The Albemarle County Service Authority (ACSA) Building Permit Pre-Application (Pre-App) Process is an approval process, conducted by the ACSA, before a Building Permit Application is submitted to the County of Albemarle Office of Community Development (County). A Pre-App is required for specific Building Permit submittal types that are located within specific Tax Maps. Please reference the Required Submittal Determination Sheet link below to determine if your Building Permit Application requires a Pre-App approval from the ACSA. If your property is located within one of the identified Tax Maps and your Building Permit Submittal type is located on the list, you are required to obtain an approval from the ACSA through the Pre-App process before you submit a Building Permit Application to the County.
If you have determined that a Pre-App submittal to the ACSA is required, please access the Pre-Application Form link below. After completing the form in its entirety, click the “submit” button at the bottom of the page. After submission of the Pre-App form, e-mail supporting documentation to locators@serviceauthority.org with “Pre-App Documents” and the “Address of Work or Tax Map and Parcel Number” in the subject line. Supporting documentation shall include, at a minimum, improvement location plans as well as plumbing plans for all structures, except single family homes.
The ACSA will process the Pre-App submittal and e-mail a completed copy back to the applicant. Upon receipt of an approved Pre-App from the ACSA, you may proceed with submitting a Building Permit Application to the County.
Any revisions to approved Pre-App plans require a Pre-App resubmittal to the ACSA for review and approval.
For questions about the process, please email locators@serviceauthority.org. For supporting documentation attachments larger than 25MB, please email locators@serviceauthority.org and advise that the supporting documentation is larger than 25 MB and we will contact you to provide FTP instructions to upload the supporting documentation.
Please ensure that @serviceauthority.org is “whitelisted” in your e-mail account to avoid e-mails being blocked by your Spam Filter.
Please check you SPAM and JUNK folder regularly after submission of your Pre-App in case your approval is caught by your SPAM or JUNK e-mail filter.