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Goleta General Plan

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

965 Units permitted since 2018

363 Permitted in 2025

500 Units entitled since 2018

8 Years tracked

Goleta · housing units permitted by year

363

20182019202020212022202320242025

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in Goleta, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
Year	Units permitted	Units entitled	Projects
2025	363	7	70
2024	57	10	63
2023	22	354	43
2022	85	85	47
2021	18	3	28
2020	18	1	53
2019	285	40	88
2018	117	0	84

The plan document

Read Goleta's official General Plan: Goleta General Plan → · 2006-10-02 · 2025-08-19

Elements

Goleta General Plan/Coastal Land Use Plan - Chapter 2.0 Land Use Element (Last Amended 8/25) → Land Use 2006-10-02
Goleta General Plan/Coastal Land Use Plan - Chapter 10.0 Housing Element 2023-2031 and Technical Appendix (Adopted; current) → Housing 2023-01-17
Goleta General Plan/Coastal Land Use Plan - Chapter 4.0 Conservation Element (Last Amended 8/25) → Conservation 2006-10-02
Goleta General Plan/Coastal Land Use Plan - Chapter 3.0 Open Space Element (Last Amended 8/25) → Open Space 2006-10-02
Goleta General Plan/Coastal Land Use Plan - Chapter 9.0 Noise Element (Last Amended 11/23) → Noise 2006-10-02
Goleta General Plan/Coastal Land Use Plan - Chapter 5.0 Safety Element (Last Amended 8/25) → Safety 2006-10-02
Goleta General Plan/Coastal Land Use Plan - Chapter 5.0 Safety Element, Environmental Justice provisions (Last Amended 8/25; EJ integrated per Gov. Code 65302(h)) → Environmental Justice 2025-08-19

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