The General Plan

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Contra Costa County General Plan

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

4,524 Units permitted since 2018
480 Permitted in 2025
6,149 Units entitled since 2018
8 Years tracked
Contra Costa County · housing units permitted by year

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in Contra Costa County, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
YearUnits permittedUnits entitledProjects
2025 480 1,017 624
2024 782 1,733 897
2023 971 1,371 789
2022 738 1,139 582
2021 527 136 441
2020 138 417 376
2019 219 236 441
2018 669 100 288

The plan document

Read Contra Costa County's official General Plan: Contra Costa County General Plan → · 2024-11-05 · 2024-11-05

Elements

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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