AI in Development & Entitlements
What this department does
Development & Entitlements turns a piece of land into a project that’s allowed to be built. The team studies zoning and feasibility, works out what a site can support, and then navigates the approvals: planning applications, environmental review, public hearings, community meetings, and permits. It can take years, and a single missed requirement or community objection can change a project’s economics.
Tasks AI will replace
- Zoning lookups and calculating what can be built on a siteRules-based
- Summarizing municipal codes, general plans, and planning documentsText work
- Drafting entitlement applications and community noticesStandard documents
- Scanning city council agendas and minutes for anything that affects a projectPattern recognition
- Tracking permit status across multiple jurisdictionsMonitoring
Bigger use cases
Zoning & feasibility analyzer
Type in an address and get the zoning, allowed uses, height and density limits, parking requirements, and a quick estimate of what could be built, with links to the code sections to verify.
Entitlement risk tracker
Monitors council meetings, planning commission agendas, and local news for anything that could help or hurt an approval, including shifts in community sentiment.
Permit tracker
Follows every permit across jurisdictions, predicts likely delays from each city's history, and alerts the team when something stalls.