Dallas, Texas — 2025 Year in Review
Land use and zoning activity from city and county planning meetings in Dallas during 2025.
“Projects with decisions” counts unique projects. “Approved” and “Denied” count individual actions (one project can have multiple actions across meetings).
2,839
Projects with decisions
3,493
Approved actions
53
Denied actions
98.5%
Approval rate (of actions)
By city
| City | Projects | Approved actions | Denied actions | Approval % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balch Springs | 22 | 24 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Carrollton | 4 | 4 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Cedar Hill | 26 | 26 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Cockrell Hill | 25 | 29 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Combine | 11 | 11 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Coppell | 35 | 37 | 1 | 97.4% |
| Dallas | 270 | 280 | 3 | 98.9% |
| DeSoto | 29 | 31 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Duncanville | 220 | 247 | 6 | 97.6% |
| Farmers Branch | 200 | 235 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Ferris | 8 | 20 | 1 | 95.2% |
| Garland | 819 | 1,182 | 19 | 98.4% |
| Grand Prairie | 8 | 9 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Grapevine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Highland Park | 77 | 78 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Hutchins | 97 | 117 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Irving | 216 | 228 | 7 | 97.0% |
| Lancaster | 64 | 80 | 5 | 94.1% |
| Lewisville | 46 | 48 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Mesquite | 186 | 241 | 5 | 98.0% |
| Ovilla | 100 | 111 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Rowlett | 48 | 68 | 3 | 95.8% |
| Sachse | 35 | 37 | 1 | 97.4% |
| Sunnyvale | 145 | 187 | 1 | 99.5% |
| University Park | 42 | 42 | 1 | 97.7% |
Data from public meeting documents processed by Civic Star. Coverage varies by jurisdiction. Not all cities are included.