The Department of City Planning believes that the process for permitting and entitlement should be simple, transparent, and accountable. We are constantly striving to improve our processes and services to better serve you. The information below reflects overall development industry trends and our commitment to providing services and reporting those metrics.

Please check back often and reach out to Elizabeth Johnson at eajohnson@atlantaga.gov with any questions or comments.

The Office of Buildings creates a Work Plan for each Fiscal Year to identify goals and standard service levels. Browse below for our most recent dashboard visualization of these of metrics or peruse the current Work Plan. Archived metrics are available here.

DCP is responsible for reporting data related to tree removals and replacements. NOTE: DCP Arborists have purview over tree removals on private property only, therefore this data does not include public property, which is tracked by the Department of Parks and Recreation. For an archive of Arborist data, click here.