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Council District 8

Austin council district · 92 unique cases
174
Hearings (10-yr)
93
Unique cases
45.0%
Approval (of decided)
47.9%
Postponement
2016–2026
Active
43
Since 2024

Hearings by year

Council District 8: hearings by year2016: 16, 2017: 17, 2018: 26, 2019: 9, 2020: 21, 2021: 18, 2022: 7, 2023: 17, 2024: 17, 2025: 18, 2026: 8132616’1617’1726’189’1921’2018’217’2217’2317’2418’258’26

Outcome distribution

Council District 8: outcomesApproved: 76 (44%), Postponed: 81 (47%), Denied: 12 (7%), No decision: 5 (3%)44%47%7%Approved 76Postponed 81Denied 12No decision 5

Versus the field

Postponement rate vs the fieldCouncil District: 48%, Field median: 44%Council District48%Field median44%
Approval rate 45.0% — below the field (46.1%) by 1.1 pts.

Hearing timeline

Hearing dateOutcomeDistrictAgentFirm
2026-05-12PostponedD8——
2026-05-12PostponedD8——
2026-05-05ApprovedD8Amanda SworDrenner Group
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Most active firms here

Drenner Group 28Armbrust & Brown 26DuBois Bryant & Campbell 16LJA Engineering 10Perales Engineering, LLC 9Sprouse Shrader Smith 5

Most active attorneys here

Amanda Swor 16David Hartman 16Richard T. Suttle 14Leah Bojo 11Jewels Cain 10Jerry Perales 9

Recent cases

C14-95-0170(RCA)C14-2025-0123C14-2025-0064C14-2026-0012C14-2025-0089C14-95-0170C14-2025-0079 ✓C14-2025-0087 ✓
District coverage: 81% of hearings carry a mapped council district; the remaining 19% are untagged in the source record and excluded from district rollups.
Austin Development Watch · every figure traces to a certified record · data through 2026-07-06 · gate-certified · generated 2026-07-07