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Santa Barbara County General Plan

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

2,692 Units permitted since 2018

613 Permitted in 2025

2,811 Units entitled since 2018

8 Years tracked

Santa Barbara County · housing units permitted by year

613

20182019202020212022202320242025

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in Santa Barbara County, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
Year	Units permitted	Units entitled	Projects
2025	613	1,949	566
2024	400	174	483
2023	242	207	351
2022	272	45	264
2021	390	79	387
2020	205	29	347
2019	242	125	259
2018	328	203	448

The plan document

Read Santa Barbara County's official General Plan: Santa Barbara County General Plan → · 1980 · 2024

Elements

Land Use Element → Land Use 1980
2023-2031 Housing Element Goals, Policies & Programs (6th Cycle) → Housing 2023-12-05
Circulation Element → Circulation & Mobility 1980
Conservation Element → Conservation 1979
Open Space Element → Open Space 1979
Noise Element → Noise 1979
Seismic Safety & Safety Element → Safety 1979
Energy Element → Other 1994-12-13

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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