Feasibility & Regulatory Strategy

Approvals are the most common source of delay on Northwest projects. SASHKOV sets out the approval path before design dollars are spent and manages it through issuance.

What this service covers

Feasibility Determination

A written answer on what the site or building can become, the alternatives, the approvals each path needs, and its consultant scope, cost and schedule. Survey or geotechnical work is added to the contract when the answer depends on it.

Jurisdiction Determination & Pre-Application

The jurisdiction's position on the questions that decide the project, obtained in writing through early assistance, pre-application meetings or a formal determination, before production begins.

Related projects

Banks Rural Feasibility Determination

Banks, OR

Lynnwood Sunroom Feasibility and Zoning Verification

Snohomish County, WA

Frequently Asked Questions

Can you tell me whether my project is permittable before I invest in a plan set?

Yes, and we recommend it. A feasibility study is a site visit, a zoning and land use review, a code review against the specific jurisdiction, and a written determination of whether the project as described can be permitted, what it would require, and what would have to change.

Can you tell me whether my project is permittable before I invest in a plan set?

The seller told me it was already approved for this. Should I rely on that?

Not without verification. Prior approvals expire, get conditioned, or apply to a use different from yours. We check what is actually on record with the jurisdiction and tell you what carries forward.

The seller told me it was already approved for this. Should I rely on that?

Not without verification. Prior approvals expire, get conditioned, or apply to a use different from yours. We check what is actually on record with the jurisdiction and tell you what carries forward.

I was told my farm building does not need a permit. Is that true?

It may be, and the exemption is narrower than most people are told. It generally covers storing farm equipment and produce or housing livestock, and it tends to end once there is human occupancy, retail sale, public access or employees working in the structure. An office or a restroom is usually enough to end it. We give you that answer in writing before the building goes up.

I was told my farm building does not need a permit. Is that true?

Do I need a land use approval, or just a building permit?

Sometimes both, and the land use path is the long one. Finding that out after the drawings are done is the most expensive way to learn it. It is the first thing we check.

Do I need a land use approval, or just a building permit?

Sometimes both, and the land use path is the long one. Finding that out after the drawings are done is the most expensive way to learn it. It is the first thing we check.