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Richmond General Plan

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

1,638 Units permitted since 2018

291 Permitted in 2025

8,362 Units entitled since 2018

8 Years tracked

Richmond · housing units permitted by year

477

20182019202020212022202320242025

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in Richmond, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
Year	Units permitted	Units entitled	Projects
2025	291	356	520
2024	143	352	320
2023	149	530	283
2022	109	241	198
2021	264	310	230
2020	114	6,205	250
2019	91	329	347
2018	477	39	65

The plan document

Read Richmond's official General Plan: Richmond General Plan → · 2012-04-25 · 2023-10-02

Elements

General Plan 2030 Element 3 - Land Use and Urban Design → Land Use 2012-04-25
General Plan 2030 Element 5 - Housing (6th Cycle, HCD-certified October 2, 2023) → Housing 2023
General Plan 2030 Element 7 - Conservation, Natural Resources and Open Space → Conservation 2012-04-25
General Plan 2030 Element 7 - Conservation, Natural Resources and Open Space → Open Space 2012-04-25
General Plan 2030 Element 12 - Public Safety and Noise → Noise 2012-04-25
General Plan 2030 Element 12 - Public Safety and Noise → Safety 2012-04-25

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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