An Allen guide for Planning and Development, platting, land development, civil submittals, CSS permits, and survey preparation.
Allen's planning process includes zoning, platting, site-plan submission, land-development engineering, and Citizen Self-Service permitting. This guide helps owners and development teams connect survey deliverables with Allen's planning and engineering review path.
Planning and Development Path
Allen states that the planning process, including zoning, platting, and site-plan submission, helps ensure development standards and requirements are met. The Planning and Development division manages development standards, zoning, maps, and related review resources.
Confirm whether zoning, platting, site plan, or civil review applies
Check Allen Land Development Code and mapping resources
Coordinate plat questions with Planning before final drafting
Align survey exhibits with the intended development path
Engineering and Civil Submittals
Allen's Land Development page lists resources for record drawings, flood studies, and civil plan submittals after site plans have been reviewed and civil submittal has been allowed. Survey work should support both platting and engineering review needs.
Request record drawings when water, sewer, storm drain, or street context matters
Coordinate civil plan submittals after site-plan review allows them
Review flood, drainage, utility, and access constraints early
Tie boundary and topographic survey data to engineering assumptions
Permits and CSS
Allen receives and processes permit applications through Citizen Self-Service. If platting affects building permit release, the survey, plat, site plan, and civil-review timing should be coordinated before submittal.
Use CSS tutorials and forms for permit-related submittals
Confirm whether development review must precede permit release
Prepare ownership, deed, and existing-plat documents
Track Planning, Engineering, and Building comments together
Allen Contacts and Next Step
Allen City Hall is listed at 305 Century Parkway, Allen, TX 75013, with main phone 214-509-4100. White Stone can help prepare survey and plat exhibits that support Planning, Engineering, and CSS review.
Main City phone: 214-509-4100
Planning and Development manages platting and site-plan review context
Engineering Land Development handles record drawings and civil-plan coordination
Official source links
City pages used for this guide
Requirements change. Use these official municipal pages to verify submittal calendars, fees, checklists, and staff contacts before filing.
