes. The building permit application date is established by submitting a complete application for any required step of building permit review prior to February 1, 2021. This may include, but is not limited to, Lot Certification, Project Water Review, Critical Areas Review, or Septic/Sewer Review. This application date will remain valid as long as the application does not expire and all deferred information, including but not limited to construction plans, stormwater plan, contractor information, etc., is submitted within 6 months of the building code change or at the discretion of the Planning Director for good cause within a period not to exceed one year.

Questions for Our Team:

General questions:
PDS@co.skagit.wa.us or reception line, 360-416-1320.

Specific questions: PDS Staff Directory

To better assist our team, provide your project number (if applicable), parcel number (if available) and preferred contact method. Response time may be delayed due to the large volume of phone calls and emails our staff is currently receiving.

Application Submittals (PDS@co.skagit.wa.us):

Please send applications in PDF format with a file and message size no greater than 30 MB. Please review our Electronic Document Submittal Guidelines for more information. Businesses are available to assist with document scanning. An email with a link to a file share site (Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, etc.) is acceptable.

We will review the applications in the order they come in. Please make sure you have a complete application or appeal, otherwise it will not be processed. You will be contacted by our department for payment if the application is deemed complete or you will be given a list of additional items required for resubmittal. At this time, we can only process payments by credit card over the phone. An application will not be deemed complete without receipt of payment. Development Permit Issuance: Once your application has been approved, the contact(s) listed on the permit will receive an email and phone call for payment. A digital signature will be required prior to permit issuance Permit packets will be emailed. Please make sure to print all necessary documents at the correct sizes for your job site. Comment Letters (PDScomments@co.skagit.wa.us):

Comment letters are for active land use plans or permit applications, more information can be found here.

General questions should be sent to PDS@co.skagit.wa.us.