How We Track Greenville Development

Pemberton Data Solutions compiles building-permit and planning activity across the greater Greenville, SC area into a single, regularly updated dataset. That dataset powers our interactive map and these story pages.

Where the data comes from

We pull directly from the permitting and planning systems of the jurisdictions we cover: the City of Greenville, Greenville County, the City of Greer, the City of Easley, Anderson County, and the City of Spartanburg. Each source is read from its official public system, including ArcGIS open-data services, eTRAKiT permit portals, and county GIS layers.

How often it updates

Permit and planning records are refreshed on a weekly cycle. Each story notes the permit's own application and issue dates. The "last 12 months" trend on a story reflects activity through the most recent pull for that jurisdiction.

What's included

Commercial and residential building permits, including new construction, additions, alterations, and demolitions, along with rezoning, annexation, and subdivision planning applications. For commercial projects we surface the address, permit numbers, declared valuation when the source provides it, applicant and contractor when listed, parcel identifiers, key dates, and scope of work.

What's not included

Residential permit detail is aggregated to protect homeowner privacy. Individual home addresses and owner names are never published on the map's residential layer. Valuation, contractor, and parcel data are only as complete as each source system exposes them. Some jurisdictions publish less than others, and we omit fields rather than guess. Coordinates for sources that do not publish geometry are derived from the parcel record or geocoded from the address, and are approximate to the parcel or block.

Corrections

Spot an error in a permit record? Email [email protected] and we'll review it against the source.