Town of Leeds

Columbia County, Wisconsin

Last verified September 17, 2026

Town of Leeds is a jurisdiction in Columbia 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
(608) 643-6757
Department Site
Town of Leeds Building Inspector (Mike Wipperfurth) (opens in a new tab)

Source: townofleeds.wi.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

Mike Wipperfurth, Building Inspector
Town of Leeds Town Hall
N1485 Pribbenow Drive
Arlington, WI 53911

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 town's own official website; the town operates at both townofleeds.wi.gov and townofleeds.org, but townofleeds.org now 302-redirects entirely to townofleeds.wi.gov, so wi.gov is treated as the current canonical domain. The site names Mike Wipperfurth as Building Inspector, (608) 643-6757, but no email address for him was found on the official site. Wisconsin DSPS's UDC Delegated Municipalities list (line 769) separately names Joan Olson, Clerk, (608) 206-7122, clerk@townofleeds.wi.gov, as the municipal UDC delegation contact (no inspector name given there, differing from the name found on the live site — likely a staffing change). A separate Columbia County Planning & Zoning handout for the Town of Leeds states sanitary, zoning, and ERN permit applications go through the County Planning & Zoning Office (Mon-Fri 8:00am-4:30pm), while building/UDC permits are handled by the town's own inspector above. No online portal was found; permits with fees are mailed to Town Hall.

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 Leeds'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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