The General Plan

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Rancho Santa Margarita General Plan

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

14 Units permitted since 2018
6 Permitted in 2025
13 Units entitled since 2018
8 Years tracked
Rancho Santa Margarita · housing units permitted by year

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in Rancho Santa Margarita, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
YearUnits permittedUnits entitledProjects
2025 6 6 6
2024 2 2 2
2023 1 1 1
2022 1 1 1
2021 1 1 1
2020 1 1 1
2019 1 1 1
2018 1 0 1

The plan document

The full Rancho Santa Margarita General Plan document and a Verifier-checked summary of its elements (land use, housing, circulation, conservation, safety) are being added to the library.

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