Ask
Live in NaviusAsk about a place in plain words. The answer is written from the local codes, maps and public record, with the pages that say so; each citation opens the original document.
What you get
- An answer with every claim cited to its page
- Follow-up questions in the same conversation
- A PDF or Markdown copy to keep
“Can a warehouse go on a lot zoned General Business?” Not as zoned. Charleston's use table needs Business Park or industrial zoning; a small lot was rezoned GB to BP in 2022 after review said so.
Use table, Sec. 54-207 · Review comments, p. 10 · Planning Commission, p. 17
Projects
Live in NaviusA site's whole record in one place: its zoning and limits, how much it can really hold, the review cases on and near it, the documents you keep and your own files, with an Ask held to that site.
What you get
- The parcel's zoning, main limits and map layers, each cited
- The step-down from the lot's area to the land you can build on
- The people working on it, invited to the project
A real 6.85-acre parcel in Charleston County. Zoned for 20 homes by right; realistic on what's left: about 7 houses.
The step-down a project's parcel page shows
Research and Deep Research
Live in NaviusResearch searches everything we hold of a government's published record: codes, agendas, minutes, staff reports, review letters. Deep Research digs across many documents for a harder question and writes a report, every finding cited.
What you get
- Results that show why each document matched
- What you find kept in a project, or asked about
- A Deep Research report you can download
One committee's whole record, read for our case study: 1,291 Technical Review Committee cases and their comment letters.
City of Charleston TRC portal records and comment letters, read 2026-10-16.
Plan review pre-check
We prepare it for youBefore you file or resubmit, we check your submittal against the local rules and what the review board asked similar projects, so you have the best shot at skipping a round.
What you get
- The comments similar projects drew, sorted by what they are about
- The rule each comment cites, and what needs someone else, like a study or a board
- Our team's check, before your submittal goes in
Approval usually takes five rounds: the median of 608 approved Technical Review Committee cases.
City of Charleston TRC portal records and comment letters, read 2026-10-16.
Site Report
We prepare it for youBefore-you-buy research on one property, every finding cited to its page.
What you get
- Its zoning, and what is allowed there
- How much is really buildable, step by step
- The boards it must pass, and how long they take
- What similar projects were asked
- The property's history
A real 6.85-acre parcel in Charleston County. Zoned for 20 homes by right; realistic on what's left: about 7 houses.
The buildable step-down a Site Report carries
Custom data
Scoped with youWe read your company's own documents the same way: any format read, the facts pulled out with the page each came from, organized, and made searchable and answerable.
What you get
- Read any format
- Pull out the facts
- Organize it
- Search it and ask it
