SCC Plan Check Progress: Building Permit Application Tracking

A dataset tracking the progress of building plan check applications for Santa Clara County. It is published by data.sccgov.org on the Socrata platform and was last updated on 2026-05-28. The columns suggest it contains dates, locations, and responsible parties for permit reviews.

Use Cases

• Predicting permit approval timelines using Received Date, Due Date, and Plan Approved Date (from 16 available columns).
• Analyzing workload distribution among employees using Employee Name and Service Request Number (from 16 available columns).
• Mapping permit application density by geography using City and Site Location columns (from 16 available columns).

Strengths

• Published on the Socrata open data platform, facilitating programmatic access.
• Contains 16 distinct columns detailing key dates, locations, and personnel involved in the permit process.
• Last updated timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-05-28 13:30:32.

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
• Row count and data volume are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and procedural bias inherent to Santa Clara County's municipal processes.

Provenance

Source

data.sccgov.org

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 13:30:32.

Geography

Santa Clara County, California, USA (inferred from 'SCC' and 'City' column).