Orlando City Planning Applications And Approvals

Planning Applications submitted to or approved by the City of Orlando over a rolling five-year period. The dataset includes application details, statuses, geographic coordinates, and associated city commissioner information. It is provided by the City of Orlando's Economic Development Platform.

Use Cases

• Analyze approval timelines by comparing Application Date, Last Action Date, and Approval Date columns.
• Map development density and trends using Address, GPSY, GPSX, and Neighborhood fields.
• Identify responsible officials for applications via Commissioner Name and Commissioner District columns.
• Track application status changes and associated comments using Application Status and Application Comments fields.
• Correlate development projects with economic zones using CRA and Mainstreet District data.

Strengths

• Contains geographic coordinates (GPSY, GPSX) for spatial analysis.
• Covers a rolling five-year window of planning activity.
• Includes 20 distinct columns detailing application metadata and government oversight.

Limitations

• Unknown total row count prevents assessment of statistical significance.
• Data may have limited value for comparisons over time due to potential changes in city reporting policy.
• Accuracy is not guaranteed by the City of Orlando, acknowledging potential mechanical or human error.

Provenance

Source

City of Orlando Economic Development Platform.

Collection Method

Derived from the city's permitting and planning systems.

Time Range

Rolling last 5 years.

Freshness

Updated on 2026-04-03, maintaining a rolling five-year window.

Geography

City of Orlando, Florida.