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Orange General Plan

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

2,140 Units permitted since 2018

171 Permitted in 2025

2,516 Units entitled since 2018

8 Years tracked

Orange · housing units permitted by year

1080

20182019202020212022202320242025

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in Orange, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
Year	Units permitted	Units entitled	Projects
2025	171	87	236
2024	274	145	214
2023	144	137	172
2022	269	213	195
2021	133	180	157
2020	40	107	84
2019	1,080	887	75
2018	29	760	59

The plan document

Read Orange's official General Plan: Orange General Plan → · 2010-03-09 · 2015-12-08

Elements

City of Orange General Plan - Land Use Element → Land Use 2010-03-09
City of Orange 2021-2029 Housing Element (6th Cycle), Adopted October 30, 2023 → Housing 2023-10-30
City of Orange General Plan - Circulation and Mobility Element → Circulation & Mobility 2010-03-09
City of Orange General Plan - Natural Resources Element (combined Conservation and Open Space) → Conservation 2010-03-09
City of Orange General Plan - Natural Resources Element (combined Conservation and Open Space) → Open Space 2010-03-09
City of Orange General Plan - Noise Element → Noise 2010-03-09
City of Orange General Plan - Public Safety Element → Safety 2010-03-09

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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