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Houston Permitting Center

HPC

Building permits, plan review, and development services.

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Reliability score 70%
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Datasets
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300
Total records
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19
Red flags
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91
Avg quality

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building Permits & Development
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Houston Building Permits

Building, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical permits issued by the Houston Permitting Center.

300 records ⚠ 19 red flags Q 91

🚩 Recent red flags

Open data-quality issues our detectors found across this department's datasets.

🚩 High · future date
95% sure

This record is dated in the future.

occurred_at 2026-07-15
A 311 request can't be created next year. A future date usually means someone typed the date wrong or a computer formatted it incorrectly.

Next step: Check for a typo or a time-zone/format bug at the source.

Houston Building Permits Source β†—
🚩 High · future date
95% sure

This record is dated in the future.

occurred_at 2026-07-13
A 311 request can't be created next year. A future date usually means someone typed the date wrong or a computer formatted it incorrectly.

Next step: Check for a typo or a time-zone/format bug at the source.

Houston Building Permits Source β†—
🚩 High · future date
95% sure

This record is dated in the future.

occurred_at 2026-07-07
A 311 request can't be created next year. A future date usually means someone typed the date wrong or a computer formatted it incorrectly.

Next step: Check for a typo or a time-zone/format bug at the source.

Houston Building Permits Source β†—
🚩 High · impossible negative
85% sure

A count or amount is negative where that should be impossible.

numeric_value -9
You can't have negative days to fix a pothole, or negative permits. A negative number here is a sign of a data-entry or calculation mistake.

Next step: Confirm whether negatives represent refunds/corrections or are simply errors.

Houston Building Permits Source β†—
🚩 High · impossible negative
85% sure

A count or amount is negative where that should be impossible.

numeric_value -52
You can't have negative days to fix a pothole, or negative permits. A negative number here is a sign of a data-entry or calculation mistake.

Next step: Confirm whether negatives represent refunds/corrections or are simply errors.

Houston Building Permits Source β†—
🚩 High · impossible negative
85% sure

A count or amount is negative where that should be impossible.

numeric_value -43
You can't have negative days to fix a pothole, or negative permits. A negative number here is a sign of a data-entry or calculation mistake.

Next step: Confirm whether negatives represent refunds/corrections or are simply errors.

Houston Building Permits Source β†—