Missouri — 2025 Year in Review
Land use and zoning activity from city and county planning meetings in Missouri during 2025.
Read the Complete Missouri Planning Commission Guide for context on how planning decisions work in Missouri.
“Projects with decisions” counts unique projects. “Approved” and “Denied” count individual actions (one project can have multiple actions across meetings).
3,815
Projects with decisions
5,301
Approved actions
28
Denied actions
99.5%
Approval rate (of actions)
By county
| County | Projects | Approved actions | Denied actions | Approval % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boone | 475 | 537 | 6 | 98.9% |
| Buchanan | 547 | 802 | 3 | 99.6% |
| Caldwell | 40 | 51 | 3 | 94.4% |
| Cass | 33 | 36 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Jackson | 147 | 171 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Jasper | 488 | 737 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Jefferson | 84 | 96 | 1 | 99.0% |
| Johnson | 396 | 698 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Newton | 82 | 90 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Nodaway | 7 | 8 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Perry | 58 | 61 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Ralls | 406 | 587 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Randolph | 49 | 92 | 0 | 100.0% |
| St. Charles | 628 | 856 | 4 | 99.5% |
| St. Louis | 376 | 479 | 8 | 98.4% |
Data from public meeting documents processed by Civic Star. Coverage varies by jurisdiction. Not all cities and counties are included.