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Hercules General Plan

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

510 Units permitted since 2018

4 Permitted in 2025

1,641 Units entitled since 2018

8 Years tracked

Hercules · housing units permitted by year

249

20182019202020212022202320242025

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in Hercules, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
Year	Units permitted	Units entitled	Projects
2025	4	175	50
2024	16	0	16
2023	3	0	3
2022	3	40	7
2021	4	0	7
2020	4	598	6
2019	249	596	20
2018	227	232	102

The plan document

Read Hercules's official General Plan: Hercules General Plan → · 1998 · 2024 (Housing Element 2023-2031 adopted; Safety Element 2021; Circulation Element 2018)

Elements

Land Use Element (adopted 1998, amended 2008) → Land Use 1998
Housing Element 2023-2031 (adopted 2024, Resolution 24-XX) → Housing 2024
Open Space & Conservation Element (adopted 1998, amended 2015 per AB 162) — Conservation portion → Conservation 1998
Open Space & Conservation Element (adopted 1998, amended 2015 per AB 162) — Open Space portion → Open Space 1998
Noise Element (adopted 1998) → Noise 1998
Safety Element (adopted May 25, 2021) → Safety 2021-05-25
Growth Management Element (adopted 2013) → Other 2013
Economic Development Element (adopted 1991) → Other 1991

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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