Wisconsin — 2025 Year in Review
Land use and zoning activity from city and county planning meetings in Wisconsin during 2025.
Read the Complete Wisconsin Planning Commission Guide for context on how planning decisions work in Wisconsin.
“Projects with decisions” counts unique projects. “Approved” and “Denied” count individual actions (one project can have multiple actions across meetings).
2,273
Projects with decisions
2,588
Approved actions
38
Denied actions
98.6%
Approval rate (of actions)
By county
| County | Projects | Approved actions | Denied actions | Approval % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown | 271 | 322 | 8 | 97.6% |
| Calumet | 58 | 59 | 1 | 98.3% |
| Chippewa | 5 | 4 | 2 | 66.7% |
| Dane | 552 | 619 | 8 | 98.7% |
| Douglas | 194 | 216 | 4 | 98.2% |
| Fond du Lac | 167 | 199 | 5 | 97.5% |
| Jefferson | 50 | 56 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Juneau | 24 | 28 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Manitowoc | 39 | 40 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Marathon | 23 | 24 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Milwaukee | 38 | 40 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Sauk | 29 | 36 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Sheboygan | 34 | 31 | 3 | 91.2% |
| St. Croix | 103 | 118 | 1 | 99.2% |
| Walworth | 170 | 202 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Washington | 56 | 58 | 2 | 96.7% |
| Waukesha | 324 | 393 | 4 | 99.0% |
| Winnebago | 136 | 142 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Wood | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
Data from public meeting documents processed by Civic Star. Coverage varies by jurisdiction. Not all cities and counties are included.