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Novato General Plan

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

804 Units permitted since 2018

125 Permitted in 2025

2,301 Units entitled since 2018

8 Years tracked

Novato · housing units permitted by year

154

20182019202020212022202320242025

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in Novato, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
Year	Units permitted	Units entitled	Projects
2025	125	966	211
2024	136	807	185
2023	85	2	128
2022	88	146	132
2021	154	149	155
2020	30	133	62
2019	124	50	31
2018	62	48	27

The plan document

Read Novato's official General Plan: Novato General Plan → · 2020-10-27 · 2025-12-09

Elements

Novato General Plan 2035 (Adopted) → Land Use 2020-10-27
Housing Element (6th Cycle, 2023-2031) → Housing 2024-05
Novato General Plan 2035 (Adopted) → Circulation & Mobility 2020-10-27
Novato General Plan 2035 (Adopted) → Conservation 2020-10-27
Novato General Plan 2035 (Adopted) → Open Space 2020-10-27
Novato General Plan 2035 (Adopted) → Noise 2020-10-27
General Plan 2035 Safety Element (Amended) → Safety 2025-12-09

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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