Town of Red Springs

Shawano County, Wisconsin

Last verified September 17, 2026

Town of Red Springs is a jurisdiction in Shawano County, Wisconsin, 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: 715-787-3356
Department Site: Gwen Olsen, Town Clerk (opens in a new tab)

Source: townofredsprings.com (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

Gwen Olsen
Town Clerk
715-787-3356

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

Additional Notes

Confirmed Delegated on DSPS UDC list (no separate inspector listed in the state record). The town's own Contacts page (fetched directly) explicitly states no email addresses are published for any official, so email is left null rather than guessed. A third-party election-office aggregator displayed what appeared to be a clerk email, but it rendered as an unreadable placeholder in two attempts and could not be verified — do not treat any email for this contact as confirmed. Shawano County Zoning & Planning (715-526-6766) is referenced by the town for land-use permits generally.

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 — Town of Red Springs'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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