What does the coastal program review?
DEP’s Coastal Construction Control Line program regulates activities that can damage beaches or dunes, increase erosion or affect public access. Its assistance contact is 850-245-8570. Ask which state review applies to the property and proposed work.
A city permit and state coastal authorization are separate questions. Cape Canaveral’s application specifically directs oceanfront applicants to check the CCCL.
Does a shoreline repair exemption cover the beach?
Florida’s qualifying restoration provision expressly preserves Chapter 161 coastal permitting. Do not apply a canal-wall exemption summary to an oceanfront project without resolving that separate requirement.
Describe temporary protection, demolition, access, excavation, vegetation and permanent work as one coordinated scope.
After storm damage, separate the two decisions
Immediate protection
Keep people away from damaged edges. Document conditions from safe ground and ask DEP and the local building office which urgent measures are authorized for this location.
Permanent work
Have the wall, dune impacts, access and final design reviewed together. An authorization for temporary protection does not settle the permanent project.
DEP’s CCCL emergency page links current storm information and assistance at 850-245-2094 or 850-245-8570. Confirm the applicable order, activity, location, dates and conditions; an old storm order is not permission for today’s work.
Do not clear the dune to prepare access
Cocoa Beach publishes dune trimming and restoration resources. Cape Canaveral’s beach guidance also discusses vegetation seaward of the CCCL. Ask which vegetation and access restrictions apply before mobilizing equipment.
Existing paths and apparent open sand do not establish construction access rights.
Permits · Cocc Beach Management Guideline Packet Final 20230424.Pdf
Use the right fee class and design assumptions
DEP’s individual CCCL fee worksheet was revised April 10, 2025. Confirm the applicable activity and current worksheet with the program; an armoring fee is not a municipal canal-wall fee.
Ask the designer to explain exposure, beach and dune interactions, structural assumptions and neighboring transitions. This website does not provide a required oceanfront wall height.
Keep the local city file alongside the state file
Use Cocoa Beach Development Services or Cape Canaveral Building + Permits for the city process. For property outside a city, confirm the county route by parcel. Keep every approval and its conditions together.
Development Services · Building Permits.Php · About Brevard County
Keep one coastal project file
- Locate the property
Use a current survey to identify the relevant coastal lines and proposed footprint.
- Retrieve earlier approvals
Gather local and coastal permits, approved drawings, revisions and dated photographs.
- Describe the whole project
Separate temporary and permanent work, including equipment crossings, excavation and vegetation.
- Confirm the applications
Ask both offices which forms and supporting documents apply. DEP lists emergency application form 73-303 separately from ordinary applications.
- Plan the closeout
Keep issued approvals and conditions together. Name who provides the final records each authority requires.
Coastal Construction Control Line · Coastal Construction Control Line (CCCL) Forms
Questions that often come next
Can a lagoon repair example guide an oceanfront estimate?
Use it only to frame questions. Beach, dune, access and coastal-review conditions need their own scope. A proposal should identify those decisions before its wall-only figure is compared with another project.
Does temporary approval cover the eventual wall?
Do not assume so. Read the authorized activity, location, expiration and conditions. Ask DEP and the local office what separate review applies to the permanent repair and what records will close the temporary authorization.
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- Coastal Construction Control LineSource reviewed 2026-10-25
- Building Permits.PhpSource reviewed 2026-10-25
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- Coastal Construction Control Line Emergency PermittingSource reviewed 2026-10-26
- PermitsSource reviewed 2026-10-25
- Cocc Beach Management Guideline Packet Final 20230424.PdfSource reviewed 2026-10-25
- Cccl Permit Fee WorksheetSource reviewed 2026-10-25
- Development ServicesSource reviewed 2026-10-25
- About Brevard CountySource reviewed 2026-10-25
- Coastal Construction Control Line (CCCL) FormsSource reviewed 2026-10-26