The General Plan

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Delano General Plan

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

927 Units permitted since 2018
142 Permitted in 2025
1,105 Units entitled since 2018
8 Years tracked
Delano · housing units permitted by year

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in Delano, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
YearUnits permittedUnits entitledProjects
2025 142 142 132
2024 107 107 107
2023 110 34 110
2022 159 33 159
2021 155 155 155
2020 123 126 120
2019 63 63 60
2018 68 445 55

The plan document

Read Delano's official General Plan: Delano General Plan → · 2005 · 2025

Elements · 2 Verifier-checked summaries

  • Delano's General Plan Land Use Element is intended to reflect community values regarding development, redevelopment, and preservation of public and private property, encouraging future urbanization while preserving environmental characteristics that support quality of life. It sets forth policies and defines land uses to achieve a balanced community offering a wide range of housing types, full-service business and commercial centers, and a sufficient employment base to reduce residents' commutes. The element encompasses the goals and policies of the other general plan elements and provides a comprehensive basis for city decision-making, with new development required by law to be consistent with the general plan.

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  • Delano's 6th Cycle Housing Element is an eight-year plan for the 2023-2031 period that identifies and analyzes the City's existing and projected housing needs and sets goals, policies, quantified objectives, and programs for preserving, improving, and developing housing for all segments of the community. It responds to housing issues including balancing employment and housing, matching supply and demand, preserving and enhancing affordability, maintaining housing quality, and locating future housing growth near public transit infrastructure. Its strategies focus on conserving and improving existing affordable housing, providing adequate housing sites, assisting affordable housing development, removing governmental constraints, and promoting equal housing opportunities.

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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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