Intelligence Platform · Site Selection
Most teams learn about permitting risk from their consultants — after the site is under contract. PermitPortal puts jurisdiction risk scores, governing body vote records, and approval path data in front of deal teams before the LOI. The information existed. It just wasn't organized.
Intelligence Layer
Governing body vote records are public. Assessor data is public. Planning department filings are public. PermitPortal's agents read all of it, continuously, for 3,200+ jurisdictions — and surface what's relevant to your project type before you ask.
Jurisdiction Risk Score
Every AHJ in the US scored across 11 dimensions: voting history, approval velocity, staff receptivity, legislative environment, design burden, incentive landscape, and community opposition. The score updates when the underlying data changes — not on a quarterly cycle.
Parcel Screening
Cross-reference parcel geometry, zoning classification, use tables, ownership type, infrastructure proximity, and flood zone status against your project parameters. A 50-acre industrial search returns a ranked shortlist — before anyone visits a site.
Governing Body Monitoring
PermitPortal reads every published agenda, every vote record, and every public comment entered into the record for tracked jurisdictions. When a governing body schedules a hearing on a use type relevant to your project, you know before it happens.
Approval Path Analysis
For any jurisdiction, PermitPortal maps exactly which bodies must act, in what sequence, under what findings standard, with what typical timeline. You see where applications like yours have stalled and where they've moved fast.
Opposition Mapping
PermitPortal tracks which opposition groups have been active in each target jurisdiction — who filed public comments, how many showed up at hearings, and whether opposition is intensifying or receding. Organized, not anecdotal.
Entitlement Certainty Score
Built from vote records. If the Planning Commission approved 11 of 12 industrial applications last year, you see that number. If 3 of 7 Council members voted no on comparable projects this cycle, you see that too — before the LOI.
The intelligence gap
A governing body that approved five industrial rezonings last year may have flipped after one local election. An opposition group that filed three comments in 2023 filed forty-one in 2024. Staff that recommended approval on seven consecutive applications changed leadership in Q3. None of this is in the broker package. All of it is in PermitPortal.
6–18 mo
Entitlement timeline that was predictable from the jurisdiction data at site selection
1 election
How much governing body composition — and risk profile — can shift in a single cycle
Before LOI
When PermitPortal's score is available, not after the consultant is hired
Coverage
The risk dimensions shift — noise performance standards for data centers, truck traffic thresholds for logistics, density opposition for multifamily — but the underlying intelligence infrastructure is the same across every asset class.
Data Centers
Power procurement, noise performance standards, community opposition, infrastructure demand
Industrial / Logistics
Truck traffic constraints, operational hour restrictions, adjacent-use compatibility
Solar & Wind
State policy environment, agricultural land conversion, environmental review triggers
Manufacturing
Industrial zoning capacity, environmental permitting complexity, labor corridor signals
Mixed-Use / Multifamily
Density allowances, affordability requirements, neighborhood opposition patterns
Life Sciences
Specialized use classification, environmental controls, proximity to research corridors
Self-Storage
Use classification variance by jurisdiction, traffic generation thresholds, design standards
Healthcare / Medical
Special use permitting, traffic and parking standards, community benefit requirements
Retail / Big Box
Traffic impact analysis triggers, retail corridor zoning, community opposition patterns
Cold Storage
Industrial zoning requirements, refrigeration system noise standards, utility demand
Chip / Semiconductor Fabs
Environmental review complexity, water and power demand, state incentive alignment
Battery Storage (BESS)
Fire code requirements, setback standards, community opposition to energy storage
Full Methodology
In a demo, we pull the jurisdiction scores, governing body vote records, and approval path analysis for markets you're actively evaluating — not generic examples. Bring your short list. We'll show you what the data says.
PermitPortal
Vote records, governing body composition, opposition patterns, approval timelines — PermitPortal structures the jurisdiction intelligence that changes site selection decisions.