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Carmel General Plan

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

208 Units permitted since 2018

23 Permitted in 2025

275 Units entitled since 2018

8 Years tracked

Carmel · housing units permitted by year

20182019202020212022202320242025

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in Carmel, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
Year	Units permitted	Units entitled	Projects
2025	23	20	36
2024	22	24	31
2023	67	85	81
2022	30	58	54
2021	19	14	24
2020	30	41	23
2019	4	4	4
2018	13	29	9

The plan document

Read Carmel's official General Plan: Carmel General Plan → · 2003 · 2024-04-08

Elements

Land Use and Community Character Element (Carmel-by-the-Sea General Plan / Coastal Land Use Plan) → Land Use 2003
6th Cycle Housing Element 2023-2031 (Carmel-by-the-Sea General Plan) → Housing 2024-04-08
Circulation Element (Carmel-by-the-Sea General Plan) → Circulation & Mobility 2010
Open Space and Conservation Element (Carmel-by-the-Sea General Plan) → Conservation 2009
Open Space and Conservation Element (Carmel-by-the-Sea General Plan) → Open Space 2009
Noise Element (Carmel-by-the-Sea General Plan) → Noise 2009
Environmental Safety Element (Carmel-by-the-Sea General Plan) → Safety 2009

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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