One licence for the whole jurisdiction, a year at a time.A fixed fee per application, confirmed before the work starts.
AI agents check every development application and permit against your own plans and by-laws, your planners decide, and the entire department runs on a single annual licence priced per resident. Start with the free compliance reports, then run a pilot. No per-seat fees.A registered professional planner signs and represents, AI agents read and draft, and every service is priced on an outcome: the site screening, the applications, the permits, the hearings, and the file to its decision. No hourly billing.
Three steps to a licence
The first step is free, the second is priced at what your signing officer can approve alone, and the third covers the whole department for a year.
STEP 1
The compliance report
Free
A report on every application that a local developer using Zevo planners has filed in your city, checked against your plans and by-laws.
Comes in with an application: no contract, no procurement, nothing to sign
A first measure of how precisely Zevo's agents read an application
Every finding on the application grounded in your official plan and by-laws
The annual licence is set on population, at US$1.00C$1.50 per resident. The pre-check is a fixed fee the applicant developer pays at upload, the same at every size.
What a jurisdiction pays
NUMBER OF RESIDENTS
ANNUAL LICENCE, UNITED STATESANNUAL LICENCE, CANADA
APPLICATION PRE-CHECK
Up to 25,000, the floor
US$25KC$37.5K
US$40C$55 per application
100,000
US$100KC$150K
US$40C$55 per application
250,000
US$250KC$375K
US$40C$55 per application
500,000
US$500KC$750K
US$40C$55 per application
1,190,000
US$1.19MC$1.78M
US$40C$55 per application
1,500,000 and above, the ceiling
US$1.5MC$2.25M
US$40C$55 per application
Notes on pricing
The licence runs for a three-year term, with two one-year options at the same rate.
Residents are counted at the licence's start and re-read at each renewal; the price is fixed inside the term.
Counties are priced on the number of residents of the area they permit.
American cities are quoted in US dollars. Canadian cities are quoted in Canadian dollars.
The pre-check is paid by the applicant at upload, where the city endorses or mandates it.
The city may absorb part of the pre-check fee, and may grant free pre-checks under its licence.
A review stream is one kind of application that the planning department reviews on its own workflow, with its own intake, checklist, and decision path.
Common review streams: site plan approvals, minor variances, zoning by-law amendments, consents and severances, and the zoning review of building permits.
What the licence is not
One price for the jurisdiction, and nothing that moves with seats, applications, or the decisions your planners make.
Not per seat
The annual subscription supports an unlimited number of city planners.
Not per application
The annual subscription also supports an unlimited number of site plan approvals.
Not a success fee
The price is not a share of fees collected or of time saved.
Three common site plan cases
Every package at a fixed fee for a bounded outcome, confirmed for the site before the work begins, and invoiced when the outcome is in your hands or the city's.
SMALL PLAN · UP TO 50 UNITS
A small infill, no rezoning needed
US$8.9K to 12KC$12.5K to 17.5K
Or up to 25,000 sq ft of non-residential floor area.
A zoning and policy report on the site
A site plan review, carried to the decision
A variance where one is needed, and its committee hearing
MEDIUM PLAN · 51 TO 150 UNITS
A mid-rise needing a zoning change
US$34KC$47.5K
Or 25,000 to 100,000 sq ft of non-residential floor area.
A zoning and policy report on the site
The pre-application meeting with the city
A rezoning, and its statutory public meeting
A site plan review, carried to the decision
LARGE PLAN · OVER 150 UNITS
A large site needing a plan amendment
US$104KC$146.5K
Or over 100,000 sq ft of non-residential floor area.
A zoning & policy report, plus review memo
The pre-application meeting with the city
A rezoning with a plan amendment
A site plan review and a subdivision
Full catalog of land use planning services
AI agents read the by-laws, draft the reports, and prepare the materials. Registered professional planners weigh the policy, negotiate with city staff, and sign the submission. Choose a category.
What you can build on a site, under which rules, before you buy it. Zoning confirmation letters, zoning and policy reports, and housing-obligation analyses, signed by a planner.
Site screening and feasibility
SERVICE
OUTCOME
FLAT OR SMALL
MEDIUM
LARGE
Zoning confirmation letter
Deliverable · per letter
US$1.1KC$1.5K
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Zoning and policy report
Deliverable · per report
US$1.8KC$2.5K
US$2.8KC$4K
US$4.3KC$6K
Legal non-conforming use opinion
Deliverable · per opinion
US$1.4KC$2K
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Affordable-housing obligation analysis
Deliverable · per analysis
US$1.8KC$2.5K
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The pre-application meeting with the city and the memos that set the path before you file: which instruments, which reviews, whether a provincial or state route is worth taking.
Pre-application and city consultation
SERVICE
OUTCOME
FLAT OR SMALL
MEDIUM
LARGE
Environmental and public review memo
Deliverable · per memo
US$3.5KC$5K
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Provincial or state override assessment
Deliverable · per assessment
US$3.5KC$5K
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Peer review of a planning report
Deliverable · per review
US$2.5KC$3.5K
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Pre-application meeting
Attendance · per day
US$2.5KC$3.5K
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Rezonings, plan amendments, site plan approvals, subdivisions, variances, and the other instruments that entitle a project, prepared, filed, and carried to the decision.
Rezoning and entitlement applications
SERVICE
OUTCOME
FLAT OR SMALL
MEDIUM
LARGE
Official or comprehensive plan amendment
Filing · per application
US$11KC$15K
US$17KC$24K
US$26KC$36K
Rezoning application
Filing · per application
US$11KC$15K
US$17KC$24K
US$26KC$36K
Rezoning with plan amendment
Filing · per application
US$18KC$25K
US$28KC$40K
US$43KC$60K
Site-specific development district application
Filing · per application
US$14KC$20K
US$23KC$32K
US$34KC$48K
Conditional use permit application
Filing · per application
US$5.7KC$8K
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Variance application
Filing · per application
US$3.5KC$5K
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Site plan review
Filing · per application
US$7.1KC$10K
US$11KC$16K
US$17KC$24K
Subdivision application
Filing · per application
US$14KC$20K
US$23KC$32K
US$34KC$48K
Lot split or lot line adjustment
Filing · per application
US$3.5KC$5K
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Condominium plan application
Filing · per application
US$5.7KC$8K
US$9.2KC$13K
US$13KC$19K
Part lot control exemption
Filing · per application
US$2.5KC$3.5K
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Holding provision removal
Filing · per application
US$2.5KC$3.5K
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Housing replacement application
Filing · per application
US$7.1KC$10K
US$11KC$16K
US$17KC$24K
The permits beside the planning approvals: conservation, trees and natural heritage, species at risk, heritage, and minor municipal permits, coordinated on the same file.
Permits and agency approvals
SERVICE
OUTCOME
FLAT OR SMALL
MEDIUM
LARGE
Environmental agency permit
Filing · per application
US$2.1KC$3K
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Species-at-risk permit
Filing · per application
US$2.1KC$3K
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Tree and natural heritage permit
Filing · per application
US$1.4KC$2K
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Heritage permit
Filing · per application
US$2.5KC$3.5K
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Minor municipal permit
Filing · per application
US$1.4KC$2K
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Community contribution negotiation
Deliverable · per negotiation
US$2.5KC$3.5K
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A planner in the room at public meetings, committees, councils, and tribunals, with the witness statement and evidence package behind an appeal.
Hearings, appeals, and public meetings
SERVICE
OUTCOME
FLAT OR SMALL
MEDIUM
LARGE
Public consultation attendance
Attendance · per day
US$1.1KC$1.5K
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Committee or board hearing
Attendance · per day
US$1.8KC$2.5K
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Council or commission presentation
Attendance · per day
US$1.4KC$2K
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Witness statement and evidence package
Deliverable · per package
US$5.3KC$7.5K
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Tribunal hearing attendance
Attendance · per day
US$2.5KC$3.5K
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Expert witness testimony
Attendance · per day
US$3.5KC$5K
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Your file after it is in: consultants coordinated, the city's comments answered, status reported, approval conditions cleared, policy changes watched.
Application submission and tracking
SERVICE
OUTCOME
FLAT OR SMALL
MEDIUM
LARGE
Municipal liaison and comment response
Deliverable · per round · included in every filing
US$1.4KC$2K
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Consultant team coordination
Retainer · per month · included in every filing
US$1.8KC$2.5K
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Application tracking and reporting
Retainer · per month · included in every filing
US$0.4KC$0.5K
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Approval conditions clearance
Deliverable · per approval
US$3.5KC$5K
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Policy monitoring
Retainer · per month
US$0.7KC$1K
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Owner's representative
Retainer · per month
US$3.5KC$5K
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Developer-friendly billing
What a developer can count on, from the quote to the monthly statement.
Fixed fee before work begins
The price is confirmed for the site, and it does not grow with the rounds.
Application paid on outcomes
A filing in four parts: 40% at the draft package, 20% at submission, 20% at completeness, 20% at the final re-submission. No deposit.
Re-submissions included
Every re-submission on a project that is not materially changing, for 24 months from submission.
One statement a month
Every outcome delivered in the month on one statement, net 30.
Not hourly, not a success fee, not a subscription
Nothing is invoiced on the city's decision, and there is no platform fee.
Notes on pricing
A small site plan is up to 50 units or 25,000 sq ft; medium is 51 to 150 units or 25,000 to 100,000 sq ft; large is above that.
A service with one price costs the same on a tower and on a townhouse.
A filing includes consultant coordination, the responses to the city's comments, and application tracking.
A filing is carried to the city's decision, with its statutory hearing inside the price.
A filing above US$3.5KC$5K is paid in four parts, whereas one at US$3.5KC$5K or under is paid at submission.
American developers are quoted in US dollars. Canadian developers are quoted in Canadian dollars.
Get a proposal for your jurisdiction.Get a fixed price for your next site plan approval
A proposal based on your number of residents and the review streams you name, with the pilot priced at what your signing officer can approve alone.Describe the site and what you want to build. A registered professional planner confirms a fixed fee for the file, and the work begins.