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Orange County General Plan

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

2,886 Units permitted since 2018

393 Permitted in 2025

80 Units entitled since 2018

8 Years tracked

Orange County · housing units permitted by year

648

20182019202020212022202320242025

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in Orange County, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
Year	Units permitted	Units entitled	Projects
2025	393	0	583
2024	483	0	639
2023	648	0	857
2022	298	0	402
2021	0	0	115
2020	185	73	520
2019	273	3	746
2018	606	4	426

The plan document

Read Orange County's official General Plan: Orange County General Plan → · 1973 · 2025-08

Elements

Land Use Element (Chapter III) → Land Use 2024-06
Housing Element 2021-2029 (6th Cycle) → Housing 2025-02
Transportation Element (Chapter IV) → Circulation & Mobility 2025-05
Resources Element (Chapter VI) → Conservation
Recreation Element (Chapter V) → Open Space
Noise Element (Chapter VIII) → Noise
Safety Element (Chapter IX) → Safety 2025-08

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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