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Hillsborough General Plan

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

351 Units permitted since 2018

58 Permitted in 2025

414 Units entitled since 2018

7 Years tracked

Hillsborough · housing units permitted by year

2018202020212022202320242025

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in Hillsborough, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
Year	Units permitted	Units entitled	Projects
2025	58	53	123
2024	52	55	103
2023	51	63	72
2022	85	110	110
2021	64	84	92
2020	25	30	43
2018	16	19	35

The plan document

Read Hillsborough's official General Plan: Hillsborough General Plan → · 2005 · 2023-12-20

Elements

2005 General Plan - Chapter 2: Land Use Element → Land Use 2005
6th Cycle Housing Element 2023-2031 (FINAL, adopted Dec 14/20, 2023) - full document PDF → Housing 2023-12-20
6th Cycle Housing Element 2023-2031 (adopted Dec 20, 2023) - Town adoption staff report → Housing 2023-12-20
2005 General Plan - Chapter 4: Open Space and Conservation Element → Conservation 2005
2005 General Plan - Chapter 4: Open Space and Conservation Element → Open Space 2005
2005 General Plan - Chapter 6: Noise Element → Noise 2005
2005 General Plan - Chapter 5: Public Safety Element → Safety 2005

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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