78736 Building Permits: Cosmico and Highway 71 Explain the Recorded Total
Current comparison
| Recorded measure | September 2024–August 2025 | September 2025–August 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| New units authorized | 89 | 48 |
| Newly counted site groups | 4 | 2 |
| One-unit site groups | 2 | 0 |
| Two-unit site groups | 0 | 1 |
| Three-unit site groups | 0 | 0 |
Units and site groups use different timing. Size categories are provisional and omit larger groups. Definitions and limits.
Local findings: September 2026 review
Reviewed 2026-09-17; records observed 2026-09-15. Period: September 2025–August 2026. Findings describe that saved window; the current comparison above can advance separately.
Forty-seven of forty-eight units fall in three months
The September 2026 review finds 21 units in October 2025, six in November and twenty in December. The remaining unit is on Murmuring Creek Drive in May 2026. There are no other unit contributions in the twelve-month window. A 48-unit annual total spread evenly across twelve months would describe a very different pipeline from the actual sequence here.
The Highway 71 contribution consists of several building records
The twenty December units all share the base address 7817 West SH 71. Seven records contribute them: six carry three units apiece and one carries two. This is not evidence of a single twenty-unit building. Cosmico contributes another 23 units during October and November, with four on Wilder Road over the same two months.
The project count cannot be used as the number of current developments
Only two site groups first enter the Projects series during this window, whereas the unit contributions use 24 base addresses. That gap is exactly why dividing 48 by two would misdescribe the records. The report is counting new building authorizations alongside an earlier-entry site cohort. For this ZIP, begin with the unit-level City links and the dated street sequence.
Planning context: Oak Hill: environmental constraints, utilities and site design.
Records behind the local findings
| Reviewed street or base address | New units | City permit evidence |
|---|---|---|
| 7817 W SH 71 | 20 | 7 contributing records
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| COSMICO ST | 23 | 23 contributing records
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| WILDER RD | 4 | 4 contributing records
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| MURMURING CREEK DR | 1 | 1 contributing records
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Other ZIP totals for comparison
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78736: monthly records
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78736: historical monthly grid
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| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 20 | 135 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 33 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 26 |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 30 |
| 2017 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 41 |
| 2016 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| 2006 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 91 |
| 2005 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 78 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 27 |
| 2003 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 30 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 21 |
| 2001 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 1999 | – | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | – | – | 3 | 5 | 3 | 28 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 1993 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 84 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1988 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1987 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1986 | – | 2 | 1 | 5 | – | – | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 1985 | – | – | – | 10 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 21 | – | – | – | 2 | 54 |
| 1984 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 1983 | – | 4 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 6 |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | 16 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 18 |
| 1981 | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 26 |
78736: separate lot-size history
Lot classifications are a separate measure; do not add them to Units. Grouping and accuracy.
By year
| Year | 1-unit lots | 2-unit lots | 3-unit lots | 1-, 2- and 3-unit lots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 † | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 2018 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 29 |
| 2017 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 40 |
| 2016 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2007 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 2006 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 53 |
| 2005 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 58 |
| 2004 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 27 |
| 2003 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 29 |
| 2002 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 1999 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 27 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1995 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 1994 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 1993 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 84 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1986 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 1985 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 53 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1982 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Last 24 months
| Month | 1-unit lots | 2-unit lots | 3-unit lots | 1-, 2- and 3-unit lots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| July 2026 † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| June 2026 † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2026 † | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| April 2026 † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| March 2026 † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| February 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| January 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| December 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| November 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| October 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| August 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| July 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| June 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| April 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| March 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| January 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| December 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| November 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| October 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| September 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24-month total † | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
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Austin issued-permit data · current table observation 2026-09-15 · monthly refresh.
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