Florida has made significant progress over the last several years to simplify and streamline the State's regulatory review processes. Your project should qualify for a process that allows significant economic development projects to obtain expedited review of all needed state and regional permit applications and, at the option of a participating local government, local development permits or orders and comprehensive plan amendments.

The following State regulatory agencies have made a commitment to provide quicker, less costly and more predictable permit approvals without reducing environmental standards.

  • Environmental Protection
  • Community Affairs 
  • Transportation 
  • Agriculture & Consumer Affairs 
  • Labor & Employment Security 
  • Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission 
  • The commitment also extends to the appropriate Regional Planning Council, Water Management District and federal agencies, as necessary.

Qualified projects benefit from pre-application meetings. Identification of all necessary permits and approvals needed for the project
designation of a project coordinator and regional permit action team contacts development of a consolidated time schedule which incorporates all required deadlines statement of a project's permeability within 30 days from a pre-application meeting final agency action on permit applications within 90 days from the receipt of a completed application.