HENRY COUNTY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Effective January 1, 2025, basement/foundation wall inspections will be a required inspection. 

On March 18, 2025, Henry County Board of Commissioners enacted a 30 day moratorium prohibiting the acceptance of applications for conservation subdivisions and rezoning property to all residential districts within unincorporated Henry County. 

This moratorium does not prohibit a private property owner from building single-family residences or accessory structures, but is intended to reject new applications seeking to rezone property for residential developments. The moratorium does not prohibit commercial rezoning requests. 

On April 15, 2025, Henry County Board of Commissioners elected to extend the moratorium through October 12, 2025.

Effective immediately, we will no longer be taking payments over the counter or by mail. All payments must be made through SagesGov.

Below are links to forms needed for the Building Permit process: 

• New Home Checklist and Forms
• Accessory Structures, Pools, Additions, and Renovations Checklist and Forms
• Homeowner Builder Affidavit 
• Authorized Agent Form (An authorized permit agent form will be required for EACH permit applied for if the SagesGov account name does not match the name of the State Contractor license holder)

Land Disturbance & Building Final Inspections must be approved prior to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy (CO) or Certificate of Completion (CC).

Alarm systems that are required to be installed pursuant to Henry County sprinkler system ordinance (Section 3-4-139) or NFPA 101 shall be full alarm systems.  Manual pull stations at each exit and horn strobe coverage based on the square footage of the structure (space) shall be reflected on submitted plans and installed according to approved plans.  Alarms system designs and installations shall apply to all initial construction (shell), conversions (interior, vanilla or white box) and classification changes that require sprinkler and alarm coverage. For any questions, please contact the Fire Department at 770-288-6637.

Please note the following for trade permits:

A) Trade permits for projects involving building permits cannot be issued until the building permit has been issued and all applications received prior to building permit issuance will be rejected.

B) Separate applications are required for EACH trade permit using the appropriate tile on SagesGov. 

Please note that our minimum permit fee, for all permits, will now be $75.00.