SJePlans - A portal for electronic plan review

Upload your plans. Respond to City plan reviewer comments. Know the status of your project.

Updated 04/12/2026

SJePlans is the platform where you will upload qualifying project plans for review by the City's Building, Planning, Public Works, and Fire departments.

Access SJePlans - https://eplan.sanjoseca.gov/Projectdox

Benefits - SJePlans integrates with SJPermits.org (the City's online permitting portal) and provides one convenient place to:

Electronically upload project plans
View and respond to the City plan reviewer's comments
Know the status of your project at all times
Obtain permit issuance

CITY STAFF will CREATE YOUR SJEPLANS ACCOUNT

When you make an appointment to submit a permit application that involves plan review, if appropriate to your project, City staff will create your account in SJePlans, and you will receive an email with your login information.

TYPES OF PROJECTS HANDLED BY SJEPLANS

The following types of projects are processed through SJePlans:

Building permits

Fire permits

Planning permits

16 major Planning permits:

Annexations
Certificate of Compliance
Conditional Use Permit/Amendment
Condominium Conversion
Covenant of Easement
Lot Line Adjustment
Planned Development Permit/Amendment
Rezonings
SB 35 Streamlined Ministerial Project
Site Development Permit/Amendment
Special Use Permit/Amendment
Street Renaming
Tentative Map
Vesting Tentative Map
Variances/Exceptions
Williamson Act Cancellation

Public Works permits

FILE NAMING CONVENTIONS

Before you upload plans/documents to SJePlans, you must save them as PDFs and name them according to these conventions:

HELP

See Help for SJPermits & SJePlans for step-by-step instruction.

Getting Started?

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