Entitlements & Approvals
When your project requires zoning, permitting, or other approvals, knowing how the process works can be just as important as understanding the requirements themselves. We’ll help you identify what may be required, see how the pieces fit together, and plan for the process ahead.
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Planning for the process, not just the requirements.
Project reviews rarely happen in isolation. Zoning, permitting, historic preservation review, occupancy, public process, and other requirements may intersect, and the order in which they are addressed can affect timing, design, and project strategy.Project reviews rarely happen in isolation. Zoning, permitting, historic review, occupancy, public process, and other requirements may intersect, and the order in which they are addressed can affect timing, design, and project strategy.
We’ll help you identify the reviews, permits, or approvals that may be required, understand how they fit together, and plan for what may need to happen first. When questions require input from other professionals or agencies, we’ll help clarify what needs to be resolved and when.
Helping you navigate the process.
- Identifying the reviews, permits, and approvals that may be required
- Understanding how different requirements and reviews fit together
- Coordinating zoning, permitting, and agency reviews
- Addressing planning, zoning, and permitting questions as they arise
- Preparing for discretionary review and public processes
- Planning the sequence of reviews, decisions, and project milestones
Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA)
Support for zoning relief and Board of Zoning Adjustment matters, including planning analysis, case strategy, and coordination with your project team.
Zoning Commission (ZC) Matters
Strategic guidance for matters before the Zoning Commission, including planning analysis, case strategy, community engagement, public process, and coordination of supporting materials.
Certificates of Occupancy
(C of O)
Guidance on when a Certificate of Occupancy may be required and how use, zoning, permitting, and documentation issues may affect legal occupancy.
Permit Sequencing
Helping you understand the order in which reviews, permits, and other project requirements may need to happen so the project can proceed in a logical and realistic way.
Zoning Interpretation & Strategy
Helping you understand how zoning regulations may apply to your property or proposal, especially when an early interpretation could affect design, project planning, or the reviews and approvals that may be required.
Coordination with Project Teams
Working with owners, architects, attorneys, engineers, and other consultants to make sure planning, zoning, permitting, and public process questions are addressed as the project evolves.
How the work typically begins.
We start by understanding your goals, where the project stands, and the reviews, permits, and approvals that may be required. From there, we identify what needs to happen, what questions need to be resolved, and who may need to be involved so you and your project team can prepare for the process ahead.
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Understand what may be required
We identify the reviews, permits, approvals, and other requirements that may apply and flag the questions that need to be resolved.
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Align the team
We work with owners, architects, attorneys, consultants, and other project partners to keep planning, zoning, permitting, and review needs coordinated as the project moves through the process.
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Support the next steps
When needed, we stay involved as reviews progress, helping the team address planning issues, respond to new questions, and prepare for what comes next.
Good sequencing starts early.
Projects that require several approvals may involve multiple agencies, interconnected decisions, and evolving requirements. Understanding how those pieces fit together early can help the project team plan for sequencing and coordination, identify issues that may affect timing, and prepare for the reviews ahead.
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