Orange County, Florida

Demolition and clearing
in Orange County.

House teardowns, land clearing and concrete work across Orange County. We are a licensed Florida building contractor, so the permit file is ours to run, not yours to chase.

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Brightview Construction Group, LLC · Florida certified residential contractor CRC 1334100

Demolition and site work in Orange County

We work the unincorporated county and the cities inside it: Orlando, Winter Park, Maitland, Apopka, Ocoee, Winter Garden.

What we take down

House teardowns and everything else on the lot. Clean concrete and block get separated from the mixed debris, which holds the disposal cost down, and the lot is backfilled and graded before we leave.

Full house teardown, slab or crawlspace
Garages, sheds and outbuildings
Mobile and manufactured homes
Driveways, slabs and foundations
Pools, demo or engineered fill
Lot clearing, tree felling and haul-off

House demolition Driveway replacement Land clearing

Demolition permits in Orange 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
Orange County (unincorporated)	Orange County Division of Building Safety	Fast Track Online Services (payment, status, inspections only)	Not published	$2,500 (county application language, seen in an official search result); state law F.S. 713.13 now exempts work under $5,000 ($15,000 HVAC). Confirm which the county enforces.
City of Apopka	City of Apopka Building-Safety Division	OpenGov	No demolition-specific time. City FAQ says many permits are approved within 24 hours (state…	$2,500 per city FAQ (older page); state law now exempts under $5,000 ($15,000 HVAC).
City of Maitland	City of Maitland Building and Permitting Division	Maitland Online Permitting (EnerGov / Tyler CSS)	Not published	$5,000 general (since Oct 1, 2023); $15,000 HVAC (since Jul 1, 2022), as stated on the city's Permitting Information page.
City of Ocoee	City of Ocoee Building Division	e-Permitting Portal (SAGE)	Not published	Not stated; state law F.S. 713.13: $5,000 general, $15,000 HVAC.
City of Orlando	City of Orlando Permitting Services Division (Economic…	ProjectDox (plans) after emailing the application to digitalpermits@orlando.gov; fees and inspections on Relay View (https://cityoforlandofl-permits.myrelayview.com/)	Application processing: 48 business hours. Utility review: up to 20 business days. Historic…	Not stated by the City; state law F.S. 713.13: $5,000 general, $15,000 HVAC.
City of Winter Garden	City of Winter Garden Building Division (Community…	BS&A Online (walk-in permits for contractors discontinued Jan 1, 2026)	May be issued over the counter if the packet is complete (search result for the city's…	Not stated; state law F.S. 713.13: $5,000 general, $15,000 HVAC.
City of Winter Park	City of Winter Park Building & Permitting Services	Permitting Self-Service Portal (EnerGov)	No review time published. Permit cannot issue until the 30-day posting period ends; demolition…	Not stated; state law F.S. 713.13: $5,000 general, $15,000 HVAC.

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 Orange 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 Orlando. Reviewed by the Historic Preservation Board (final approval by City Council). Demolition of a landmark or a structure in an HP overlay district needs a Major Review Certificate of Appropriateness before the demolition permit: mandatory pre-application meeting, public hearing with adjoining-owner notice, $250 fee, about 6 to 8 weeks.…
City of Winter Park. Reviewed by the Historic Preservation Board (Planning & Zoning, Historic Preservation Division). City has historic districts and the Winter Park Register of Historic Places; staff issues Certificates of Review for additions and alterations. Ordinance 3288-23 (search result) says demolition of Florida Master Site File structures must also comply with Sec.…
City of Winter Garden. Reviewed by the Architectural Review and Historic Preservation Board (ARHPB). Historic Downtown District overlay: no structure may be demolished until ARHPB approves a Certificate of Approval for demolition (Ord. 10-05). Contributing structures can get up to a 90-day wait; the board can defer the effective date up to 6 months for…

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.

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Send the address and a few photos and you will get a written scope back with the price and the exclusions on it. If the date is the problem, say so up front. That is usually the part we can fix.

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