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Permitting

Explore 9 projects in the Permitting category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.

Tech to improve government facilitation of permits, such as licenses to operate a business in a given jurisdiction.

9 projects

Buildability

Buildability is a platform for researching the viability and risk of building and construction on land plots across the United States.

2026

Perfecture

Perfecture is a commercial appointment-alert service that monitors French prefecture (préfecture) booking sites around the clock and notifies users when a slot opens for their procedure.

Labrynth permitting platform

Lancaster, California's AI permitting program is a city-run deployment of Labrynth's commercial permitting platform that uses agentic AI workflows to screen building permit applications automatically.

2026

Building Permit Application Pre-Check

Today, the City of Toronto is launching Building Permit Application Pre-Check, an online self-check tool that uses AI to help applicants identify potential issues in eligible building permit applications before submitting them to the City.

Toronto
2026

ClerkMinutes

ClerkMinutes helps local governments turn agendas and meeting recordings into accurate draft minutes faster.

United States of America 🇺🇸

CivCheck

CivCheck's Guided AI Plan ReviewTM (GPR) platform is the first-of-its-kind guided plan review and code compliance education software that speeds up permitting for applicants and city reviewers.

Chicago, IL

PolicyAI

Democratizing artificial intelligence for improving permitting outcomes and efficiency

Affordable and clean energy

GovWell

GovWell’s mission is to build modern software products to help government serve communities better.

New York City
2023

ClearForms

Fast, affordable, online permitting for governments

Maynard, MA
2019