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Wells County

FORMS

Wells County Office Forms
Click on any of the pertaining departments to see what office forms are currently available. Not all forms are available online.
Area Plan Commission
Board of Zoning Appeals
Highway Department
Plan Commission
Plat Committee
Sheriff's Office

How To File A General Development Plan

How To File A Residential Development Plan

How To File A Rezoning

How To File A Power Plant Overlay District Rezoning

How To File A CFO (Confined Feeding Operation) or Manure Lagoon Development Plan

How To File A Solar Energy System (SES) Development Plan

How To File A WECS (Wind Energy Conversion System) Testing Facility or Communication Tower 

How To File A Small or Medium WECS (Wind Energy Conversion System) Development Plan

How To File A Division of A Minor Subdivision

How To File A Major Subdivision

How To File A Vacation of All or Part of a Major Subdivision

How To File A PUD (Planned Unit Development)

How To File An Appeal of a Plat Committee Decision

The Property Owner or their agent must fill out the petition form answering all the required questions.
If you wish the petition to pass please answer yes to the questions.

How To File A Variance 

How To File A Special Exception

How To File An Appeal of an Administrative Decision

Road Conversion Form (Form to request having your gravel road converted to chip and seal.)

Driveway Cut Application (Form to request have drainage cross your driveway.)

Dust Control Agreement

OTHER FORMS
2023 – Annual Bid Advertisement
(Bid forms will be available again in 2024)

Escalation / De Escalation Clause (Bid forms will be available again in 2024)

Wells County Highway Annual Bid Form 1 (Bid forms will be available again in 2024)

Highway Job Application

Representation Agreement (Must be signed if real estate owner wants to have representation speak in his/her behalf at a meeting)

Wells County Improvement Location Permits
A Wells County Improvement Location Permit is required for any construction project within Wells County except for within the corporate limits of Markle, Indiana.

Please call or email the Wells County Area Plan Commission with any questions you may have regarding permit at 260.824.6407 or wcapc@wellscounty.org.  You can also go to our website to get further details about what requires permits.  https://wellscounty.org/area-planning-commission/

City of Bluffton Building Permits
A City of Bluffton Building Permit is required for structural, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and demolition projects within the corporate limits of the City of Bluffton.  Most projects will require a Wells County Improvement Location Permit and a City of Bluffton Building Permit.

Please call or email the City of Bluffton Building Department with any questions you may have regarding permit at 260.824.6068 or ted.smith@blufftonindiana.gov.  You can also go to our website to get further details.  https://blufftonindiana.net/building-inspector/

How To File A Minor Subdivision

How To File An Addition

How To File A Combine

How To File A Pond Review

Wells County Sheriff’s Deputy – Full Application

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