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Atherton General Plan

What Atherton, San Mateo County, California is permitting and building, tracked from official state open data. The General Plan is Atherton's long-range blueprint for land use, housing, and growth.

515 Units permitted since 2018

60 Permitted in 2025

319 Units entitled since 2018

7 Years tracked

Atherton · housing units permitted by year

111

2018201920212022202320242025

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in Atherton, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
Year	Units permitted	Units entitled	Projects
2025	60	54	61
2024	109	109	80
2023	111	111	83
2022	51	0	92
2021	62	22	116
2019	29	10	39
2018	34	13	61

The plan document

Read Atherton's official General Plan: Atherton General Plan → · 2020-01-15 · 2025-02-19

Elements

Atherton General Plan 2019 — Land Use Element (adopted January 15, 2020) → Land Use 2020-01-15
Town of Atherton 2023-2031 Housing Element (adopted February 19, 2025; HCD-certified May 5, 2025) → Housing 2025-02-19
Atherton General Plan 2019 — Circulation Element (adopted January 15, 2020) → Circulation & Mobility 2020-01-15
Atherton General Plan 2019 — Circulation Element (adopted January 15, 2020) → Circulation & Mobility 2020-01-15
Atherton General Plan 2019 — Open Space and Conservation Element (adopted January 15, 2020) → Conservation 2020-01-15
Atherton General Plan 2019 — Open Space and Conservation Element (adopted January 15, 2020) → Open Space 2020-01-15
Atherton General Plan 2019 — Noise Element (adopted January 15, 2020) → Noise 2020-01-15
Atherton General Plan 2019 — Community Safety Element (adopted January 15, 2020) → Safety 2020-01-15

Element summaries are generated from the official document text and held unless every fact is grounded in the source. Links open the jurisdiction's own published documents.

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