City of Windsor
Shelby County, Illinois
Last verified September 17, 2026
City of Windsor is a jurisdiction in Shelby 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.
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Permit Search
No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.
Additional Notes
This is the City of Windsor in Shelby County (pop. 1,079; not the Village of Windsor/New Windsor in Mercer County, a separate entry). The City's official website, windsorillinois.net, could not be reached during this research (connection failed on repeated attempts), so no fact from it could be confirmed. Multiple secondary sources (Wikipedia's 'Windsor City Hall' article, city-data, yellowpages, a Facebook page for 'City of Windsor, IL') consistently give a City Hall address of 1016 Maine Street, Windsor, IL 61957 and phone (217) 459-2291, but per sourcing rules these are not used as confirmed facts since they are not the official government domain. Shelby County's own Zoning Office issues permits only for unincorporated areas of the county (per shelbycounty-il.gov), so it is not listed as this city's authority.
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 Windsor'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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