Electronic Plan Review

Are you ready to submit plans for review? If so, Wake County offers you the opportunity to submit these plans electronically in just a few easy steps.

Enrollment and Submission Process

New clients should enroll first. Enrollment requires the designer's name, company, phone, and email.  Once enrolled, Plan Review will process that enrollment and send a unique PIN for plan submission and the title block that must be sent with the drawings. This PIN will arrive by e-mail. The title block is available for download below.

Attached is and AutoCAD drawing file for the Plan Review Title Block that is required to be on each submitted plan. Please detach it by right-clicking and choosing "Save As..." or "Save Link As." You will need to unzip the file once it has downloaded.




Clients use the PIN to give them access to submit plans online. Each submission online can contain only one file. This file should contain a DXF file or other AutoCAD standard format. If there is more than one file, they should be zipped together into one file.

Question or Problems?
Review our Procedures and Help Guide listed below. Should you experience any difficulty or have any questions during the submittal process that could not be answered in the help section below, please contact our plan review staff by e-mail at planreview@co.wake.nc.us or call 919-856-6234.

Plan Review Procedures and Help Guide

Plan Review will "redline" the received drawing(s) using a CAD viewer. The reviewed files will be sent back to the client via e-mail. Clients with files needing a resubmission, need only to submit the revised plans like the first.

Electronic Plan Review Drawing Submittal Guidelines

Wake County accepts plans via electronic transfer for residential construction review. We have developed several guidelines for actual drawing submittal in hopes of making this system as easy as possible. These guidelines are listed below and are subject to change at any time. We welcome your comments and suggestions on any and all items in this list. E-mail correspondence to planreview@co.wake.nc.us.

1. All drawing files are to be purged before submittal.
2. All fonts used to be AutoCAD standards.*
3. Plans are to be submitted as 1 file only and named using applicable permit number.
4. Plans should include cover sheet, floor plans, all structural information, elevations, and minimal sections and details.
5. Do not send electrical, mechanical, or plumbing criteria.
6. Plans are to be in standard Autocad format (aka .dwg, etc.).
7. Information block (provided by Wake County) must be included with all submittals.**
8. A black background will be used on Autoview. (Please use your colors accordingly.)

* Exceptions on a case-by-case basis
** Title page only

Electronic Plan Review Submittal Criteria

Below are several guidelines which you will need to follow in order to gain access to this service.

1. Register and obtain an account number. Verfication of account approval will be returned via e-mail within 2 working days. (Plans sent without approval log-in will not be accepted.)
2. Submitted plans become the property of Wake County, and are maintained as prescribed in N.C. Building Code Volume 1-A and N.C. Department of Cultural Resources.
3. Permit application and site plan must be submitted and pending permit number assigned prior to downloading plans.
4. Drawing submittal guidelines must be followed. (Failure to follow guidelines will result in plans being returned without review)
5. Plans requiring additional or corrected information will be redlined and returned to sender for corrections.
6. Information requiring professional seal (architect or engineer) must be submitted by professional supplying information (faxed letter or actual pages with engineers or architects review statement)
7. At the time of permit pick-up, one set of construction plans will be presented by applicant with the following information:
   • Required professional seals
   • Complete as reviewed
   • Information block on title page
   • Each page must bear the name and address of designer.

Attention: Licensed Engineers and Architects
In accordance with the professional licensing boards for engineers and architects, please refer to the following:

"Use Of The Licensee's Seal" (21 NCAC 56.1100)
Drawings that are transmitted electronically to a client or a governmental agency shall have the computer-generated seal removed from the original file. The electronic media shall have the following inserted in lieu of the signature and date: This document originally issued and sealed by (name of sealer), (license number), on (date of sealing). This media shall not be considered a certified document.

Note: The file upload attachment feature that allows you to send your digital file requires Internet Explorer 5.x or higher.