You can, however, build willy nilly copies of things that you've already approved previously and deemed are still habitable. Even that though is unpalatable, by right development hardly happens anywhere these days.
This isn't software where you can put it in a Docker container. There's a reason why everything requires planning approval in almost every big city in America: lives matter. People matter.
That's why they say regulations are written in blood. People have lost their lives so that we can have the rules and regulations that keep our standard of living so high.
We need more regulation, not less. OceanGate has just reminded us of that. We should take five souls worth of lessons to heart.