Special Permit Areas

Representative map for this data layer

GIS File Name

CDD_SpecialPermitAreas

Description

This polygon layer shows the land area that is involved in Special Permit development projects and other cases that come before the Planning Board for advice or review.

Purpose

This polygon layer shows the land area that is involved in Special Permit development projects.

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Last Modified

03-20-2026

Attributes

Name Type Details Description
CASEID type: String
width: 50
precision: 0		 Unique ID for Special Permit applications, with letter prefix indicating case type: PB- (Planning Board Special Permit), AHO- (Affordable Housing Overlay Design Review), and PBAC- (Planning Board Advisory Consultation). Numbers will have three digits, starting with 00 for numbers under 10, and starting with 0 for numbers under 100.
CASETYPE type: String
width: 100
precision: 0		 Full name/description of case type indicated by CaseID prefix: Planning Board Special Permit; Affordable Housing Overlay Design Review; Planning Board Advisory Consultation
PROJECTNAME type: String
width: 50
precision: 0		 Name by which the project is known; can be the address if no other moniker is in use
MAPLOTS type: String
width: 100
precision: 0		 Map-Lot numbers of affected parcels. Can be more than one.
CASESTATUS type: String
width: 30
precision: 0		 Status of the special permit application and project. Mapped values are Permitting, Reviewing (for AHO), Permitted, Reviewed (for AHO), Under construction, and Built. Other values (not mapped) include Denied, Expired, No decision, Superseded, and Withdrawn.
POLYGONTYPE type: String
width: 30
precision: 0		 Source for polygon: Parcel or Building
SHOWONWEB type: SmallInteger
width: 2
precision: 5		 Yes/No for whether to display a polygon for the project on the Special Permits web map. For older projects with Status = Built, having ShowOnWeb = No identifies them as belonging to separate layer on the web map that can be toggled on and off.
CREATED_DATE type: Date
width: 8
precision: 0
LAST_EDITED_DATE type: Date
width: 8
precision: 0
SHAPE.STAREA() type: Double
width: 0
precision: 0
SHAPE.STLENGTH() type: Double
width: 0
precision: 0

Coordinate System

NAD 1983 StatePlane Massachusetts Mainland FIPS 2001 Feet

License

This data is made available under the Public Domain Dedication and License v1.0 whose full text can be found at: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/.