Georgia — 2025 Year in Review
Land use and zoning activity from city and county planning meetings in Georgia during 2025.
Read the Complete Georgia Planning Commission Guide for context on how planning decisions work in Georgia.
“Projects with decisions” counts unique projects. “Approved” and “Denied” count individual actions (one project can have multiple actions across meetings).
35,180
Projects with decisions
43,655
Approved actions
991
Denied actions
97.8%
Approval rate (of actions)
By county
| County | Projects | Approved actions | Denied actions | Approval % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atkinson | 54 | 58 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Bacon | 76 | 78 | 2 | 97.5% |
| Baldwin | 81 | 108 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Banks | 308 | 367 | 9 | 97.6% |
| Barrow | 483 | 597 | 8 | 98.7% |
| Bartow | 486 | 527 | 13 | 97.6% |
| Ben Hill | 110 | 134 | 4 | 97.1% |
| Bibb | 44 | 60 | 1 | 98.4% |
| Bleckley | 136 | 149 | 2 | 98.7% |
| Brantley | 16 | 16 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Brooks | 36 | 38 | 1 | 97.4% |
| Bryan | 132 | 176 | 3 | 98.3% |
| Bulloch | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Burke | 272 | 277 | 12 | 95.8% |
| Butts | 8 | 8 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Calhoun | 85 | 83 | 4 | 95.4% |
| Camden | 239 | 290 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Carroll | 343 | 459 | 8 | 98.3% |
| Catoosa | 174 | 185 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Charlton | 151 | 166 | 3 | 98.2% |
| Chatham | 1,356 | 1,613 | 12 | 99.3% |
| Chattooga | 100 | 101 | 2 | 98.1% |
| Cherokee | 656 | 872 | 10 | 98.9% |
| Clarke | 941 | 1,739 | 46 | 97.4% |
| Clayton | 1,278 | 1,508 | 14 | 99.1% |
| Cobb | 2,824 | 3,929 | 59 | 98.5% |
| Coffee | 100 | 105 | 2 | 98.1% |
| Columbia | 880 | 1,031 | 13 | 98.8% |
| Cook | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Coweta | 1,245 | 1,567 | 61 | 96.3% |
| Dade | 11 | 11 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Dawson | 139 | 173 | 13 | 93.0% |
| Decatur | 71 | 78 | 0 | 100.0% |
| DeKalb | 649 | 859 | 6 | 99.3% |
| Dodge | 45 | 49 | 1 | 98.0% |
| Dooly | 31 | 33 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Dougherty | 416 | 582 | 8 | 98.6% |
| Douglas | 488 | 634 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Echols | 49 | 60 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Effingham | 443 | 515 | 22 | 95.9% |
| Elbert | 193 | 192 | 13 | 93.7% |
| Emanuel | 122 | 143 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Fannin | 245 | 292 | 3 | 99.0% |
| Fayette | 459 | 535 | 17 | 96.9% |
| Floyd | 214 | 207 | 15 | 93.2% |
| Forsyth | 677 | 835 | 9 | 98.9% |
| Franklin | 147 | 166 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Fulton | 2,767 | 3,843 | 211 | 94.8% |
| Gilmer | 98 | 113 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Glascock | 37 | 41 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Glynn | 251 | 294 | 5 | 98.3% |
| Gordon | 206 | 211 | 11 | 95.0% |
| Grady | 197 | 219 | 8 | 96.5% |
| Greene | 227 | 232 | 4 | 98.3% |
| Gwinnett | 1,435 | 1,839 | 44 | 97.7% |
| Habersham | 210 | 239 | 3 | 98.8% |
| Hall | 378 | 567 | 4 | 99.3% |
| Hancock | 23 | 28 | 1 | 96.6% |
| Haralson | 106 | 112 | 2 | 98.2% |
| Harris | 252 | 256 | 6 | 97.7% |
| Hart | 153 | 161 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Heard | 93 | 88 | 10 | 89.8% |
| Henry | 886 | 1,083 | 26 | 97.7% |
| Houston | 275 | 329 | 2 | 99.4% |
| Irwin | 24 | 23 | 2 | 92.0% |
| Jackson | 543 | 689 | 28 | 96.1% |
| Jefferson | 123 | 149 | 1 | 99.3% |
| Jenkins | 96 | 115 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Johnson | 110 | 115 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lamar | 94 | 101 | 5 | 95.3% |
| Laurens | 371 | 417 | 2 | 99.5% |
| Lee | 20 | 20 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Liberty | 205 | 215 | 6 | 97.3% |
| Lincoln | 217 | 262 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Long | 98 | 110 | 2 | 98.2% |
| Lowndes | 194 | 211 | 4 | 98.1% |
| Lumpkin | 747 | 1,112 | 4 | 99.6% |
| Macon | 33 | 34 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Madison | 186 | 188 | 8 | 95.9% |
| McIntosh | 104 | 111 | 1 | 99.1% |
| Meriwether | 197 | 215 | 3 | 98.6% |
| Miller | 80 | 89 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Mitchell | 209 | 252 | 4 | 98.4% |
| Monroe | 83 | 99 | 4 | 96.1% |
| Montgomery | 62 | 65 | 1 | 98.5% |
| Morgan | 210 | 250 | 10 | 96.2% |
| Murray | 312 | 387 | 3 | 99.2% |
| Muscogee | 90 | 94 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Newton | 705 | 807 | 14 | 98.3% |
| Oconee | 102 | 128 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Oglethorpe | 27 | 27 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Paulding | 373 | 505 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Peach | 274 | 344 | 4 | 98.9% |
| Pickens | 216 | 222 | 6 | 97.4% |
| Pierce | 166 | 186 | 4 | 97.9% |
| Pike | 124 | 125 | 3 | 97.7% |
| Polk | 283 | 309 | 18 | 94.5% |
| Putnam | 37 | 35 | 4 | 89.7% |
| Quitman | 23 | 25 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Rabun | 36 | 44 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Randolph | 27 | 25 | 4 | 86.2% |
| Richmond | 40 | 41 | 2 | 95.3% |
| Screven | 62 | 65 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Seminole | 129 | 140 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Spalding | 186 | 224 | 6 | 97.4% |
| Stephens | 105 | 133 | 3 | 97.8% |
| Stewart | 68 | 68 | 3 | 95.8% |
| Sumter | 228 | 353 | 3 | 99.2% |
| Talbot | 76 | 76 | 2 | 97.4% |
| Tattnall | 44 | 43 | 2 | 95.6% |
| Taylor | 64 | 66 | 1 | 98.5% |
| Terrell | 8 | 11 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Thomas | 91 | 100 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Tift | 246 | 275 | 2 | 99.3% |
| Toombs | 118 | 150 | 7 | 95.5% |
| Towns | 57 | 58 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Treutlen | 58 | 60 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Troup | 212 | 237 | 11 | 95.6% |
| Turner | 38 | 39 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Twiggs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Union | 23 | 26 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Upson | 119 | 122 | 5 | 96.1% |
| Walker | 104 | 106 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Walton | 282 | 366 | 5 | 98.7% |
| Ware | 158 | 167 | 6 | 96.5% |
| Warren | 88 | 88 | 2 | 97.8% |
| Washington | 134 | 140 | 3 | 97.9% |
| Wayne | 65 | 68 | 1 | 98.6% |
| Wheeler | 21 | 22 | 0 | 100.0% |
| White | 108 | 123 | 4 | 96.9% |
| Whitfield | 603 | 680 | 29 | 95.9% |
| Wilcox | 65 | 68 | 1 | 98.6% |
| Wilkes | 48 | 44 | 9 | 83.0% |
| Worth | 118 | 123 | 3 | 97.6% |
Data from public meeting documents processed by Civic Star. Coverage varies by jurisdiction. Not all cities and counties are included.