Development in Orange County is typically tracked by its location within the County, with the most common methods being the parcel or address of the project. A parcel is a tract of real property which is legally defined, and the County tracks projects by parcel when the subject of the entitlement is related to the land. FastTrack can be used to search by parcel to find records such as variances, zoning exceptions, development plans, rezoning, plats, conservation determinations or flood permits. An address is used to identify a specific location and the County tracks projects by address when the subject of record is based on a structure, such as a house, store or electrical meter. If a parcel or address is not found, try and use fewer search criteria such as just street number and name. But be aware that only a subset of records will be returned from each search.
Note that using ‘Street Name’ will search for streets that start with what is put in – so if ‘Lake’ is put in it will find streets named ‘Lake’ and ‘Lakeside’.
If you are certain that a development record should exist for a piece of property please contact the proper agency as it may not be available in the system. There is an ongoing effort to enter the history of development projects into the County system and as information is compiled it will be become available.
If you need assistance or have questions about Orange County's Land Development Process, please refer to our
Contacts page.
