Louisiana — 2025 Year in Review
Land use and zoning activity from city and county planning meetings in Louisiana during 2025.
Read the Complete Louisiana Planning Commission Guide for context on how planning decisions work in Louisiana.
“Projects with decisions” counts unique projects. “Approved” and “Denied” count individual actions (one project can have multiple actions across meetings).
1,965
Projects with decisions
2,402
Approved actions
54
Denied actions
97.8%
Approval rate (of actions)
By county
| County | Projects | Approved actions | Denied actions | Approval % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension | 10 | 10 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Bossier | 535 | 712 | 4 | 99.4% |
| Calcasieu | 89 | 96 | 0 | 100.0% |
| East Baton Rouge | 824 | 1,032 | 38 | 96.4% |
| Jefferson | 29 | 31 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Orleans | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Ouachita | 37 | 41 | 0 | 100.0% |
| St. Bernard | 144 | 163 | 8 | 95.3% |
| St. John the Baptist | 181 | 195 | 4 | 98.0% |
| St. Mary | 39 | 43 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Terrebonne | 76 | 78 | 0 | 100.0% |
Data from public meeting documents processed by Civic Star. Coverage varies by jurisdiction. Not all cities and counties are included.