NJ Permit Plan Requirements by Town
Neighboring towns can ask for a different number of plot plans, and some cap the sheet size. Howell won’t take a plot plan bigger than 24×36; Long Beach Township’s Land Use Board wants 15 collated copies plus an original. Pick your town below. Every guide links straight to the township documents it’s based on.
Ocean County
- Toms River: plans larger than 11×17 need a legible 11×17 reduction or electronic copies, and a new home takes three copies of the plot and grading plan.
- Brick: four plot plans and two sets of plans for zoning, then two more sealed plot plans for engineering review, no smaller than 8 1/2 by 14.
- Berkeley: your grading path (exception, waiver or full grading plan) decides the copy count, and the full plan comes with the engineer’s “blue sheet.”
- Manchester: three sealed plot plans and a $100 zoning fee for a new house; for preliminary engineering, the township’s own forms disagree on how many topographical surveys (four or two).
- Jackson: one new-home packet with four sections (zoning, development fee, engineering, tree permit), each wanting its own paper.
- Lacey: three sealed plot plans with grading, an extra set of building plans for the Tax Assessor, and a separate flood review copy list.
- Barnegat: two sets for a permit, but 16 or 22 folded copies once a board application is involved.
- Long Beach Township: 18 sets of each drawing for a variance, a piling permit, and no street-closure work from June 15 to September 15.
- Stafford: photocopies of a sealed survey must be staff-verified “true copies” for fences and sheds; two sealed surveys for decks and additions, three for in-ground pools, new homes and raised homes.
Local printing details for the county are on our Toms River and Ocean County page.
Monmouth County
- Middletown: the development permit from the Zoning Office comes before any construction permit; the township doesn’t publish a copy count or sheet size.
- Howell: three plot plans and three architectural sets, reviewed by land use, then engineering, then construction, with plot plans capped at 24×36.
- Manalapan: three full-size plot plans, never reduced or taped, plus two elevation sets, and three room layouts for a basement conversion.
- Freehold Township: one scaled plot plan for the $35 zoning permit, then two drawing sets for construction, and three sealed grading plans for a pool.
- Wall: two plot plans at their original scale, never faxed or pieced together, plus one set of construction drawings for the zoning permit.
For Monmouth jobs, see plan printing in Monmouth County.
Middlesex County
- Edison: three surveys and three drawing sets for zoning, with two sets stamped and returned for the construction permit; surveys must be to scale, not reduced or enlarged.
- Woodbridge: a scaled plot plan or survey for zoning first, usually by appointment, then two sets of plans for residential construction and three for commercial.
- Old Bridge: two surveys for zoning and two copies of the construction plans, submitted in person; deck drawings need your original signature on both copies.
- Piscataway: two copies of deck drawings signed on both pages of both copies, two surveys for a pool, and a Building Division at 505 Sidney Road, not the main offices on Hoes Lane.
For Middlesex jobs, see plan printing in Middlesex County.
Mercer County
- Hamilton Township: the Land Use Office reviews your survey before a deck, addition or hot tub permit, a deck then needs two sets of construction drawings, and EZ-permit surveys must be at their original size.
- Ewing: a zoning permit with a survey that shows its scale, then plans in duplicate for the Construction Office at 1666 Pennington Road.
- West Windsor: three surveys and two sets of plans with a raised seal for most zoning permits, three sealed sets for a pool; your architect or engineer signs and seals each set after printing.
- Princeton: three surveys sealed by a NJ licensed land surveyor and three sets of plans for zoning, then two identical sets, a Builder’s Copy and a Township Copy, for construction.
What the Trenton, Princeton, Hamilton, Ewing, West Windsor, Lawrence, Hopewell Township and East Windsor construction offices say about plans is on our plan printing in Mercer County page.
The state floor under every town
New Jersey’s Uniform Construction Code (N.J.A.C. 5:23-2) sets the minimum the towns build on:
- A construction permit application filed on paper needs at least two copies of the plans (5:23-2.15(f)1; 5:23-2.15A for a single-family home).
- When the plans are released, one set stays with the township and the other stays at the building site (5:23-2.16(e)).
- If the application is filed electronically, a sealed, wet-signed paper copy of the released plans still has to be at the work site (5:23-2.15B(d)).
Printable version: Ocean County building permit checklist
When a board gets involved
A variance or site plan application usually needs far more paper than the permit does. Barnegat asks for 16 copies for a single-family bulk variance and 22 for site plans, all folded. Long Beach Township’s Land Use Board wants an original with a raised seal, a copy each for the board attorney and engineer, and 15 collated board packets. For the counts in 17 towns’ board checklists, see how many plan copies an NJ zoning or planning board application needs.
Printing any of these
Upload your plan PDF, choose 18×24, 24×36, 30×42, 36×46 or 36×48, and set the number of copies the town asks for. Every size is the same per-sheet price, listed on the pricing page. Order by 3 PM ET, ships same day, arrives as soon as the next day. WELCOME20 gives you 20% off your first order. For a general walkthrough, see permit set printing or printing a survey or plot plan for a permit.
Permit for a metal building or pole barn kit? See how to print stamped kit drawings for a permit.
Building a deck? See how to print deck plans for a New Jersey building permit, with what 13 townships’ deck sheets ask for.
These guides summarize public township and state documents and are not legal advice. Requirements change, so check with the township before you print.
