Demolition permits in Brevard County
Permitting is where residential demolition actually stalls, and every city inside the county
runs its own building department with its own forms and its own clock. Here is where each one
submits. We pull these ourselves on jobs where we are the contractor of record.
| Jurisdiction | Department | Where it submits | Published turnaround | NOC threshold |
|---|
| Brevard County (unincorporated) | Brevard County Planning and Development Department | Email or counter submittal | Not published | $5,000 (job value over $5,000, per the Residential Demolition page) |
| City of Cocoa | City of Cocoa Building and Permitting Division | Citizenserve | Not published | Not published |
| City of Melbourne | City of Melbourne Code Compliance Division | EnerGov (Tyler) self-service portal | Not published | Not published |
| City of Palm Bay | City of Palm Bay Building Department (Permits/Inspections) | Email or counter submittal | Residential permits: average 14 working days for approval or response (Building Permits FAQ;… | $5,000 |
| City of Titusville | City of Titusville Building Department (Community… | BS&A Online | Not published | Not published |
Checked against official county and city pages on 2026-10-13. Fees and turnaround change
without notice, so confirm with the building department before relying on any line of this.
We publish it because nobody else does, not as a substitute for the county.
Historic review in Brevard County
A structure inside a historic district or overlay cannot be permitted for
demolition on the building permit alone. It goes to a review board first, and that board meets
on its own calendar. This is the most common reason a teardown slips a month.
- City of Melbourne. Reviewed by the Historic and Architectural Review Board (HARB) / Historic Preservation Officer. Eau Gallie Historic District plus individually designated properties. A Certificate of Appropriateness (no cost) is required before a building permit for permitted exterior work on designated properties. The page does not say whether demolition triggers a CoA…
- City of Titusville. Reviewed by the Historic Preservation Board. Code Section 29-119 requires a Certificate of Appropriateness to demolish a designated historic resource. Per an official search result, the CoA application needs notarized signatures from all property owners and a narrative explaining why no feasible…
What is required on nearly every job
- Notice of commencement, recorded, not just signed
- Owner authorization to permit, notarized
- Survey or site plan marking the structure
- Asbestos survey and the FDEP notice, at least 10 working days before demolition
- Utility disconnect letters for electric, gas and water or sewer
- Septic abandonment through the Health Department where the lot is on septic
Permitting, asbestos abatement, septic and well abandonment and tree mitigation are quoted
separately or handled by others. That is printed on every proposal rather than turning up
later as a change order.