Revisamos el permiso de ocupación de la vía pública.

Revisamos is the first person plural form of revisar, so it means we review / we check / we inspect.

A very important point: revisamos can mean either:

• present tense: we review / we check
• preterite: we reviewed / we checked

Those two forms look exactly the same in Spanish for -ar verbs in nosotros.
So only the context tells you which one is meant.

Examples:

• Hoy revisamos el permiso. = Today we review/check the permit.
• Ayer revisamos el permiso. = Yesterday we reviewed/checked the permit.

Spanish often omits subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows who is doing the action.

• Revisamos already tells you the subject is we
• So Nosotros revisamos... is possible, but usually unnecessary

You would add nosotros only if you want emphasis, contrast, or clarity.

For example:

• Nosotros revisamos el permiso, no ellos.
  = We review the permit, not them.

In a normal sentence, just Revisamos... sounds natural.

Spanish often uses the definite article more than English does.

So el permiso means:

• the permit
• or sometimes, depending on context, the permit in question / the relevant permit

In administrative or official language, using the article is very common because it refers to a specific document.

Compare:

• Revisamos permiso → generally sounds incomplete or unnatural here
• Revisamos el permiso → natural and standard

Permiso de ocupación is a noun + de + noun structure, very common in Spanish.

It literally means:

• permit of occupation but in natural English:
• occupancy permit
• permit to occupy
• or, in this context, permit for occupying public space

The de here links the two nouns and tells you what kind of permit it is.

Similar patterns:

• permiso de trabajo = work permit
• permiso de residencia = residence permit
• licencia de obras = building permit

So permiso de ocupación is simply a permit related to occupation/use of a space.

Because Spanish is building a chain of related nouns:

• el permiso
• de ocupación → what kind of permit?
• de la vía pública → occupation of what?

So the full structure is:

[el permiso] [de ocupación] [de la vía pública]

You can think of it like this:

• the permit
• for occupation
• of the public highway/public space

Spanish often uses de where English prefers compounds or different wording.
This is very normal and not awkward in Spanish.

Yes, vía pública is a very common official/administrative expression in Spain.

It refers to:

• public roads
• public streets
• public thoroughfares
• and often more broadly public space on the street

In town-hall or legal contexts, it often means areas such as:

• streets
• pavements/sidewalks
• squares
• public access areas

So in practice, ocupación de la vía pública often refers to using public street space for things like:

• café terraces
• scaffolding
• building materials
• containers/skips
• temporary installations

It is more formal and technical than just calle.

Because vía is a feminine noun in Spanish.

So it takes:

• la vía
• la vía pública

The adjective must agree with the noun, so:

• vía = feminine singular
• pública = feminine singular

Compare:

• el permiso público → masculine singular
• la vía pública → feminine singular

In Spanish, most adjectives normally come after the noun, especially when they are descriptive or classifying.

So:

• vía pública = public road/public thoroughfare

This is the normal order.
Putting the adjective before the noun is possible in Spanish in some cases, but it often changes the tone, emphasis, or meaning. Here, vía pública is the standard expression.

They have written accents because of Spanish stress rules.

• ocupación: the stress falls on the final syllable -ción, so it needs an accent
• vía: the accent shows that í-a is pronounced in two syllables: ví-a
• pública: the stress falls on pú-, so it needs an accent

These accents are not optional; they are part of the correct spelling.

Yes, depending on context.

Revisar is flexible and can mean:

• to review
• to check
• to inspect
• to examine

In an administrative sentence like this, the most natural English options are often:

• We review the permit...
• We check the permit...

If the context is more formal or technical, inspect may also work, but review/check is usually safer for paperwork.

Yes. It sounds quite natural, especially in an administrative, legal, or municipal context.

It has a formal, official tone because of expressions like:

• permiso de ocupación
• vía pública

In everyday casual conversation, someone might say something simpler, depending on the exact situation, for example:

• Revisamos el permiso para ocupar la calle.
• Comprobamos el permiso de la terraza.

But the original sentence sounds very plausible in Spain in office, council, or regulatory language.

Calle usually means street in an everyday sense.

Vía pública is broader and more formal. It can refer to:

• streets
• roads
• pavements/sidewalks
• public areas intended for public passage or use

So:

• calle = everyday word
• vía pública = legal/administrative term

That is why official documents often use vía pública instead of calle.

Yes, exactly. That is a very useful way to understand it.

The whole part:

el permiso de ocupación de la vía pública

is one noun phrase, and it is the direct object of revisamos.

So the structure is:

• Revisamos = verb
• el permiso de ocupación de la vía pública = what we review/check

This kind of long noun phrase is very common in formal Spanish.