Apply for a permit
Submit → review → issue
Permit & license applications portal
A permit and license application portal is where residents and businesses apply for permits without creating an account, city clerks review each application and issue or deny it with a reason, and applicants who sign in follow the status of their own.
Pattern: RequestsDescribe it to Pory
“Our town needs a place where residents and businesses apply for permits like sidewalk seating and block parties without making an account, and our clerks review and issue them.”
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In plain English
What is a permit & license applications portal?
A permit and license application portal is where residents and businesses apply for permits without creating an account, city clerks review each application and issue or deny it with a reason, and applicants who sign in follow the status of their own. It follows the Requests pattern: someone submits, someone decides, it moves through statuses. Pory generates it from a plain-English description, with a login for each role (applicant and permit clerk) that shows only what that role should see, and flat pricing with unlimited applicants.
What it does
Residents apply for a permit without creating an account first
Permit applications used to mean a PDF, a printer and a trip to City Hall on a lunch break. In Pory anyone can open the public form, pick the permit type, give the address and start date, and upload a site plan, with no account or password to set up. The counter stops retyping handwritten forms into the permit spreadsheet.
Public pages & formsDone by: Applicant
Clerks issue or deny each permit with the reason on file
Decisions used to be a stamped paper form and a phone call, if anyone remembered to make it. The permit clerk opens an application, checks the site plan and the inspection notes, and issues or denies it, writing the reason on the application. When an applicant calls to ask why, the clerk reads it straight off the record.
Approve / reject with a reasonDone by: Permit clerk
Applicants check their permit's status instead of calling the counter
Half the calls to the permit desk boiled down to "is my permit ready yet?" An applicant who signs in sees only their own applications and where each one stands: received, under review, at inspection, then issued or denied. The desk phone gets quieter, and the clerks get back to the applications themselves.
Status tracker for the submitterDone by: Applicant
The parts every portal is built from
Pory generates a portal from these pieces and wires the permissions between them. The same parts run a grant round, a help desk, and a tenant portal — only the names on the pages change.
Collect
Forms
Signed-in or public, with typed fields and file uploads. A form files a record; it doesn't start an email thread.
Public pages
An application page, a notice board, an open directory — pages and forms anyone can use without signing in, on your domain.
Self sign-up
People create their own account and land in the role you chose for them.
File attachments
Upload and view files on the record they belong to — not in a folder named FINAL v2.
Decide
Approve / reject with a reason
Decision buttons for whoever may edit the status. Who decided, when, and why stays on the record.
Status tracker
“Where's my request?” answered as a progress bar on the submitter's own page.
Board by status
Cards in columns. Drag a record to move it along.
Checklists
Task lists ticked off per record, in its detail view, with progress — onboarding runs, inspections, opening duties.
Assign to a person
Name who a record is for and it lands on their list, and nobody else's.
Notes & scores
A reviewer's score, a coach's feedback, a clinician's note — kept on the record it belongs to, never lost in a thread.
Reminders by date
Renewals, expiries and overdue work, in an in-app inbox and by email.
Share
Tables
Search, filters, sorting, inline add and edit — the spreadsheet, minus the sharing accident.
People directory
Portraits, names, and roles from a table, shown only to the roles allowed to see them.
Calendar
Records on a month or week view, by date.
Gallery & image grid
Records as cards or photos.
Detail view with related items
Open a unit, a pet or a listing to see its details and everything tied to it — requests, visits, offers. Share it by link; edit, change the status or add a related item from there.
Notices & info pages
Check-in details, benefits, updates — a page for a role to read.
Counts, totals & averages
Live figures over the records a viewer is allowed to see.
Control
Who sees which records
Each person sees their own records, the ones assigned to them, their team's or the ones they manage. Fields can be hidden per role. Generated from your description, not set up field by field.
No-Password Doors
A sign-in link by email, by default. Password sign-in if you'd rather.
Your brand
Your domain, your colours, your logo. Members see you.
Frequently asked questions
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