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Chico General Plan

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

4,055 Units permitted since 2018

244 Permitted in 2025

3,379 Units entitled since 2018

8 Years tracked

Chico · housing units permitted by year

821

20182019202020212022202320242025

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in Chico, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
Year	Units permitted	Units entitled	Projects
2025	244	244	236
2024	298	298	300
2023	224	216	349
2022	821	678	549
2021	807	755	460
2020	497	453	500
2019	714	625	537
2018	450	110	508

The plan document

Read Chico's official General Plan: Chico General Plan → · 2011-04 · 2025-11-04

Elements

Chico 2030 General Plan - Land Use Element (Section 3, Updated 11-4-2025) → Land Use 2011-04
City of Chico 2022-2030 Housing Element (Adopted September 19, 2023) → Housing 2023-09-19
Chico 2030 General Plan - Circulation Element (Section 4) → Circulation & Mobility 2011-04
Chico 2030 General Plan - Open Space and Environment Element (Section 10) → Conservation 2011-04
Chico 2030 General Plan - Open Space and Environment Element (Section 10) → Open Space 2011-04
Chico 2030 General Plan - Noise Element (Section 13) → Noise 2011-04
Chico 2030 General Plan - Safety Element (Section 12) → Safety 2011-04

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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