Avila Solar Drafting prepares the drawings and documents an Irving solar permit filing needs. Irving is the one Dallas–Fort Worth city in this build that runs an instant-approval route: SolarAPP+ for residential roof-mount PV up to 38 kW, followed by an upload to the city’s own portal. Whether a project qualifies changes the submittal path entirely, so it is the first thing we settle.
Key takeaways
- SolarAPP+ is live in Irving for residential roof-mount PV up to 38 kW, PV plus storage up to 38 kW, and generators.
- Not eligible: anything above 38 kW, EV charging, multi-family and commercial — those go the conventional route.
- It is a two-step process: third-party approval first, then an upload of the stamped approval and its number to the city’s My Government Online portal.
- Irving publishes review times — around 3 business days residential, 6 for commercial and new townhouses.
- We draw the permit set. You file it. The MGO account, contractor registration and licence stay on your side.
What we do, and what stays with you
Avila Solar Drafting does not pull permits, file applications, act as a permit runner or expedite anything. We produce the permit design — the drawings, calculations and supporting documents that make a filing reviewable. In Irving the boundary is unusually visible, because the city runs a state licence verification step before issuance: the permit is issued against your licence, checked at the city’s end. Contractor registration also runs through the same portal. Our national solar permit design page covers how the split works in every market we draw for.
The 38 kW question, and the two-step route
Irving publishes its third-party solar permitting route on its own site rather than leaving installers to a national directory, which is worth saying because those directories have repeatedly proved unreliable for Texas.
Eligible: residential roof-mounted photovoltaic systems up to 38 kW, PV combined with energy storage up to 38 kW, and generators. Not eligible: PV above 38 kW, EV charging installations, multi-family and commercial work — all of which fall back to conventional city plan review.
Where a project qualifies, the sequence runs: complete the review in SolarAPP+ or another accepted third-party plan review application, then upload the stamped approval document and its approval number to Irving’s My Government Online portal, pay the fee, pass the state licence verification, and receive the permit. Two practical notes. The approval number is part of the upload, not an afterthought — a submission missing it stalls. And Irving describes the route as SolarAPP+ or other third-party plan review application, so it is not strictly a single-vendor pathway.
The 38 kW ceiling is the number to design around. A system specified at 40 kW to squeeze in two extra modules has quietly moved itself into conventional plan review, with a different timeline and a different documentation burden. We check the rating against the ceiling at intake.
Irving’s published review times
Irving publishes plan review targets, which puts it in a small group in this metro. Residential runs around 3 business days; commercial and new townhouses 6 business days; revisions around 6 days. Two qualifiers matter: these are the city’s general plan-review figures rather than solar-specific ones, and they describe the conventional route — they do not describe the SolarAPP+ path, which is a different mechanism altogether.
On inspections, Irving publishes a hard operational detail worth putting in your scheduling: same-day inspection requests close at 6 a.m., Monday to Friday, and there are no weekend inspections. A crew finishing at 7 a.m. is booking for tomorrow.
What we commit to is our side: 2–3 business days for a standard set, 1–2 on Fast Roof, 1 business day with a Roof Order or EagleView XML, and comment responses free inside the six-month revision window. Broader rejection patterns are covered in why permits get rejected.
Forms, and what we will not guess about
Irving publishes a solar PV checklist, a residential solar and backup battery systems application, and a standard operating procedure for home backup power installations. We can tell you those documents exist and are current. What we will not do is describe their line items from memory or inference — they were not retrievable at the time of writing, and a submittal list invented on a landing page is exactly the kind of thing that costs someone a resubmittal. Ask Irving Inspections for the current versions, or ask us and we will confirm them before we draw.
The same discipline applies to engineering: Irving publishes no PE-stamp trigger for solar that we could verify, and we are not going to assert either that one exists or that none does. Structural scope gets settled per project. What Irving does publish about its adopted codes is substantial and genuinely differentiating — that sits on our Irving design and drafting page.
One more jurisdictional note for commercial and EPC work: DFW Airport runs its own permitting department, so work on airport property does not go through the City of Irving at all.
Irving Solar Permit Design FAQs
Does Irving accept SolarAPP+?
Yes, and the city publishes it on its own third-party solar permitting page. It covers residential roof-mount PV up to 38 kW, PV with storage up to 38 kW, and generators. Irving describes the route as SolarAPP+ or another third-party plan review application.
What is excluded from Irving’s SolarAPP+ route?
PV above 38 kW, EV charging installations, multi-family and commercial work. Those go through conventional city plan review with a different timeline and documentation burden.
How does the Irving SolarAPP+ process actually work?
Two steps. Complete the third-party review, then upload the stamped approval document and its approval number to Irving’s My Government Online portal, pay the fee and pass state licence verification before the permit is issued. The approval number is part of the upload.
How long does Irving take to review a permit?
The city publishes around 3 business days for residential, 6 for commercial and new townhouses, and around 6 days for revisions. Those are general plan-review figures for the conventional route, not solar-specific and not descriptive of the SolarAPP+ path.
When do Irving inspections need to be requested?
Same-day inspection requests close at 6 a.m., Monday to Friday, and there are no weekend inspections.
Which portal does Irving use?
My Government Online, for permit applications and for contractor registration. It is not the same system Dallas uses, which catches out installers assuming one Metroplex workflow.
Does Irving permit work at DFW Airport?
No. DFW Airport operates its own permitting department, so work on airport property does not go through the City of Irving.
Start an Irving permit package
The 38 kW ceiling decides which route a project takes, and that decision is worth making before the design is fixed rather than after. We check it at intake, draw to the adopted cycle, and respond to comments free for six months.
Or call 971-410-0655 to check a jurisdiction before you submit. Avila Solar Drafting LLC, 11995 SW Walker Rd, Beaverton, Oregon · 971-410-0655 · info@avilasolar.com.