Colorado — 2025 Year in Review
Land use and zoning activity from city and county planning meetings in Colorado during 2025.
Read the Complete Colorado Planning Commission Guide for context on how planning decisions work in Colorado.
“Projects with decisions” counts unique projects. “Approved” and “Denied” count individual actions (one project can have multiple actions across meetings).
36,930
Projects with decisions
49,225
Approved actions
482
Denied actions
99.0%
Approval rate (of actions)
By county
| County | Projects | Approved actions | Denied actions | Approval % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 1,593 | 2,283 | 6 | 99.7% |
| Alamosa | 393 | 610 | 10 | 98.4% |
| Arapahoe | 1,764 | 2,365 | 12 | 99.5% |
| Archuleta | 209 | 216 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Baca | 34 | 34 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Boulder | 2,107 | 2,585 | 31 | 98.8% |
| Broomfield | 45 | 53 | 1 | 98.1% |
| Chaffee | 1,127 | 1,419 | 41 | 97.2% |
| Cheyenne | 55 | 55 | 1 | 98.2% |
| Clear Creek | 1,177 | 1,683 | 80 | 95.5% |
| Costilla | 36 | 36 | 1 | 97.3% |
| Crowley | 30 | 30 | 1 | 96.8% |
| Custer | 72 | 85 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Delta | 680 | 856 | 4 | 99.5% |
| Denver | 54 | 55 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Dolores | 155 | 169 | 4 | 97.7% |
| Douglas | 1,736 | 2,125 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Eagle | 829 | 1,103 | 10 | 99.1% |
| El Paso | 1,183 | 1,513 | 25 | 98.4% |
| Elbert | 289 | 355 | 9 | 97.5% |
| Fremont | 1,238 | 1,665 | 9 | 99.5% |
| Garfield | 774 | 918 | 9 | 99.0% |
| Gilpin | 88 | 124 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Grand | 1,454 | 2,220 | 22 | 99.0% |
| Gunnison | 1,236 | 1,590 | 13 | 99.2% |
| Hinsdale | 44 | 44 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Huerfano | 382 | 462 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Jackson | 30 | 35 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Jefferson | 1,071 | 1,269 | 9 | 99.3% |
| Kit Carson | 188 | 235 | 1 | 99.6% |
| La Plata | 165 | 202 | 5 | 97.6% |
| Lake | 1,066 | 1,945 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Larimer | 1,658 | 2,476 | 13 | 99.5% |
| Las Animas | 57 | 68 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lincoln | 151 | 178 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Logan | 342 | 486 | 7 | 98.6% |
| Mesa | 632 | 753 | 4 | 99.5% |
| Mineral | 192 | 200 | 5 | 97.6% |
| Moffat | 346 | 511 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Montezuma | 453 | 537 | 6 | 98.9% |
| Montrose | 547 | 702 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Morgan | 464 | 535 | 22 | 96.1% |
| Otero | 100 | 111 | 1 | 99.1% |
| Ouray | 671 | 1,115 | 7 | 99.4% |
| Park | 329 | 377 | 5 | 98.7% |
| Phillips | 276 | 299 | 5 | 98.4% |
| Pitkin | 479 | 632 | 7 | 98.9% |
| Pueblo | 1,860 | 2,470 | 14 | 99.4% |
| Rio Blanco | 120 | 136 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Rio Grande | 148 | 182 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Routt | 817 | 1,077 | 34 | 96.9% |
| Saguache | 139 | 140 | 2 | 98.6% |
| San Juan | 181 | 223 | 0 | 100.0% |
| San Miguel | 643 | 754 | 8 | 99.0% |
| Sedgwick | 79 | 88 | 1 | 98.9% |
| Summit | 562 | 677 | 7 | 99.0% |
| Teller | 760 | 986 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Washington | 16 | 16 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Weld | 3,514 | 5,001 | 20 | 99.6% |
| Yuma | 107 | 156 | 0 | 100.0% |
Data from public meeting documents processed by Civic Star. Coverage varies by jurisdiction. Not all cities and counties are included.