POSSE PLS (Permitting & Licensing Software)

POSSE PLS permitting and licensing software includes workflows covering the core business areas of Planning, Permitting & Inspections, Business & Professional Licensing, Code Enforcement, and ePlans.

POSSE PLS’s Planning module links together all the pieces of planning projects (e.g., a large development project), so your planners can assess, evaluate, record, and retrieve all related information effectively.

The Permitting and Inspections module tracks all your permitting and inspection activity, from initial application to completion, renewal, or expiration.

Business and Contractor Licensing handles all licensing needs for your jurisdiction, including application, amendment, enforcement, and renewal activities.

The POSSE PLS Code Enforcement module allows agencies to investigate, review, and issue compliance actions from initial determination of violation to proceedings and final outcomes.

The POSSE ePlans module is a cutting-edge plan review solution that allows planners to review, markup, and compare changes between plan versions.

Simple report customizations which used to take days to implement now take minutes from a web browser anywhere in the world, with no client-side software required.

Leveraging Microsoft’s global Azure platform, your POSSE Cloud solution delivers 99.9% uptime with performance scaling and redundant load-balancing.

POSSE GIS enables the highest-level of ESRI-based GIS integration to allow jurisdictions to start, manage, track, route and investigate business-specific activities.

Equips government agencies to more effectively and efficiently manage inspector resources across diverse business areas.

POSSE Mobile technologies provide field workers with expedient in-the-field mobile computing based on their specific business needs.

POSSE WebUI gives non-technical business users the ability to easily create elegant and responsive customer service experiences, fully compatible for all mobile, tablet and desktop devices.

For local government agencies, POSSE PLS (Permitting & Licensing System) creates immediate business advantages & end user benefits for citizens and staff alike.

In the first part of this series, we examined the immediate and short-term pitfalls of using a generic CRM platform as your permitting and planning solution. In this next installment, we examine the long-term organizational consequences and technical debt impacts.

Government agencies today face growing pressure to streamline permitting and planning processes, enhance citizen services, and ensure regulatory compliance. As agencies look to modernize their systems, some jurisdictions may consider generic platforms built on popular customer relationship management (CRM) platforms, instead of choosing specialized, purpose-built permitting and planning software. While it may seem cost-effective or flexible to adapt a generic CRM platform for these purposes, there are significant pitfalls to this approach. These pitfalls not only hinder operational efficiency but can also lead to greater costs, security vulnerabilities, and system failures, especially in larger jurisdictions. Below, we delve into several key challenges, and discuss why agencies should strongly consider a dedicated permitting and planning solution to achieve optimal technical ownership value.

North America’s housing affordability crisis demands bold, efficient solutions. The convergence of factory‑built modular housing, panelized and pod systems, digital manufacturing via BIM and AI, and pre‑approved materials offers a powerful toolkit for faster, more affordable home construction. However, to realize these benefits at scale, governments must modernize how they approve, license, and oversee housing developments. By embracing modern permitting and community development platforms that streamline submission, review, and inspection—integrating them tightly with prefab workflows—civic agencies can catalyze broader adoption, reduce timelines, control costs, and enhance sustainability.

For today’s Community Planning agencies looking to make a compelling business case for permitting system modernization, it is crucial to articulate the key project outcomes a leading-edge system will produce throughout the broader organization. With this mission in mind, it is informative to look at the common project objectives that jurisdictions across North America are identifying as key organizational priorities in their strategic plans and procurement documentation.

The Canadian Home Builders Association (CHBA) has released its 2024 Municipal Benchmarking Study, a data-driven analysis measuring the efficiency of Canada’s major cities in facilitating affordable housing supplies. The study ranks 23 municipalities across Canada with a common thread emerging among the top performers in the study—their utilization of Computronix’s POSSE software solution for municipal planning, community development, and land management.