Welcome to Brookline Permits and Licensing
Applications, Renewals, & Inspections
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Building Department
Online Permit Application Guides:
Fire Department
Online Smoke Detector Inspection Request Guide
Online Fire Plan Review Application Guide
Online Fire Permit Application Guide
Health Department
Planning & Community Development Dept.
Online Design Review Application Guide
Public Works
Online Commercial Recycling Plan Submittal Guide
Select Board
Town Clerk
Online Dog License Renewal Guide
Questions? Please email us at: BASupport@brooklinema.gov
Alphabetical Permits and Licenses
- ANR (Approval Not Required) Subdivision | Planning Department
- Antiques | Select Board
- Asbestos Abatement Application | Health Department
- Auctions | Select Board
- Birth Certificate | Town Clerk
- Block party | Select Board
- Body Art Establishment Permit Application | Health Department
- Body Art Establishment Plan Review Checklist | Health Department
- Body Art Practitioner Application | Health Department
- Business Certificates (DBA) | Town Clerk
- Camp - Recreational Camp License Applications | Health Department
- Camp - List of Businesses Licensed to Operate | Health Department
- Catering Application | Health Department
- Coin-operated amusement devices | Select Board
- Common victualler (Access regulations) | Select Board
- 40B Comprehensive Permit | Planning Department
- Death Certificate | Town Clerk
- Demolition Permit Application | Health Department
- Demolition/Partial Demolition | Planning Department
- Dog Licenses | Town Clerk
- Entertainment | Select Board
- Estate sales | Select Board
- Food Establishment Guide to Opening | Health Department
- Food Establishment Permit Application | Health Department
- Food Permit - Temporary Food Permit Application | Health Department
- Food vendor- Brick and Mortar (Access regulations) | Select Board
- Food Vendor- Mobile (Access mobile food vendor regulations) | Select Board
- Historic District - Local (LHD) | Planning Department
- Hunting & Fishing Licenses | Town Clerk
- Innholder (Access regulations) | Select Board
- Liquor licenses (Access regulations) | Select Board
- Lodging house (Access regulations)(Access a list) | Select Board
- Marriage Certificate | Town Clerk
- Mobile Food Service Application | Health Department
- Neighborhood Conservation District (NCD) | Planning Department
- Open air parking spaces (Access a list) | Select Board
- Passports | Town Clerk
- Raffles & Bazaars | Town Clerk
- Registered Marijuana Dispensary (RMD) (Access Regulations) | Select Board
- Secondhand license | Select Board
- Secondhand motor vehicles | Select Board
- Sign/Facade Review - Instructions
- Storage of Flammables | Town Clerk
- Swimming Pool Operator Permit Application | Health Department
- Swimming Pools - Businesses Licensed to Operate | Health Department
- Tanning Salon Permit Application | Health Department
- Tanning Salons List of Businesses Licensed to Operate | Health Department
- Tobacco Retailer Application | Health Department
- Tobbaco Sellers List of Businesses Licensed to Sell | Health Department
- Variance - Special Permit/Variance | Planning Department
- Variance Plan Review/Denial | Planning Department
- Waste Haulers - List of Solid Waste Haulers | Health Department
- Yard sale | Select Board
- Zoning Administrative Appeal | Planning Department
- Zoning Fee Schedule | Planning Department
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Permits and Licenses by Department
Health Department
- A Guide to Opening a Food Establishment in the Town of Brookline
- Asbestos Abatement Application
- Body Art Establishment Permit Application
- Body Art Establishment Plan Review Checklist
- Body Art Practitioner Application
- Catering Application
- Demolition Permit Application
- Food Establishment Permit Application
- List of Businesses Licensed to Operate Camps
- List of Businesses Licensed to Operate Swimming Pools
- List of Businesses Licensed to Operate Tanning Salons
- List of Businesses Licensed to Sell Tobacco
- List of Solid Waste Haulers
- Mobile Food Service Application
- Recreational Camp License Applications
- Swimming Pool Operator Permit Application
- Tanning Salon Permit Application
- Temporary Food Permit Application
- Tobacco Retailer Application
Planning/Zoning/Preservation
- Special Permit/Variance
Note: All applications for zoning relief must first submit a "Plan Review/Denial" application through the Building Department by clicking Building > Record Type > Plan Review/Denial - Sign/Facade Review
Click Planning > Record Type > Design Review (Instructions) - 40B Comprehensive Permit
- ANR (Approval Not Required) Subdivision
- Administrative Appeal
- Fee Schedule
- Local Historic District (LHD)
- Neighborhood Conservation District (NCD)
- Demolition/Partial Demolition
Select Board Licenses
- Antiques
- Auctions
- Block party
- Coin-operated amusement devices
- Common victualler (Access regulations)
- Entertainment
- Estate sales
- Food vendor- Brick and Mortar (Access regulations)
- Food Vendor- Mobile (Access mobile food vendor regulations)
- Innholder (Access regulations)
- Liquor licenses (Access regulations)
- Lodging house (Access regulations)(Access a list)
- Open air parking spaces (Access a list)
- Registered Marijuana Dispensary (RMD) (Access Regulations)
- Secondhand license
- Secondhand motor vehicles
- Yard sale
Town Clerk’s Office
- Birth, Death & Marriage Certificates
- Learn more about vital records such as birth, death and marriage certificates and how to obtain certified copies.
- Business Certificates (DBA)
- Learn more about business certificates, or DBAs, and how to request one.
- Dog Licenses
- Learn more about how to obtain a dog license in the State of Massachusetts.
- Hunting & Fishing Licenses
- Read more about obtaining a hunting and / or fishing license.
- Passports
- Read more about obtaining a U.S. Passport.
- Raffles & Bazaars
- Learn more about how to apply to conduct a raffle or a bazaar.
- Storage of Flammables
- Learn more about licenses for storage, manufacture or sale of flammables or explosives.