Kansas — 2025 Year in Review
Land use and zoning activity from city and county planning meetings in Kansas during 2025.
Read the Complete Kansas Planning Commission Guide for context on how planning decisions work in Kansas.
“Projects with decisions” counts unique projects. “Approved” and “Denied” count individual actions (one project can have multiple actions across meetings).
2,155
Projects with decisions
2,709
Approved actions
37
Denied actions
98.7%
Approval rate (of actions)
By county
| County | Projects | Approved actions | Denied actions | Approval % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atchison | 226 | 252 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Ellis | 73 | 89 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Ford | 40 | 48 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Geary | 49 | 60 | 3 | 95.2% |
| Harvey | 79 | 118 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Jackson | 21 | 29 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Jefferson | 57 | 66 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Johnson | 290 | 361 | 5 | 98.6% |
| Leavenworth | 562 | 792 | 19 | 97.7% |
| Lyon | 129 | 143 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Miami | 53 | 54 | 3 | 94.7% |
| Montgomery | 36 | 39 | 1 | 97.5% |
| Osage | 33 | 33 | 1 | 97.1% |
| Phillips | 49 | 56 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Pottawatomie | 2 | 6 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Sedgwick | 78 | 96 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Seward | 127 | 183 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Shawnee | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Sumner | 21 | 21 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Thomas | 9 | 9 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Wabaunsee | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Wilson | 117 | 143 | 1 | 99.3% |
| Wyandotte | 97 | 104 | 4 | 96.3% |
Data from public meeting documents processed by Civic Star. Coverage varies by jurisdiction. Not all cities and counties are included.