Project development: permit management and deadlines
Register building permits, environmental permits and dispensations in the Permits tab. The system suggests a response deadline from the application date, flags overdue deadlines in red, and logs status changes in the activity log.
Keep track of every authority permit in the project — building permit, environmental permit, dispensations and more — in one place. The Permits tab automatically suggests a response deadline based on your application date, shows overdue deadlines in red, and logs every status change in the project activity log.
1Open Permits in the project hub
Permit management lives inside a project in Project development. Open your project and select the Permits tab in the hub bar:
The list is empty the first time. Click Add first permit to create the first one — or Add in the top right once you already have permits on the list.
2Register a permit
Choose a Type and fill in the designation. Only Designation is required — the rest you can complete as you go.
Type — Building permit Environmental permit Rural zone permit Road access Dispensation Other Status — Not applied Applied Under review Approved Designation * — E.g. Building permit for Block A Authority — E.g. Aarhus Municipality Case number — E.g. 2024-1234
Save with Add permit. When editing an existing one, the button reads Save changes instead.
3Set the application date — the deadline is calculated automatically
Fill in the Application date and the system suggests a Response deadline based on the typical processing time for that permit type. The hint Auto: X-week processing time appears below the field.
The suggested deadline is only a starting point. If you have received a specific date from the municipality, you can always enter it directly in the Response deadline field — the system then uses your date instead. If you change the Type, an auto-deadline is recalculated only when you have not overridden it yourself.
Add a Case number, Authority and free-text Notes to keep all correspondence in one place.
4Follow the case progress
Each permit appears as a row with its designation, type, authority, status badge and deadline. Click the row to expand it. Under Case progress you advance the status with a single click:
Not applied Applied Under review Approved Rejected
Each status has its own colour, so you can see the state of your cases at a glance:
- Not applied — not yet submitted
- Applied · Under review — with the authority
- Approved — decision received
- Rejected — refused
A Response deadline that has passed is shown in red on the row — both in the list and in the detail view. Watch the red deadlines so no application slips through the cracks.
A row of summary pills at the top shows how many permits sit in each status, giving you the overview without expanding every row.
5Attach documents and track changes
Permits connect to the rest of the project:
- Documentation: Place applications, decisions and drawings on the Documents tab so they follow the project.
- Activity log: Every time you add a permit, delete one, or change a status, it is recorded automatically on the Activity tab — for example "Permit added: Building permit for Block A" or "status → Approved".
Remember to apply for a building permit before work begins. The municipality typically has an 8-12 week processing time — register the application early so the deadline is in place in good time.