New Mexico — 2025 Year in Review
Land use and zoning activity from city and county planning meetings in New Mexico during 2025.
Read the Complete New Mexico Planning Commission Guide for context on how planning decisions work in New Mexico.
“Projects with decisions” counts unique projects. “Approved” and “Denied” count individual actions (one project can have multiple actions across meetings).
7,400
Projects with decisions
8,843
Approved actions
45
Denied actions
99.5%
Approval rate (of actions)
By county
| County | Projects | Approved actions | Denied actions | Approval % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernalillo | 333 | 417 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Catron | 214 | 227 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Chaves | 389 | 478 | 7 | 98.6% |
| Cibola | 160 | 170 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Colfax | 240 | 251 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Curry | 87 | 89 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Doña Ana | 431 | 479 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Eddy | 821 | 953 | 5 | 99.5% |
| Grant | 118 | 135 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Guadalupe | 28 | 29 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Hidalgo | 301 | 386 | 2 | 99.5% |
| Lea | 346 | 388 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lincoln | 80 | 91 | 1 | 98.9% |
| Los Alamos | 82 | 88 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Luna | 82 | 101 | 0 | 100.0% |
| McKinley | 357 | 404 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Mora | 389 | 447 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Otero | 69 | 76 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Quay | 205 | 217 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Rio Arriba | 12 | 25 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Roosevelt | 112 | 116 | 4 | 96.7% |
| San Juan | 491 | 606 | 5 | 99.2% |
| San Miguel | 91 | 103 | 2 | 98.1% |
| Sandoval | 249 | 267 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Santa Fe | 1,239 | 1,779 | 7 | 99.6% |
| Sierra | 78 | 81 | 1 | 98.8% |
| Socorro | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Taos | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Torrance | 157 | 167 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Valencia | 235 | 264 | 6 | 97.8% |
Data from public meeting documents processed by Civic Star. Coverage varies by jurisdiction. Not all cities and counties are included.