West Virginia — 2025 Year in Review

Land use and zoning activity from city and county planning meetings in West Virginia during 2025.

Read the Complete West Virginia Planning Commission Guide for context on how planning decisions work in West Virginia.

“Projects with decisions” counts unique projects. “Approved” and “Denied” count individual actions (one project can have multiple actions across meetings).

238

Projects with decisions

274

Approved actions

Denied actions

99.6%

Approval rate (of actions)

By county

County	Projects	Approved actions	Denied actions	Approval %
Brooke	25	30	0	100.0%
Hancock	1	1	0	100.0%
Harrison	63	73	0	100.0%
Kanawha	30	31	0	100.0%
Marion	27	29	0	100.0%
Monongalia	67	83	0	100.0%
Upshur	25	27	1	96.4%

Data from public meeting documents processed by Civic Star. Coverage varies by jurisdiction. Not all cities and counties are included.

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