Lotable field guide
Land Permits and Critical Areas: What Can Delay a Project
Zoning may allow a use while environmental overlays, critical areas, or permit conditions still change where and how it can be built.
Find every overlay
Check wetlands, streams, shorelines, floodways, slopes, erosion, habitat, wildfire, drainage, and historic maps.
Identify the study path
Ask whether wetland, geotechnical, habitat, drainage, traffic, or environmental reports are required.
Understand buffers and mitigation
Buffers, setbacks, seasonal limits, mitigation, and consultation can shrink usable area and extend the schedule.
Sequence permits early
Confirm agencies, pre-application steps, dependencies, review times, fees, and expiration dates.