diff --git a/backend/src/ee/services/access-approval-request/access-approval-request-fns.ts b/backend/src/ee/services/access-approval-request/access-approval-request-fns.ts
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+import { PackRule, unpackRules } from "@casl/ability/extra";
+
+import { UnauthorizedError } from "@app/lib/errors";
+
+import { TVerifyPermission } from "./access-approval-request-types";
+
+function filterUnique(value: string, index: number, array: string[]) {
+  return array.indexOf(value) === index;
+}
+
+export const verifyRequestedPermissions = ({ permissions }: TVerifyPermission) => {
+  const permission = unpackRules(
+    permissions as PackRule<{
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+      conditions?: Record<string, any>;
+      action: string;
+      subject: [string];
+    }>[]
+  );
+
+  if (!permission || !permission.length) {
+    throw new UnauthorizedError({ message: "No permission provided" });
+  }
+
+  const requestedPermissions: string[] = [];
+
+  for (const p of permission) {
+    if (p.action[0] === "read") requestedPermissions.push("Read Access");
+    if (p.action[0] === "create") requestedPermissions.push("Create Access");
+    if (p.action[0] === "delete") requestedPermissions.push("Delete Access");
+    if (p.action[0] === "edit") requestedPermissions.push("Edit Access");
+  }
+
+  const firstPermission = permission[0];
+
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars, @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment, @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access
+  const permissionSecretPath = firstPermission.conditions?.secretPath?.$glob;
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars, @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment
+  const permissionEnv = firstPermission.conditions?.environment;
+
+  if (!permissionEnv || typeof permissionEnv !== "string") {
+    throw new UnauthorizedError({ message: "Permission environment is not a string" });
+  }
+  if (!permissionSecretPath || typeof permissionSecretPath !== "string") {
+    throw new UnauthorizedError({ message: "Permission path is not a string" });
+  }
+
+  return {
+    envSlug: permissionEnv,
+    secretPath: permissionSecretPath,
+    accessTypes: requestedPermissions.filter(filterUnique)
+  };
+};