Town of Westford

Richland County, Wisconsin

Last verified September 18, 2026

Town of Westford is a jurisdiction in Richland 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
414-750-5205
Department Site
Town Clerk (Ursula Bauer); building/driveway permits require Town Board approval, then Richland County (opens in a new tab)

Source: westfordwi.gov (opens in a new tab)

Permit Search

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

Richland County Zoning & Sanitation Dept. (opens in a new tab)

Certificate Holder Mailing Address

Ursula Bauer, Town Clerk
Town of Westford
PO Box 25
Cazenovia, WI 53924

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

Additional Notes

Clerk Ursula Bauer; mailing address PO Box 25, Cazenovia, WI 53924. The town's site states 'ALL BUILDING AND DRIVEWAYS MUST BE APPROVED BY OUR BOARD, THEN THE COUNTY,' consistent with the DSPS delegation letter for this town pointing to 'See County of Richland' (County of Richland is itself a DSPS-delegated UDC agent). Richland County Zoning & Sanitation Dept.: 181 W. Seminary St., Richland Center, WI 53581, 608-647-2447 — this office assigns UDC inspectors per township (examples found: General Engineering Co., 608-742-2169, and Johnson Inspections, 608-444-0372, covering other townships), but the SPECIFIC inspector currently assigned to Westford township is UNCONFIRMED — the county's own inspector-list page returned an expired-SSL-certificate error during this research and could not be verified; verify directly with the county before relying on any inspector name. The clerk's email is not published in plain text on the town site (Cloudflare-protected). This is a DISTINCT, unrelated municipality from the Town of Westford in Dodge County.

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 Westford'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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