G-001 · Development approvals
A clear path from
concept to construction.
Permit expediting, entitlement coordination, and development services for builders, developers, and project owners across Texas. We coordinate the applications, agencies, consultants, and approvals required to move development forward.
Where the schedule actually goes
In review Cleared Correction return Submittal assembled, ready for intake.
D-101 · Delay analysis
Know the path. Know the next step.
Permitting and development involve dozens of handoffs. A missed requirement, an unanswered comment, or unclear responsibility turns into weeks of avoidable delay.
Incomplete applications never reach a reviewer
Georgetown treats an application as incomplete, and therefore not filed, if checklist items are missing or fees are paid after noon on the Friday following the submittal deadline. Round Rock starts every published clock at "received and accepted," which is a separate gate from submittal. We build the package against the jurisdiction's own checklist before it goes in.
Comments arrive written for another reviewer
Plan review comments are written to a plan checker, not to your architect or civil engineer. We translate each one into a sheet-by-sheet task with an owner and a resubmittal date, so nothing sits waiting to be interpreted.
Departments review in parallel, and nobody reconciles them
In Round Rock, fire plan review runs alongside building review on its own two to four week clock. Building can clear while fire sits. We hold status per department rather than on the project as a whole.
Approval is not issuance
Round Rock operates a strict one-permit system: the general contractor and every subcontractor must be added to the application and individually accept the assignment in the portal before the permit will issue. Plans can be fully approved and the permit still will not release. That last step is coordination rather than review, and it sits entirely inside your control.
W-100 · Waypoints
How Pathway works
Five stages. You know where the project stands at each one.
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Understand the project
We establish scope, jurisdiction, development status, approvals already completed, and the decisions still outstanding. You get a straight read on what the project is actually facing.
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Map the path
We identify the likely approvals, permitting dependencies, agency requirements, consultants needed, and the major project milestones, including the sequencing gates that determine what can be filed when.
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Coordinate the team
We manage communication and deliverables among ownership, consultants, contractors, utilities, and reviewing agencies, so responsibility for each next action is unambiguous.
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Manage the process
We follow applications, reviews, comments, responses, resubmittals and approvals per department rather than per project, and escalate whichever review has stalled.
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Keep moving
We maintain visibility into what is complete, what is outstanding, and what needs to happen next, through issuance and close-out.
The submittal: general, civil, architectural, structural and MEP
S-100 · Scope of services
What we coordinate
Seven tracks. Most projects need two or three of them running at once, and that overlap is usually where things go wrong without someone holding it together.
Permit expediting & management
Applications, agency review, comments, resubmittals, and issuance.
Details Z-101Land development & entitlements
Zoning, annexation, platting, variances, and development agreements.
Details C-101Platting & civil infrastructure coordination
Subdivision and infrastructure approvals across the project team.
Details C-401ROW & infrastructure permitting
Municipal, county, TxDOT, and utility right-of-way approvals.
Details EC-101Site & environmental permitting
Site development, stormwater, TCEQ, and Edwards Aquifer approvals.
Details G-001Fee-based development
Development leadership for ownership groups, without the overhead.
DetailsJ-100 · Service areas
Three jurisdictions we know in detail
Every jurisdiction has its own portal, submittal requirements, review teams, and development standards. These three are documented here in detail. The wider Texas record is on the Experience page.
Austin
The region's largest jurisdiction. Site plan first, live published review times, and a formal paid expedited program.
- Permitting and Development Center · 6310 Wilhelmina Delco Dr
Georgetown
Published review windows, a municipal electric utility, and a historic overlay that controls the schedule.
- Development Services · 406 W. Eighth St.
Round Rock
Publishes its own review-cycle performance. Heavy commercial finish-out volume and a strict one-permit system.
- Building Inspection · 301 W. Bagdad Ave, Suite 100
Q-001 · Common questions
Questions we get before the first call
Can you get a permit approved faster?
We can improve coordination and remove avoidable delay. We cannot change a jurisdiction's published review window, and we do not control whether an application is approved. Georgetown states outright that it offers no expediting option for plan review, and Round Rock publishes no expedited program either. What moves is the number of review rounds and the time between them, which on most projects is where the schedule is actually lost.
What do you do that our team cannot do itself?
Your team can file its own applications. What Pathway brings is people who work in these jurisdictions continuously, know what each one requires at intake, and read review comments as a full-time job. On an unfamiliar jurisdiction or a project with several approvals running at once, that difference is measured in weeks.
Are you engineers, or attorneys?
Neither. Pathway coordinates and manages the development and approval process. Engineering, surveying, environmental engineering and legal work are performed by the appropriately licensed professionals on the project team. Our role is to keep that work moving in the right sequence and to manage the agency relationship.
Can you take on a project that is already stuck?
Yes. Send the comment letter, the plan set and the submittal date. A good share of our work starts that way. Check expiration dates first. Permits and plan reviews do lapse, and Round Rock permits become invalid if work has not commenced within six months of issuance.
Where do you work?
Across Texas. Three jurisdictions are documented in detail on this site: Austin, Georgetown and Round Rock. We have also coordinated development and permitting across municipalities and counties throughout the state, and with TCEQ and TxDOT. The full list is on the Experience page.
How do you charge?
Scoped to the engagement rather than billed by the hour. Agency fees are separate and passed through at cost. You will have both numbers before anything is filed.
T-001 · Transmittal
Have a project that needs a path forward?
Evaluating a site, working through entitlements, preparing an application, responding to comments, or trying to move a project that has stalled. Tell us where it stands and we will map what comes next.