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How Many Plan Copies Does an NJ Zoning or Planning Board Application Need?

By Eli Gewirtzman, Owner · Last checked Oct 19, 2026 against each township’s own board application packets and checklists, listed under Sources

A building permit usually takes two sets of plans. A zoning board or planning board application takes far more. Barnegat’s site plan package asks for 22 sealed site plan sets plus 20 architectural sets. Long Beach Township’s Land Use Board wants an original with a raised seal, 15 collated board packets, and a copy each for the board attorney and engineer. The New Jersey construction code’s floor of two paper copies (N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.15(f)1) is for construction permits. For board applications, the count comes from each township’s own checklist.

Below are the counts from the board checklists of the towns we already cover in Ocean, Monmouth and Middlesex counties. Several split the submission in two: a few sets to start, and the rest once the application is deemed complete.

Plan copies by town

Town Board and application Plan copies the checklist asks for Sheet size or format Source date
Barnegat Planning and Zoning Boards: site plans, subdivisions, conditional use 22 copies of the application, checklist and plans. Major site plan: 22 sealed site plan sets and 20 architectural sets, plus 2 sealed surveys Folded, not rolled, with the title block showing 2025 package
Barnegat Bulk variance or change of use (single- and two-family only) 16 copies of the application, checklist and plot plans, surveys or maps Folded, not rolled 2025 package
Long Beach Township Land Use Board variance or site application 1 original (raised seal and original signature), 15 collated board packets, 1 copy each to the board attorney and engineer, plus a PDF Collated; plans no more than one year old 2025 packet
Long Beach Township Supplemental submissions 1 original and 13 copies Same people as the first submission 2025 packet
Berkeley Zoning Board of Adjustment 15 copies each of the architectural plans, survey or plot plan, and area map, plus a flash drive with everything 15×21, 24×36 or 30×42 Rev. Jan 30, 2026
Toms River Planning Board or Zoning Board (Schedule A) Original and 8 sealed surveys; 10 plot plans, or 8 sets of site plans or subdivision plats; 10 architectural sets; a PDF; reduced sets 5 days before the meeting 24×36; Schedule B allows sheets up to 30×42 2025 file
Brick Planning Board or Board of Adjustment 1 original and 4 copies of the application; 4 copies of the site plan or subdivision plan; 4 copies of building elevations; 1 original sealed survey. The secretary tells you how many more sets to send later Site plan checklist: 24×36 or 30×42 May 4, 2026
Jackson Planning Board or Board of Adjustment (Code §244-23) 18 sets of the application with 11 sets of plans; 18 copies of revised plans after engineering review Not stated Ordinance, amended 2001
Lacey Zoning Board of Adjustment variance 12 collated and folded sets: 3 full-size and 9 reduced copies of the plans, 12 surveys, plus a digital copy Collated and folded 2024 file
Lacey Planning Board major site plan 14 collated and folded sets: 3 full-size and 11 reduced copies of the site plans and topo survey, plus a digital copy Site plan sheets between 15×21 and 30×42 2025 file
Howell Zoning Board application package (subdivisions, site plans and variances) 5 sealed copies of the plans; 10 reduced copies once the Board Engineer deems it complete; 5 copies of architectural plans where marked; 2 devices with PDFs 24×36 or 30×42 (a reduced sheet is also listed) 2023 file
Manalapan Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment 3 copies of the application, 6 full-size and 10 reduced copies of the plans, a PDF and 3 CDs or thumb drives Plat sheets 24×36 or 30×42 2023 application
Middletown Board application after a zoning denial 3 copies of the plans and survey to start; 15 more copies and a digital copy once the application is complete Not stated Township handout
East Brunswick Bulk variance Original and 12 copies of the application; 12 copies of the variance plan Collated, stapled, folded to no more than 10″×12″ 2017 file
East Brunswick Site plan Original and 14 copies of the application; 15 complete plan sets; 11 copies of the site plan alone (without details and construction plans) Collated, stapled, folded to no more than 10″×12″; PDF too 2019 file
New Brunswick Site plan, subdivision or variance 19 folded, signed and sealed plan copies, and 19 more after technical review; 19 architectural plans; 4 surveys; PDFs 24×36 or 30×42 2015 guidance
Sayreville Major subdivision and site plan (preliminary or final) 15 sets of folded plans Folded 2019 scan
Edison Zoning Board variance (Land Use Variance Application) 16 complete sets: 16 copies of the survey or site plan and 16 folded copies of the complete plans, plus a USB or email with PDFs Folded 2026 application
Edison Preliminary or final site plan 16 complete sets, with 16 folded copies of the site plan Folded; no plan larger than 24×36 2024 packets
Woodbridge Variance, single-, two- or three-family detached home 4 copies of the application, 10 copies of the survey, 5 sets of building plans Not stated 2025 file
Woodbridge Variance, multifamily, commercial or industrial 4 copies of the application, 12 copies of the survey, 12 copies of floor plans and elevations Not stated 2025 file
Woodbridge Minor or preliminary major site plan 12 prints of the site plan, 4 copies of the application Not stated 2025 file
Old Bridge Use (D) variance or general development plan 1 original and 8 copies of the application; 8 folded full-size sets and 16 reduced sets; a CD with everything Folded 24×36; drawings no larger than 24×36 (30×42 for a general development plan) 2018 checklist
Old Bridge Bulk (C) variance 2 copies of the application; 2 folded sets of plans Folded 24×36 2018 checklist
Old Bridge Major site plan (preliminary or final) 1 original and 8 copies of the application; 8 folded full-size sets and 16 reduced sets Folded 24×36; drawings no larger than 24×36 2018 checklist
Piscataway Variance 1 original and 13 copies of the signed application; 1 original and 13 copies of the property survey (plot plan); 3 sets of building plans, elevations and floor plan Not stated Feb 2023 checklist
Piscataway Planning Board or Zoning Board, older filing procedures (in the site plan application) 14 sets of folded plans and 14 applications (signed original plus 13 copies) “with every application” Folded; site plan sheets 8½×13, 15×21 or 24×36, no larger than 24×36 2014 procedures

County review can add its own sets. Toms River’s and Brick’s checklists ask for proof of an application to the Ocean County Planning Board, and Howell’s asks for 3 copies of the application sent to the Monmouth County Planning Board. The Ocean County Planning Board’s site plan checklist asks for 3 signed and sealed plats or site plans plus 1 digital copy. Its digital rules ask for a black-and-white PDF at ARCH D (24×36), or ARCH E (30×42) if necessary. The Monmouth County Development Review Committee’s checklists ask for 2 signed and sealed sets plus a digital copy.

Our free NJ permit plan-copy dataset lists permit and board counts for 15 NJ towns, 13 of them in the table above, with a link to each document. For the permit counts in the four larger Middlesex towns, see our guides for Edison, Woodbridge, Old Bridge and Piscataway, or browse all town guides.

Read the checklist for your exact application

The count changes with the type of application, even inside one town:

  • Barnegat asks 22 copies for site plans and subdivisions but 16 for a single-family bulk variance.
  • Lacey asks 12 sets for a Zoning Board variance and 14 for a Planning Board major site plan.
  • East Brunswick asks 12 copies of the plan for a bulk variance and 15 complete sets for a site plan.
  • Old Bridge’s checklist asks for 2 folded sets for a bulk (C) variance but 8 full-size and 16 reduced sets for a use (D) variance.
  • Woodbridge asks 10 surveys and 5 sets of building plans for a single-, two- or three-family detached home variance, and 12 of each for multifamily, commercial and industrial uses.
  • Piscataway’s 2023 variance checklist asks for 14 surveys and 3 sets of building plans, while its older 2014 filing procedures ask for 14 folded plan sets with every application. Ask the board secretary which count applies before you print.
  • Middletown and Howell take a few sets first, then ask for the rest once the application is deemed complete. Brick’s application says the secretary will tell you how many more sets to send.
  • Jackson sets its numbers in the township code rather than a checklist: 18 sets of the application with 11 sets of plans.

Some packets are years old. East Brunswick’s checklists are 2017 and 2019 files, Old Bridge’s are 2018, Piscataway’s filing procedures are a 2014 file (its variance checklist is from 2023), New Brunswick’s guidance is from 2015, and Sayreville’s application is a 2019 scan. Confirm the count with the board secretary before you print a big order.

Reduced copies

Several boards ask for some copies at a reduced size. Toms River wants reduced sets five days before the meeting, Howell asks for 10 reduced copies once the application is complete, Manalapan asks for 10, Lacey splits each set into 3 full-size and the rest reduced, and Old Bridge asks for 16 reduced sets on top of 8 full-size for site plans and use variances. Those reduced copies are smaller than the sheets we print, so plan for them separately. We print the full-size sets, 18×24 to 36×48.

Sheet sizes

Where a board checklist names a sheet size, 24×36 and 30×42 come up most:

  • 24×36 or 30×42: Brick’s site plan checklist, New Brunswick, Howell, and Manalapan’s plat sheets.
  • 24×36: Toms River’s Schedule A. Its Schedule B allows sheets up to 30×42.
  • No larger than 24×36: Edison’s site plan packets, and Old Bridge’s site plan checklist. Old Bridge’s full-size board sets are 24×36.
  • 8½×13, 15×21 or 24×36: Piscataway’s site plan checklist, which also says a set’s drawings should all be the same size.
  • 15×21, 24×36 or 30×42: Berkeley’s Zoning Board checklist.
  • Between 15×21 and 30×42: Lacey’s Planning Board site plans.
  • ARCH D (24×36), or ARCH E (30×42) if necessary: the Ocean County Planning Board’s PDF rules.

We print 18×24, 24×36, 30×42, 36×46 and 36×48, which covers the 24×36 and 30×42 sheets these boards name. 8½×13 and 15×21 are smaller than the sheets we print.

Print at the size the sheets were drawn so the scale holds.

Folded, not rolled

Board sets usually go in folded:

  • Barnegat: “All plans/maps must be FOLDED, not rolled.” The site plan checklist adds “folded with Title Block revealed.”
  • East Brunswick: plans “collated, stapled, folded to a dimension not to exceed 10″ x 12″.”
  • Lacey: “Collated & Folded” sets.
  • New Brunswick: “folded, signed and sealed copies.”
  • Sayreville: “fifteen (15) sets of folded plans.”
  • Edison: “Sixteen copies of FOLDED complete plans” for a variance; site plan plats “must be folded.”
  • Old Bridge: “plat/plans (folded)” on both checklists.
  • Piscataway: “14 sets of duly executed, folded plans” with every application.
  • Long Beach Township: board member packets go in “COLLATED.”

Our prints ship rolled in a protective tube, so plan to fold and collate the sets yourself before you file. Fold each sheet so the title block faces out, which is what Barnegat asks for. Our guide to folding and rolling blueprints shows how.

What a board set costs to print

Every size from 18×24 to 36×48 is the same price per sheet: $1.95 in black and white and $3.75 in color, with no setup fees, rush fees or minimum order. Shipping is extra, based on the package weight, and shown at checkout. Multiply the sheets in one set by the number of copies the board asks for.

Example 1: Long Beach Township variance. Say your variance plan is 1 sheet and your architectural plans are 3 sheets. Print 18 copies: the original your professional signs and seals, 15 board packets, and one each for the board attorney and engineer. That’s 18 × 4 = 72 sheets × $1.95 = $140.40 in black and white.

Example 2: Barnegat preliminary and final major site plan. Say the site plan set is 12 sheets and the architectural set is 6. The package asks for 22 site plan sets and 20 architectural sets. That’s (22 × 12) + (20 × 6) = 384 sheets × $1.95 = $748.80 in black and white. With WELCOME20 on a first order, the printing comes to $599.04, since the code takes 20% off printing but not shipping.

The sheet counts in these examples are only illustrations. Use your own set’s page count in the plan printing cost calculator to get your number.

Getting the sets printed

Upload the PDF on the permit set printing page or the order form. Pick 18×24, 24×36, 30×42, 36×46 or 36×48, and set the number of copies your board’s checklist asks for. Same price, all sizes (18×24 to 36×48). Every size is $1.95 a sheet in black and white and $3.75 in color. Order by 3 PM ET, ships same day, arrives as soon as the next day. New customers can take 20% off their first order with code WELCOME20, which can’t be combined with other codes.

Nearby guides: NJ permit plan-copy dataset · Middlesex County plan printing · all NJ town guides

Summarized from each township’s published board application packets and checklists, checked Oct 19, 2026. Not legal advice. Counts change and some packets are years old, so confirm with the board secretary before you print.

Sources (official, accessed Oct 19, 2026)

  • Barnegat Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan Application Package (2025 upload): https://www.barnegat.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Preliminary-and-Final-Major-Site-Plan-Application-Package-1.pdf
  • Long Beach Township 2025 Land Use Board Application Packet: https://www.longbeachtownship.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/2025-APPLICATION-PACKET.pdf
  • Berkeley Zoning Board of Adjustment Variance Application (last revised 01/30/2026): https://www.berkeleytownship.org/DocumentCenter/View/1361/ZONING-BOARD-OF-ADJUSTMENT-VARIANCE-APPLICATION
  • Toms River Site Plan Application Packet with Schedule A and B checklists (PDF created Jan 29, 2025): https://tomsrivertownship.com/DocumentCenter/View/10135/SITE-PLAN-APPLICATION-PACKET
  • Brick Land Use Application (v.05.04.26): https://www.bricknj.gov/Documents/Government/Boards%20&%20Commission/Planning%20Board/Forms/Brick_Twp_Land_Use_Application_5_4_26.pdf
  • Brick Site Plan Checklist: https://www.bricknj.gov/Documents/Government/Boards%20&%20Commission/Planning%20Board/Forms/Site-Plan-Checklist-1.docx
  • Jackson Township Code §244-23, Application procedures: https://ecode360.com/15719626
  • Lacey Zoning Board of Adjustment Variance Application (PDF modified Apr 26, 2024): https://www.laceytownship.org/DocumentCenter/View/283/Variance-Application—Zoning-Board-of-Adjustment-PDF
  • Lacey Planning Board Major Site Plan Application, PB2025 (PDF modified Mar 11, 2025): https://www.laceytownship.org/DocumentCenter/View/276/Major-Site-Plan-Application—Preliminary-Final-or-Conditional-Use—PB2025-PDF
  • Howell Zoning Board Application Package (PDF modified Jun 27, 2023): https://www.twp.howell.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/884/Zoning-Board-Application-Package
  • Manalapan Land Development Application (PDF modified Jun 8, 2023): https://mtnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/LandDevelopmentApplication.pdf
  • Manalapan Application Submission Checklist (2019): https://mtnj.org/images/uploads/Zoning/Submission_Checklist.pdf
  • Middletown “So You Received a Zoning Denial… Now What?”: https://www.middletownnj.org/DocumentCenter/View/5514/ZONING-DENIAL-INFORMATION
  • East Brunswick Bulk Variance Checklist: https://www.eastbrunswick.org/DocumentCenter/View/916/Bulk-Variance-Checklist
  • East Brunswick Site Plan Checklist: https://www.eastbrunswick.org/DocumentCenter/View/922/Site-Plan-Checklist
  • New Brunswick Site Plan/Subdivision/Variance Application Guidance (Feb 26, 2015): https://cms3.revize.com/revize/brunswicknj/document_center/Planning/Forms%20&%20Applications/2.Site-Plan-and-Variance-Application-Cover-Memo-2.26.2015-Web-Enabled.pdf
  • Sayreville Standard Development Application with checklists (2019 scan): https://www.sayreville.com/documents/PlanningZoning/Board%20Application.pdf
  • Edison Land Use Variance Application (updated 2026): https://www.edisonnj.gov/document_center/LAND%20USE%20APPLICATION%20UPDATED%202026.pdf
  • Edison 2024 Preliminary Site Plan App Packet: https://www.edisonnj.gov/Departments/Engineering%20Department/Zoning%20Board/2024%20PRELIMINARY%20SITE%20PLAN%20APP%20PACKET.pdf
  • Edison 2024 Final Site Plan App Packet: https://www.edisonnj.gov/2024%20FINAL%20SITE%20PLAN%20APP%20PACKET.pdf
  • Woodbridge Bulk & Use Variance Application (PDF modified May 12, 2025): https://www.twp.woodbridge.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/746/Bulk–Use-Variance-Application-PDF
  • Woodbridge Minor Site Plan/Preliminary Major Site Plan Application (PDF modified Jan 9, 2025): https://www.twp.woodbridge.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/734/Minor-Site-PlanPreliminary-Major-Site-Plan-Application-PDF
  • Old Bridge Planning & Zoning Department, Development Applications: https://www.oldbridge.com/page/planning-department
  • Old Bridge Site Plan Completeness Checklist (2018): https://5il.co/itt2
  • Old Bridge General Development & Variance Completeness Checklist (2018): https://5il.co/itt5
  • Piscataway Site Plan Application with filing procedures: https://www.piscatawaynj.org/Document_Center/Department/Community%20Development/Planning%20Division/Applications/Pway-Application_Site_Plan.pdf
  • Piscataway Variance Paperwork (revised 2-23): https://www.piscatawaynj.org/Document_Center/Department/Community%20Development/Planning%20Division/Applications/Variance%20%20Paperwork%20Revised%202-23Fillable.pdf
  • Ocean County Planning Board Application Checklist, Site Plan: https://www.co.ocean.nj.us/WebContentFiles/197b05b9-1e00-43a0-a752-065400725db6.pdf
  • Ocean County Planning Board Digital Requirements: https://www.co.ocean.nj.us/WebContentFiles/c6afe122-6194-465d-9bca-8e96fec650c4.pdf
  • Monmouth County DRC Addendum B-3 Submission Checklists: https://www.co.monmouth.nj.us/documents/24/Addendum_B-3_Submission_Checklists_08012025.pdf
  • N.J.A.C. 5:23-2 (Uniform Construction Code administration): https://www.nj.gov/dca/codes/codreg/pdf_regs/njac_5_23_2.pdf
  • Print My Plans pricing: https://printmyplans.com/pricing/ and plan printing cost calculator: https://printmyplans.com/plan-printing-cost-calculator/
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