Village of Hamel

Madison County, Illinois

Last verified September 17, 2026

Village of Hamel is a jurisdiction in Madison 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: 618-296-6200
Department Site: Madison County Planning & Development – Building & Zoning Department (building permits and inspections for the Village of Hamel are handled by Madison County under contract) (opens in a new tab)

Source: madisoncountyil.gov (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

Madison County Administration Building, Room 254
157 North Main Street
Edwardsville, IL 62025

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

Additional Notes

The Village of Hamel's own Zoning FAQ page (villageofhamel.com/zoning-faq, not directly fetchable during this research — returned HTTP 403 — but its content is corroborated verbatim via search-engine indexing) states the Village contracts with Madison County Planning and Development for building permits and construction inspections, reachable at 618-296-4468 (Room 254, Madison County Administration Building, 157 N. Main St., Edwardsville). Madison County's own official permits page (confirmed by direct fetch) gives a general department line of 618-296-6200 and states it administers the IBC 'for construction in the unincorporated areas of Madison County,' which is in some tension with the contract described on Hamel's site — both are reported here, phone 618-296-6200 used as the officially-confirmed number. For local zoning questions (not building permits), the Village itself can be reached at 618-633-2484 / office@villageofhamel.com, 111 South Old U.S. Route 66, Hamel, IL 62046.

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 — Village of Hamel'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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