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You are a real estate broker, builder or

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land buyer, and a client asks: what is

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being proposed around this area?

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P&Z Radar helps you investigate planning

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and zoning records in the places it

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covers.

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Let’s use Plano as an example.

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We’ll find a case, inspect what the

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record says, and identify the questions

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worth taking back to the city or your

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client.

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First, check coverage.

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A city name alone is not enough: look at

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the source status and when its portal

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was read.

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This tells you where to start and where

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gaps may remain.

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P&Z Radar works from captured public

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documents, so the timing and detail

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depend on the city’s records.

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Once you know your market is

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represented, you can make the search

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much more specific.

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On Projects, choose Plano.

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The table gives you case identifiers,

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locations, types and available details.

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You can use the other filters to focus

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your research further.

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Notice the label: this public page is a

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historical archive, not the full stream

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of upcoming cases.

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It is useful for seeing the kind of

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information available and understanding

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activity already on file before you

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decide whether monitoring is right for

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you.

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Open a case and read the fields in

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context.

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Who is named?

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What use is proposed?

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Which location and hearing date appear?

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Where is the source packet?

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Those are useful inputs to a client

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conversation or a research brief.

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A staff recommendation is not the same

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as a final decision.

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If a summary and a status disagree, go

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to the source and resolve that

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difference before repeating either as a

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fact.

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For a broker, this might raise a

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question about activity near a listing.

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For a land team, it might identify a

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proposed use worth investigating.

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For an engineering firm, it might show

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an applicant or project type to

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research.

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The next step is not to assume the land

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is available or the project approved.

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It is to carry better questions and a

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source link into the next conversation.

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If that research is useful, the free

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city trial is the next place to look.

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Its page explains the recent cases and

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follow-on updates you can evaluate

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without a card.

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Review the city you select and the

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current terms before starting.

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Begin with one market you know well,

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compare the records with the city’s own

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source, and judge whether this saves you

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useful research time.

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That is a practical way to test P&Z

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Radar.