Northern Virginia Fairfax and Arlington Counties Permits

Welcome to Northern Virginia Fairfax and Arlington Counties Permits website.  The Fairfax Permit Section approves permits for work in VDOT Right-of-Way (ROW) in Fairfax and Arlington Counties, and accepts streets for maintenance into the secondary roads system. 

WHAT'S NEW

Regulations for New Work Zone Certifications:

Beginning July 1, 2009, all Land Use Permit applicants are required to provide at least one (1) person that, at a minimum, is verified by VDOT in Basic Work Zone Traffic Control for all permitted activities within state maintained right of way that involves installing, maintaining,or removing work zone traffic control devices.  This person shall be responsible for all placement, maintenance and removal of work zone traffic control devices.

In addition, any new permit applications must endorse and submit the LUP-WZ document with all permit applications, as well as the LUP-SP (NOVA) document and E&S (LUP-Erosion) form. 

Final Inspection Request

In order to simplify requesting final inspection process, maintain accurate digital records and prevent misplacement of manually delivered requests, effective September 25,2006, all permittees are required to use an online fill-in the blank form to request final inspection. The Request for Final Inspection form is available on the Forms web page. Due to our staffing shortages, this will be the only way we accept requests for inspections.

Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

Email Correspondence for Permits

A majority of our regular permit correspondence is now emailed to the permittee.  Hardcopies of the correspondence will no longer be sent.  To update contact information submit a Permit Update Request.

Online Resources

• Forms and Information
• APAS Guidelines
• APAS Runtime

Permit Applications

• Site Plan Permits

commercial construction, subdivision construction
• Single Lot Permits

driveways, pool installation, plumbing permits
• Landscaping Permits

Planting, maintenance, or removal of landscaping in VDOT right-of-way
• County Public Works Permits

Contact Bill Dunlap for information.

Existing Permits

• Permit Extensions
• Re-instatements
• Permit Complete /Surety Refunds
• Cancellations
• Pavement Open Cut Requests
• Permit Revisions

Street Acceptance

• Procedures
• Guidelines & Examples

GIS Files

• Help File - GIS Point Requirements
Help File - GIS Line Requirements
• Arlington Fairfax CAD Files(Zipped Format)
• Arlington Fairfax Shape Files(Zipped Format)
• Routes.XLS update for APAS(Excel Format)

All Files for download require WinZip.  To download a file, click on the link and choose "Save to Disk".  Go to the location where you saved the file and double click on the file.  From within WinZip click "Extract" and choose a place to save the files.

Contact Us

• Location and Hours
• Comments and Suggestions
• Section Contacts
• Scheduled Office Closings for 2009
• Main Phone Number (703) 383-2888

Links

• When a Permit is Required
• Virginia Department of Transportation
• VDOT Manuals, Guides and Instructions
• Fairfax County Government
• Arlington County Government