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Kern County General Plan

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

3,770 Units permitted since 2018

518 Permitted in 2025

0 Units entitled since 2018

8 Years tracked

Kern County · housing units permitted by year

913

20182019202020212022202320242025

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in Kern County, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
Year	Units permitted	Projects
2025	518	798
2024	658	559
2023	468	714
2022	422	781
2021	913	909
2020	451	663
2019	324	621
2018	16	16

The plan document

Read Kern County's official General Plan: Kern County General Plan → · 2004-06-15 · 2025-05-13

Elements

Kern County General Plan — Chapter 1: Land Use, Open Space, and Conservation Element (Land Use portion) → Land Use 2004-06-15
County of Kern 2024-2031 Housing Element (6th Cycle), Volume 1 — Chapters 1-8 (adopted May 2025) → Housing 2025-05-13
Kern County General Plan — Chapter 2: Circulation Element → Circulation & Mobility 2004-06-15
Kern County General Plan — Chapter 1: Land Use, Open Space, and Conservation Element (Conservation portion) → Conservation 2004-06-15
Kern County General Plan — Chapter 1: Land Use, Open Space, and Conservation Element (Open Space portion) → Open Space 2004-06-15
Kern County General Plan — Chapter 3: Noise Element → Noise 2004-06-15
Kern County General Plan — Chapter 4: Safety Element → Safety 2004-06-15
Kern County General Plan — Chapter 5: Energy Element → Other 2004-06-15
Kern County General Plan — Kern River Plan Element (July 1985, jointly adopted with City of Bakersfield) → Other 1985-07-01

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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