Alaska — 2025 Year in Review
Land use and zoning activity from city and county planning meetings in Alaska during 2025.
Read the Complete Alaska Planning Commission Guide for context on how planning decisions work in Alaska.
“Projects with decisions” counts unique projects. “Approved” and “Denied” count individual actions (one project can have multiple actions across meetings).
1,179
Projects with decisions
1,543
Approved actions
23
Denied actions
98.5%
Approval rate (of actions)
By county
| County | Projects | Approved actions | Denied actions | Approval % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorage | 221 | 254 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Bristol Bay | 39 | 42 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Fairbanks North Star | 342 | 533 | 9 | 98.3% |
| Haines | 9 | 8 | 1 | 88.9% |
| Kenai Peninsula | 10 | 15 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Nome | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Northwest Arctic | 69 | 77 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Petersburg | 180 | 224 | 10 | 95.7% |
| Prince of Wales-Hyder | 15 | 15 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Skagway | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Wrangell City and | 273 | 353 | 3 | 99.2% |
| Yukon-Koyukuk | 14 | 15 | 0 | 100.0% |
Data from public meeting documents processed by Civic Star. Coverage varies by jurisdiction. Not all cities and counties are included.