How OpenPlanning works

Ingestion

For each supported municipality, we ingest meeting agendas, staff reports, minutes, and zoning code as they are published. Each document is parsed, classified, and linked to the relevant applications, parcels, and decisions it references.

Search

Search runs across titles, subtitles, and full document bodies. Anonymous users are rate limited to a capped number of search requests. Verified .gov users get full, unmetered search access.

Confidence and provenance

Some fields are extracted by automated parsing and may carry confidence indicators. The original source URL is always preserved. Treat OpenPlanning as a discovery tool. Verify against the source before citing in legal or official contexts.

Limitations

Coverage is not yet uniform across municipalities. Some bodies publish more than others. Older records may be incomplete or missing.