Planning & Development Services (PDS) Permit Streamlining, and Self-Certification Program

About the Program

Category: County Administration and Management (Best in Category)

Year: 2021

Planning & Development Services (PDS) created the Self-Certification program to allow participants to allow professional customers to certify certain building permits themselves, reducing their plan-check times. The program was created in response to stakeholder requests and allows customers to self-certify certain permit types to reduce plan check time performed by County of San Diego (County) staff. This program has a training and auditing component that allows interested and qualified professionals to use their experience and license to certify that their plans are complete and designed to meet all the local requirements. Plans are still provided and used as construction documents and the project still requires all the same inspections that other standard projects require.