Grading Permit Requirements:

A grading permit is required for land disturbance that is equal to or greater than one (1) acre, including land disturbance within a larger common plan, or overall tract of land, where the disturbance is non-contiguous.

The following items are needed to apply for a grading permit:

• An Erosion Control and Sediment Control Plan prepared and sealed by a registered professional engineer, architect, landscape architect, or registered surveyor, submitted through the Civic Access Portal.
• A grading permit application including a financial responsibility statement.
  • If the person financially responsible is not a resident of North Carolina, a North Carolina agent must be designated in the statement.

  • The original wet-signed grading permit application and signed and notarized hardcopy of the financial responsibility statement must be mailed to the address listed below.

    Guilford County Planning and Development, Soil Erosion Section
    Attn: Soil Erosion Section Chief
    P.O. Box 3427
    Greensboro, NC 27402

• A copy of the current deed.
• Erosion control surety in the amount of $1,500.00 per acre disturbed, to the nearest 1/10 of an acre. (Sureties for demolition landfills are $2,000.00 per acre).
  • Sureties include Land Improvement Bond, Irrevocable Letter of Credit, Guilford County Improvements Performance Guarantee Agreement, Administrative Hold on Savings Account or CD Sample – Copy, cash, and cashier’s check made payable to Guilford County.
• Payment of the grading permit fee based on disturbed acreage (see fee schedule).