A practical guide to Fort Worth platting, replats, preliminary plats, final plats, short plats, and survey coordination.
Fort Worth platting connects boundary survey work, development review, infrastructure plans, drainage, zoning, and county recording. This guide summarizes the official City process so a property owner or developer can start with the right survey and submittal path.
What Fort Worth Reviews
Fort Worth defines a plat as a map identifying rights-of-way, lots or parcels, utility easements, setbacks, land dedicated for public use, ownership, and metes and bounds. The City Plan Commission and Development Review Committee are central to review.
Concept plans for large or phased preliminary plat areas
Preliminary plats before final plat approval when required
Final plats, final short plats, amending plats, and correction plats
Street, alley, utility, drainage, and open space easement vacations
Pre-Application Items
Fort Worth's timeline starts with pre-application platting guidelines, then preliminary plat, final plat, final short plat, and any additional required items. Applications and authorization letters are uploaded in Accela.
Application and authorization letter
Plat uploaded to Accela
TxDOT approval letters when applicable
Zoning, annexation, variance, DRC, county, and health letters when applicable
Survey and Engineering Coordination
Fort Worth final plat timing can depend on infrastructure plan review, CFA acceptance, drainage studies, and public improvement requirements. Survey should be coordinated with civil plans, easements, right-of-way, and recording needs early.
Boundary and existing plat research
Easement and right-of-way calls
Drainage, floodplain, and public infrastructure coordination
County recording requirements and signed sealed plat copies
Fort Worth Contacts and Next Step
Fort Worth lists the platting team at platbox2@fortworthtexas.gov and 817-392-8027. White Stone can help evaluate the site, prepare survey deliverables, and keep platting coordinated with engineering and recording requirements.
Development Services platting: 817-392-8027
Platting email: platbox2@fortworthtexas.gov
City Hall: 100 Fort Worth Trail, Fort Worth, TX 76102
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.
