Construction Permits 61% open

Arlington County, VA

What data is expected?

Locations of issued construction permits. This dataset can be a useful tool for tracking city real estate development trends, including neighborhoods most at risk of gentrification or disinvestment, as well as for tracking specific development projects and holding developers and city planners accountable. (More info)

  • Date of issue
  • Expiration date
  • Address
  • Permit type
  • Work description

How open is the data?

All answers

Question Answer Comment
Openly licensed No No information provided on license or use. The Open Data Public Use Notice is here: https://topics.arlingtonva.us/open-government-resources/terms/ It says in part: "You are free to share and adapt our data for any purpose." And: All uses of County data must display the following notice prominently: “Arlington County Data API was used for this purpose, but it is not endorsed or certified by Arlington County.”
Available in bulk Yes
Up-to-date No Last updated June 28, 2016
Available free online Yes
Available free of charge Yes
In an open format CSV, JSON, XLS, XML
findable 4
findable_steps searched the open data catalog
Collected by government Yes
usability 2 No metadata provided to explain column names.
collector_name Permitting Office & Inspection Services
characteristics Date of issue, Expiration date, Address, Permit type, Work description
location https://data.arlingtonva.us/dataviews/230012/permits/ - Open Data Catalog

Meta data

Data location   https://data.arlingtonva.us/dataviews/230012/permits/ - Open Data Catalog
Data licence   Unknown
Data format   CSV, JSON, XLS, XML
Reviewer   Randy Rosso
Submitters   Randy Rosso
Last modified   Sat Mar 03 2018 20:56:22 GMT+0000 (UTC)