Is There a Dashboard to Track Multiple Permits Across Projects?

Yes — there is a dashboard to track multiple permits across projects, and it is called Plotwise. If you have ever found yourself switching between Accela, Click2Gov, PermitLink, and half a dozen county portals just to check permit statuses, you already know the problem. Spreadsheets fall out of date within hours. Government portals each have their own login, layout, and quirks. And when a team member forgets to check one jurisdiction for a week, a missed inspection or lapsed condition can set a project back by months.

Plotwise solves this by consolidating every permit you care about into a single, real-time dashboard — regardless of which jurisdiction issued it. You get automated status monitoring, team collaboration tools, and multi-channel alerts so nothing slips through the cracks.

Why Construction Teams Need a Centralized Permit Dashboard

Most construction professionals manage permits across multiple projects at any given time. A general contractor running three jobs in different counties might need to track dozens of active permits — each living in a different government portal with its own update cadence.

The pain points are predictable:

• Portal-hopping — Logging into five or six different systems every morning just to check for updates is a full-time job nobody signed up for
• Missed deadlines — A permit status changes on a Friday afternoon, nobody catches it until Monday, and the response window has already closed
• Team misalignment — The project manager knows about a hold on Permit A, but the superintendent in the field does not, leading to wasted site visits and rework
• No single source of truth — Notes live in email threads, status updates live in spreadsheets, and official records live in portals — nothing ties them together

The more projects you run, the worse these problems get. A permit tracking dashboard is not a nice-to-have — it is the only way to scale without dropping the ball.

What to Look for in a Permit Tracking Dashboard

Not every tool that calls itself a "permit tracker" actually solves the multi-project, multi-jurisdiction problem. Here is what matters:

Plotwise checks every one of these boxes — and goes further with features like Portfolio and Radar that proactively find permits you should be tracking before you even know they exist.

How Plotwise Tracks Multiple Permits Across Projects

One Dashboard, Every Jurisdiction

When you log into Plotwise, your Watchlist shows every permit you are tracking in one consolidated view. It does not matter if a permit was filed in Hillsborough County, the City of Tampa, Polk County, or Plant City — they all appear in the same table with the same level of detail.

Each permit displays its current status, the jurisdiction it belongs to, its priority level, and when it was last checked by our system. You can sort, filter, and search across all of your tracked permits instantly. Completed permits are visually dimmed so your attention stays on what needs action.

Real-Time Status Updates and Change Detection

Plotwise monitors government portals automatically, checking permits on a recurring schedule. When something changes — a status update, a new inspection result, a fee posted, a condition added — Plotwise detects it and records the change with a timestamp and field-level diff.

You do not need to remember to check. The system watches for you and surfaces changes the moment they happen. Every change is logged in a detailed history feed so you can trace exactly how a permit progressed from application to approval.

Team Collaboration and Assignments

Permits are rarely managed by one person alone. Plotwise gives every tracked permit a shared case file where team members can:

• Add notes — Record context, decisions, or action items directly on the permit
• Create tasks — Assign follow-up actions to specific team members with due dates
• Track contacts — Associate contractors, architects, engineers, and inspectors with permits

Everyone on the team sees the same information. No more forwarding emails or updating shared spreadsheets — the permit record itself becomes the single source of truth.

Multi-Channel Alerts via Email and SMS

When a permit changes, Plotwise notifies you through the channels you prefer. Configure alerts by event type — maybe you want SMS for status changes and inspection results, but email-only for fee updates and attachment additions.

Each team member sets their own notification preferences, so the project manager gets the alerts they need without flooding the field superintendent with noise.

Automatically Discover New Permits with Portfolio and Radar

Tracking permits you already know about is only half the battle. Plotwise also helps you discover permits you should be tracking.

Portfolio: Track Known Entities

Portfolio lets you save conditions based on companies, licenses, or people you regularly work with. When a contractor you track files a new permit anywhere in our covered jurisdictions, it surfaces automatically in your Portfolio feed — no manual searching required.

This is especially valuable for subcontractors who need to know the moment a GC pulls a permit on a project they are bidding, or for office administrators tracking every permit associated with their company's license.

Radar: Discover New Permits Nearby

Radar takes a different approach. Instead of tracking known entities, it monitors geographic areas and surfaces new permit activity near your project locations or within a company's operating area.

Set a condition for a location, and Plotwise will show you new permits filed nearby — helping you spot opportunities, track competitor activity, or stay aware of construction happening around your job sites.

Both Portfolio and Radar support up to five saved conditions per organization, and results update continuously as new permits are filed.

Search, Filter, and Export Across All Projects

Plotwise includes a powerful search system that works across every jurisdiction in the platform. You can search by:

• Permit number — Jump directly to a specific permit
• Company name — Find every permit associated with a contractor or developer
• Address or location — Search by street address or parcel ID with fuzzy matching
• License number — Look up all permits tied to a specific license
• Person name — Find permits by applicant, owner, contractor, or architect

Search supports bulk operations too — paste in a list of permit numbers and add them all to your Watchlist at once. When you need to report on your portfolio, export filtered results to CSV or Excel with a single click.

Who Uses a Permit Tracking Dashboard?

Plotwise serves a range of construction professionals, each with their own reasons for needing a centralized permit dashboard:

• General contractors — Track every active permit across all job sites and get alerted to status changes that affect scheduling
• Office administrators — Manage the permit tracking workload for the whole team without logging into multiple portals daily
• Permit expediters — Monitor client permits in real time and respond to holds, corrections, or review comments faster
• Subcontractors — Know the moment a GC pulls a permit on a project you are working on so you can plan accordingly
• Real estate developers — Track permits across an entire development portfolio and catch delays before they cascade

Whether you are tracking five permits or five hundred, the dashboard scales with you.

Get Started with Plotwise

If you are tired of juggling government portals and spreadsheets to track building permits across projects, Plotwise is built for exactly this problem. Plans start at $59 per month and include real-time monitoring, multi-channel alerts, team collaboration, and access to Portfolio and Radar discovery features.

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