Data · dataset · 2025
Applications for Permits and Licenses
Listed in Somerville Open Data
The dataset is one row per application for permits and licenses in the City of Somerville through the Citizenserve application system.
Description
The current dataset contains applications handled by the Inspectional Services Department (ISD) and the City Clerk’s office, representing approximately 90% of the applications processed by the City of Somerville. Soon to come are applications handled by other teams, including Engineering, the Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development (OSPCD), and Fire Prevention.
This dataset contains application information for over 90,000 applications for permits and licenses since 2014, including project details, status, and location information. Currently, this data can be viewed in the Tableau Visualization by Application Date or Issue Date. When you select “View Permits and Licenses by Application Date,” any Application which does not have an Application Date will be filtered out.
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The same is true for viewing by Issue Date. If an application has neither field, the application will not display in the Tableau Visualization. Such applications will, however, appear in the dataset.
This dataset should be refreshed daily with data appearing in the early morning. If the data becomes out of date, please email data@somervillema.gov.
Links
Get the data
- CSV data.somervillema.gov/api/views/nneb-s3f7/rows.csv?accessType=DOWNLOAD ↗
download · from data somervillema gov
Where it is published
- Somerville Open Data dataset page data.somervillema.gov/Government-Finance/Applications-for-Permits-and-Licenses/nneb-… ↗
landing page · from data somervillema gov
Catalogue records · 1
- SODA API data.somervillema.gov/resource/nneb-s3f7.json ↗
metadata API · from data somervillema gov
Topics
- Stated by source
- Government & Finance
- From keywords
- Economics & Finance · Social Science
Provenance · 1 source records, 10 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somerville Open Data | nneb-s3f7 | 5 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · data somervillema gov | connector:data_somervillema_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:economics-finance | mapping · data somervillema gov | connector:data_somervillema_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · data somervillema gov | connector:data_somervillema_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[topic].socrata_category:data_somervillema_gov:government-finance | source · data somervillema gov | connector:data_somervillema_gov@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · data somervillema gov | connector:data_somervillema_gov@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · data somervillema gov | connector:data_somervillema_gov@1.0.0 | /resource/description |
| license | source · data somervillema gov | connector:data_somervillema_gov@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · data somervillema gov | connector:data_somervillema_gov@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · data somervillema gov | connector:data_somervillema_gov@1.0.0 | /resource/name |
| updated_date | source · data somervillema gov | connector:data_somervillema_gov@1.0.0 |