The research that decides a hearing shouldn’t cost partner hours.
The strongest argument in a contested land use hearing is usually what the same body did last time.
What they approved on a comparable site. Which conditions they attached. Which policies they cited when they denied something, and whether they applied them consistently. What the objectors said, and whether the board found it persuasive.
All of it is public record. All of it is also hours of meeting video, agenda packets and minutes, work that has to be done by someone who understands what they’re looking for, and that nobody wants on a bill at an attorney’s rate.
What we provide
- Precedent research. Comparable decisions by the same body, the motion, the vote, the stated basis, the conditions.
- Consistency analysis. Whether a policy being cited against your client has been applied the same way before, and where it hasn’t.
- Opposition patterns. Who reliably appears, what they argue, and what has actually moved a board.
- Board composition and voting history. How the people deciding this have voted on matters like it.
- Submittal and process management, where you’d rather not carry it, you keep the strategy and the hearing.
Everything cites the source
Every finding traces to a specific meeting, a specific motion, and a specific vote. Nothing is summarized without a citation you can verify and, where it matters, put in front of a board yourself.
We understand why that’s the whole point. A finding you can’t source is worse than no finding at all, and in your practice it’s worse than that.
What we’re not
We’re not a law firm and we don’t give legal advice. We’re planners. We do the factual and procedural groundwork that supports your argument, and we hand you the record with the citations attached.
Hearing coming up? Tell us the jurisdiction and the matter.