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Marc Pruett, Director
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Haywood County Annex II
1233 North Main Street
Building Box 12
Waynesville, N.C. 28786.
Phone: 828-452-6706
Fax: 828-452-6767

Welcome to the web page for the Haywood County Erosion and Sediment Control Department. Our mission is to allow development within Haywood County in the most expedient manner and in the most cost-effective way while at the same time protecting our natural resources and properties adjoining land-disturbing activity from sediment damage.

Quick Notes on Erosion Control:

  • The Haywood County Erosion and Sediment Control Ordinance defines land disturbing activity as any use of the land by any person for residential, industrial, educational, institutional, or commercial development, and highway and road construction and maintenance that results in a change in the natural cover or topography and that may cause or contribute to sedimentation.
  • If you will be or are undertaking a land-disturbing activity that requires the submission of an erosion control plan, click here (A Note on Erosion Control Plans) for a synopsis of the guidelines with which you must comply in order to have an approved plan.
  • Haywood County’s Ordinance is taken from a model provided by the state of North Carolina. These rules and regulations were originally adopted by the state in The Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973. This legislation has been periodically amended and is also supported by Title 15A of the North Carolina Administrative Code. In 1988, Haywood County adopted the ordinance and began its own erosion control program.
  • North Carolina General Statute 113A-61(b) states that “a local government shall only approve a plan upon determining that it complies with all applicable state and local regulations for erosion and sediment control”

Development and Construction Information

Residential Erosion Control Information

Land-Disturbing Permit Application (for less than half-acre)

Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Requested Forms