City of Belleville

St. Clair County, Illinois

Last verified September 17, 2026

City of Belleville is a jurisdiction in St. Clair County, Illinois, which does not currently list an online permit database — contact the department directly by phone or email. Use the contact information below to reach the local building department, or the mailing address if the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.

Contact

Phone: 618-233-6817
Email: building@belleville.net
Department Site: Health, Housing & Building Department (opens in a new tab)

Source: belleville.net (opens in a new tab)

Permit Search

No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.

Certificate Holder Mailing Address

City of Belleville, Health, Housing & Building Department
2300 W. Main St., Bldg M / Suite M113
Belleville, IL 62226

Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.

Additional Notes

Confirmed via the city's official site (belleville.net), which is the correct sizeable Illinois city in St. Clair County (verified IL address/ZIP, 618 area code) -- not any other same-named place. Director is Scott Tyler (styler@belleville.net); the department enforces Building/Electrical/Mechanical/Plumbing codes and issues permits by email application. No online permit portal found; a separate Economic Development, Planning & Zoning office exists at the same address but the Health, Housing & Building Department is the permit-issuing office.

What You Need Before Applying for a Permit

Most building departments ask for the same core package before they'll issue a permit: a completed application naming the property owner and contractor, the contractor's state license number and proof of insurance (general liability, and workers' comp if employees are on the job), a notice of commencement or equivalent recorded filing for larger jobs where the state requires one, and scaled plans or a site plan for anything beyond minor repairs. Roofing, fence, pool, and solar permits typically have their own simplified checklists — City of Belleville's department (above) can confirm exactly what applies to your project.

Why this matters for insurance: permit history is one of the first things an underwriter or adjuster checks. Unpermitted work — a finished basement, an added bedroom, a rebuilt roof — can complicate a claim or even void coverage for that portion of the loss, and it routinely surfaces during a home inspection. Pulling the right permit up front, and keeping the closed-permit record on file, protects both the property's value and its insurability at resale.

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