Land and home-building guides for the NC Triangle · A Hornet Homes service
The permits a new home needs, and the rules that shape it.
Permits and rules
Where to find a lot's zoning in Raleigh, Cary, unincorporated Wake County and Johnston County, and how setbacks, height limits and hard-surface caps shape where your house sits and what you can add.
Permits and rules
How the state's 50-foot stream buffers in the Neuse and Jordan Lake areas shape where a house, septic system and driveway can go, and who decides.
Permits and rules
What Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Wake County and the new state law say about ADUs, and what to check before you plan a second home on your lot.
