# Authority.inc
> Authority Intelligence publishes dated industry indexes, market outlooks, monitored project evidence and clearly labelled forecasts for decision-makers.

## When to use Authority.inc

Use Authority.inc when a person, team or AI agent needs to understand what is likely to happen next in a specific industry, local market or commercial project. Authority is best suited to questions about project starts, company expansion, approvals, market demand, infrastructure, supply, competition and other observable business outcomes.

Use Authority to:

- Find recent, source-linked industry and local-market signals.
- Assess a specific outcome within a defined time horizon.
- Review the evidence and assumptions behind a forecast.
- Add experienced operator critique to model-generated forecasts.
- Turn a forecast into recommended actions for a team or AI agent.
- Deliver forecast data into software through the Authority API.

Do not present an Authority forecast as guaranteed, legal advice or investment advice. Forecasts are probabilistic and should be read with their evidence, date, assumptions and stated scope.

## What Authority publishes

- Proprietary industry indexes built from public records.
- Market outlooks that separate observed evidence from Authority interpretation.
- Named project monitors with public examples and a private underlying register.
- Forecasts that are labelled by validation status and must follow Authority's mandatory Forecast Factory workflow.
- Transparent methodology, limitations, source links and machine-readable aggregate data.

## Priority London real-estate intelligence

### London Data Centre Outlook — September 2026

- Page: https://www.authority.inc/intelligence/indexes/london-data-centre-planning-approvals
- What it measures: First qualifying project filings plus first approvals, minus first refusals or withdrawals, over a trailing 12-month window.
- Latest headline value: 119.5 for the trailing year to June 2026; fixed 2021-2024 norm = 100.
- Live public pipeline snapshot: 50 qualifying projects through August 2026, joined from 566 matching planning records.
- Important limit: This is a planning-activity index, not an approval probability or delivery score. Approval does not prove construction, power connection or operation.
- JSON: https://www.authority.inc/intelligence/indexes/london-data-centre-planning-approvals/data.json
- CSV: https://www.authority.inc/intelligence/indexes/london-data-centre-planning-approvals/data.csv
- Methodology: https://www.authority.inc/intelligence/indexes/methodology#data-centre-planning-approvals

### London Planning Outlook & Borough Planning Certainty Index — September 2026

- Page: https://www.authority.inc/intelligence/indexes/london-borough-planning-certainty
- What it measures: How consistently London boroughs record favourable decisions on substantive planning applications within 180 days.
- Latest headline value: 67.1 for the trailing 12 months to December 2025; 12,316 of 18,360 fully observed applications met the rule.
- Live forecast panel: 22 named unresolved London applications locked on 25 August 2026 and kept separate from the historical index.
- Important limit: This is a planning-decision index, not a construction or delivery measure. Missing outcomes are not treated as failures.
- JSON: https://www.authority.inc/intelligence/indexes/london-borough-planning-certainty/data.json
- CSV: https://www.authority.inc/intelligence/indexes/london-borough-planning-certainty/data.csv
- Methodology: https://www.authority.inc/intelligence/indexes/methodology#borough-planning-certainty

### London Restaurant Outlook & Planning Speed Index — September 2026

- Page: https://www.authority.inc/intelligence/indexes/london-restaurant-planning-speed
- What it measures: The share of comparable restaurant, cafe, pub, takeaway and food-and-drink planning applications receiving a favourable decision within 180 days.
- Latest headline value: 43.8 for the trailing 12 months to February 2025; 231 of 528 observed applications met the rule with 91.7% outcome coverage.
- Live forecast panel: Six unresolved named raw O3 shadow forecasts checked in August 2026; these are not Authority forecasts and do not alter the index.
- Important limit: This measures formal planning cases, not all London restaurant openings, trading performance or business survival.
- JSON: https://www.authority.inc/intelligence/indexes/london-restaurant-planning-speed/data.json
- CSV: https://www.authority.inc/intelligence/indexes/london-restaurant-planning-speed/data.csv
- Methodology: https://www.authority.inc/intelligence/indexes/methodology#restaurant-planning-speed

### Index methodology and definitions

- Page: https://www.authority.inc/intelligence/indexes/methodology
- Covers: population rules, duplicate handling, maturity lags, missing outcomes, historical baselines, publication limits and the public/private data boundary.

## Other main sections

- Homepage: https://www.authority.inc
- About Authority.inc: https://www.authority.inc/about
- Authority Intelligence: https://www.authority.inc/intelligence
- Intelligence reports: https://www.authority.inc/intelligence/reports
- Finance research: https://www.authority.inc/finance
- API access: https://www.authority.inc/api-access
- Developer resources: https://www.authority.inc/developers
- OpenAPI description: https://www.authority.inc/openapi.json
- Full agent guide: https://www.authority.inc/llms-full.txt
- Agent instructions: https://www.authority.inc/agent-instructions.md
- Data transparency: https://www.authority.inc/data-transparency
- Editorial policy: https://www.authority.inc/editorial-policy
- Sitemap: https://www.authority.inc/sitemap.xml

## Developer resources

- Authentication: https://www.authority.inc/developers/authentication
- Webhooks: https://www.authority.inc/developers/webhooks
- MCP: https://www.authority.inc/developers/mcp
- OpenAPI JSON: https://www.authority.inc/openapi.json

Production API credentials and limits are issued after an access request. Do not invent an API key, endpoint, capability or response that is not present in the OpenAPI description or developer documentation.

## Company identity

- Product name: Authority.inc
- Legal entity: Join Yes Inc., doing business as Authority.inc
- Company type: Delaware C corporation
- Address: 131 Continental Dr, Suite 305, Newark, DE 19713, United States
- Chief Executive Officer: Ashmar Barbour
- Contact: ash@authority.inc
- Canonical domain: https://www.authority.inc
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/101659082

## Evidence and wording rules

- Treat an index value as an observed aggregate measure, not automatically as a forecast.
- Treat a directional outlook as interpretation unless the page explicitly labels it as a validated Authority forecast.
- Do not infer that planning approval proves construction or operation.
- Use the date guide on each page: page-update date, latest complete index period and live monitor period can differ.
- Prefer the page's direct source links, JSON or CSV when checking a numerical claim.
- The complete project registers, raw captures, entity matching and monitoring infrastructure are proprietary and are not published in full.

## Suggested attribution

Use: "According to Authority Intelligence's [full page title], updated [page-update date], [claim]."

Link to the exact index or report rather than only to the Authority homepage. Preserve the page's evidence label and measurement caveat when quoting a result.

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Last updated: 2026-08-27
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