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Oil Tank Permits and Records in Bucks County

Oil tank permits follow the borough or township on the deed. This page compares published municipal guidance. UNKNOWN does not mean no permit.

Oil tank permits are handled by the borough or township where the property sits, not by the name on a mailing address. The distinction matters in places such as Levittown, Yardley, and Doylestown, where familiar place names do not always identify the permitting office.

Published municipal guidance is compared below. It does not issue permits or decide a legal question.

How to read the labels

These labels describe the published information reviewed here, not whether a permit has been approved or is unnecessary. If a tank requirement is unknown, confirm it with the municipality.

  • CONFIRMED means the linked official source supports the published statement.
  • NOT STATED means the reviewed document does not address the question.
  • UNKNOWN / NOT VERIFIED means a tank-specific requirement was not established. It does not mean no permit is required.
Published residential heating-oil tank guidance by Bucks County municipality
MunicipalityPublished guidanceOfficial sourceLocal guide
Buckingham TownshipInstallation and removal application. Fire Marshal notice no later than 48 hours before start. An inspector on site when a tank comes out of the ground.

CONFIRMED

Buckingham Township guide

Northampton TownshipFire Marshal tank-removal application. Notice no later than 24 hours before start. Inspections during removal.

CONFIRMED

Northampton Township guide

Middletown TownshipBuilding and Zoning FAQ: a permit is required to remove, abandon, or newly install a residential oil tank.

CONFIRMED

Middletown Township guide

Lower Makefield TownshipResidential-tank homeowner guide. Permit and completed-work inspection for removal, replacement, or abandonment in place.

CONFIRMED

Lower Makefield Township guide

Bensalem TownshipFire Rescue lists a Tank Permit Application and a separate Environmental Remediation document. The remediation paper is not a tank permit, and it does not apply to every removal.

CONFIRMED

Bensalem Township guide

Doylestown TownshipThe condensed building-permit application, revised 13 January 2026, includes a residential choice labeled Demolition/Tank Removal. The form does not say whether the tank is indoors or buried.

CONFIRMED

Doylestown guide Township materials

Doylestown BoroughThe permit page lists Underground Storage Tanks among common projects. Residential use-and-occupancy for sales and rentals is a separate item. The listing does not say those tanks are ordinary house heating-oil tanks.

CONFIRMED

Doylestown guide Borough materials

Yardley BoroughBuilding and zoning questions go to the borough office. The borough FAQ does not state a residential oil-tank permit rule.

UNKNOWN

Lower Makefield Township guide A different office from Yardley Borough. Not Yardley Borough rules.

Bristol TownshipThe Permits and Licenses office is identified. That page does not state a residential oil-tank rule.

UNKNOWN

Levittown guide Some Levittown addresses sit here. Levittown is not the permit office.

Falls TownshipThe township site is the office reference used here. A published residential oil-tank rule was not found on that page.

UNKNOWN

Levittown guide Some Levittown addresses sit here. Levittown is not the permit office.

Tullytown BoroughThe Building and Zoning office is identified. That page does not state a residential oil-tank rule.

UNKNOWN

Levittown guide Some Levittown addresses sit here. Levittown is not the permit office.

Bensalem Township

Published guidance

Fire Rescue lists a Tank Permit Application and a separate Environmental Remediation document. The remediation paper is not a tank permit, and it does not apply to every removal.

Official source

CONFIRMED

Local guide

Bensalem Township guide

Doylestown Township

Published guidance

The condensed building-permit application, revised 13 January 2026, includes a residential choice labeled Demolition/Tank Removal. The form does not say whether the tank is indoors or buried.

Official source

CONFIRMED

Local guide

Doylestown guide Township materials

Doylestown Borough

Published guidance

The permit page lists Underground Storage Tanks among common projects. Residential use-and-occupancy for sales and rentals is a separate item. The listing does not say those tanks are ordinary house heating-oil tanks.

Official source

CONFIRMED

Local guide

Doylestown guide Borough materials

Yardley Borough

Published guidance

Building and zoning questions go to the borough office. The borough FAQ does not state a residential oil-tank permit rule.

Official source

UNKNOWN

Local guide

Lower Makefield Township guide A different office from Yardley Borough. Not Yardley Borough rules.

Bristol Township

Published guidance

The Permits and Licenses office is identified. That page does not state a residential oil-tank rule.

Official source

UNKNOWN

Local guide

Levittown guide Some Levittown addresses sit here. Levittown is not the permit office.

Falls Township

Published guidance

The township site is the office reference used here. A published residential oil-tank rule was not found on that page.

Official source

UNKNOWN

Local guide

Levittown guide Some Levittown addresses sit here. Levittown is not the permit office.

Tullytown Borough

Published guidance

The Building and Zoning office is identified. That page does not state a residential oil-tank rule.

Official source

UNKNOWN

Local guide

Levittown guide Some Levittown addresses sit here. Levittown is not the permit office.

Find the municipality, not just the mailing address

The office that governs a tank is the one on the deed. A tax bill, a closing packet, or the county parcel record will name that borough or township more reliably than the line above the ZIP code.

Levittown is a census place, not a fifth government. Houses there sit in Bristol Township, Falls Township, Middletown Township, or Tullytown Borough. A Yardley mailing address can be Yardley Borough or Lower Makefield Township. Doylestown can be the borough or the township. Middletown Township’s building office uses a Langhorne street address; that is not Langhorne Borough.

Removal, abandonment, and replacement

Middletown Township’s FAQ treats removal, abandonment, and new installation as permit work. Lower Makefield’s homeowner guide does the same for removal, replacement, and abandonment in place, and it asks for an inspection of the completed work.

Those two offices draw the lines in public. Other municipalities may use different paper. Closing a tank in place is not the same job as taking it out, and it is not the same job as replacing it so the house stays on oil.

Notification and inspection

Buckingham Township asks for Fire Marshal notice no later than 48 hours before start, and an inspector on site when a tank comes out of the ground. Northampton Township’s Fire Marshal application asks for notice no later than 24 hours before start and says inspections will be conducted during the removal. Lower Makefield inspects the completed work.

Those clocks belong to those offices. They do not travel. A general construction-inspection notice on another township’s permits page is not a tank-removal rule.

What a closed permit does not establish

A signed-off municipal permit shows the office closed its file. It does not decide whether soil under a buried tank is clean. That question, if it arises, belongs with underground removal and, when a sale is involved, with buying or selling.

Related pages

Next step

Have a heating-oil tank question?

Call with the borough or township, where the tank sits, and whether it is still in use. If you smell oil or see staining, start with the leaking-tank page.

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