---
title: "Build a land-use application checklist from the agency's published list"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/planning-and-environment/build-a-development-application-lodgement-checklist-from-the-controls/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A12-T1-R2-US"
practice_area: "Planning & Environment"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Build a land-use application checklist from the agency's published list

> Turn the agency's published application list into a checklist with a blank for each item and a note of anything the project description does not yet answer.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/planning-and-environment/build-a-development-application-lodgement-checklist-from-the-controls/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Planning & Environment](https://ailawframework.com/practice/planning-and-environment.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Turn the agency's published application list into a checklist with a blank for each item and a note of anything the project description does not yet answer. |
| What the lawyer must review | California Government Code section 65940 requires each public agency to compile a list that specifies in detail the information required from an applicant for a development project, and to make that list available to applicants. The checklist is that list, plus any item the ordinance adds under the zoning power in Government Code section 65850. Do not invent a "complete application" from a generic template. Opinion 512: a generated list of submittals is not a substitute for the agency's current list. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Build a development-application lodgement checklist from the controls](https://ailawframework.com/practice/planning-and-environment/build-a-development-application-lodgement-checklist-from-the-controls.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Turn the agency's published application list into a checklist with a blank for each item and a note of anything the project description does not yet answer.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Section 65940 is the California Permit Streamlining Act list. Other states publish their own.
- The agency can revise the list. Use the list given to this applicant.

## Sources

- [California Government Code section 65940 (list of information required for a development project)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV&sectionNum=65940.) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [California Government Code section 65850 (authority to adopt zoning ordinances)](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV&sectionNum=65850.) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Victorian planning permit: application checklist from the department guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/planning-and-environment/vic-planning-permit-application.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Checklist for a Victorian planning permit application, taken from the department guide to the planning system. It asks whether a permit is required before any form is prepared.… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*