When a Frog applies to the appropriate Planning Commission to improve or build on their land, the Commission’s approval allows the landowner to extract more resources — tokens — from a particular lilyPAD. While applying for and receiving a permit will allow for improved resource harvesting through a Frog (and only a Frog) building such devices on their land, there are still several other considerations to be aware of.
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The resources available to be extracted are dependent on several things: the type and amount of total resources at that lilyPAD, which is partially determined by the biome of that plot; the rarity and traits of the Land Device attached to that lilyPAD; and the resource extraction permit. Permits have a cost to obtain and are temporary, lasting only for one season, whereas an occupant may choose to retain control of a lilyPAD for as long as they like, or until they make an occupancy application to take control of a new, unoccupied lilyPAD.