Site selection is an intelligence problem

Jurisdiction risk scores, governing body vote records, and approval path analysis — structured and continuously updated across every US AHJ. PermitPortal puts this data in front of development teams at site selection, not at entitlement.

3,200+ Jurisdictions tracked
12+ Asset classes
2-hour Monitoring cadence

What PermitPortal tracks

Governing body vote records, planning department filings, assessor data, and opposition activity are all public. PermitPortal's agents read them continuously across 3,200+ jurisdictions and surface what's relevant to your project type.

3,200+ AHJs
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.

National parcel coverage

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.

Every 2 hours

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.

Per-jurisdiction

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.

Group-level tracking

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.

Vote-record backed

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.

Why it matters

Entitlement risk is underwritten at site selection, not at filing

By the time a development team engages permitting counsel, the governing body composition is set. Opposition groups are organized or they're not. Staff disposition is established. PermitPortal structures this data at the point where it changes site selection decisions — before capital is committed, not after.

6–18 mo
Typical entitlement timeline for contested large-scale development applications

1 election
Governing body composition — and jurisdiction risk — can shift in a single local cycle

Day 1
PermitPortal scores are available before any site spend, not after the team is assembled.

Built for any asset class

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.

Asset Classes:

• 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

See it on your actual target markets

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

Jurisdiction intelligence at site selection

Vote records, governing body composition, opposition patterns, approval path analysis — structured, continuously updated, and available before the LOI.