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Brea General Plan

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

1,876 Units permitted since 2018

70 Permitted in 2025

993 Units entitled since 2018

8 Years tracked

Brea · housing units permitted by year

715

20182019202020212022202320242025

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in Brea, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
Year	Units permitted	Units entitled	Projects
2025	70	423	33
2024	17	33	18
2023	15	380	24
2022	692	0	26
2021	18	0	13
2020	20	116	66
2019	715	41	201
2018	329	0	106

The plan document

Read Brea's official General Plan: Brea General Plan → · 2026-06-02 · 2026-06-02

Elements

Brea 2050 General Plan — Chapter 2: Community Development (Land Use) → Land Use 2026-06-02
City of Brea 6th Cycle Housing Element (2021-2029), certified by HCD Sept 8, 2022 → Housing 2022-08-16
Brea 2050 General Plan — Chapter 4: Community Resources (Conservation / Biological Resources) → Conservation 2026-06-02
Brea 2050 General Plan — Chapter 4: Community Resources (Open Space, Parks & Recreation) → Open Space 2026-06-02
Brea 2050 General Plan — Chapter 5: Public Safety (Noise) → Noise 2026-06-02
Brea 2050 General Plan — Chapter 5: Public Safety (Safety) → Safety 2026-06-02
Brea 2050 General Plan — Chapter 2: Community Development (Environmental Justice) → Environmental Justice 2026-06-02
Brea 2050 General Plan — Chapter 6: Economic Development → Other 2026-06-02

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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