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Santa Clara County General Plan

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

3,467 Units permitted since 2018

121 Permitted in 2025

310 Units entitled since 2018

8 Years tracked

Santa Clara County · housing units permitted by year

2597

20182019202020212022202320242025

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in Santa Clara County, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
Year	Units permitted	Units entitled	Projects
2025	121	33	218
2024	97	36	191
2023	234	7	198
2022	124	124	124
2021	112	110	110
2020	95	0	95
2019	2,597	0	67
2018	87	0	82

The plan document

Read Santa Clara County's official General Plan: Santa Clara County General Plan → · 1994-12-20 · 2025

Elements

Santa Clara County General Plan - Book A (Countywide Issues & Policies) → Land Use 1994-12-20
County of Santa Clara Housing Element Update 2023-2031 (6th Cycle) → Housing 2025
Santa Clara County General Plan - Book A (Resource Conservation Chapter) → Conservation 1994-12-20
Santa Clara County General Plan - Book B (Rural & Urban Land Use Policies) → Open Space 1994-12-20
Santa Clara County General Plan - Book A (Safety and Noise Chapter) → Noise 1994-12-20
Santa Clara County General Plan - Book A (Safety and Noise Chapter) → Safety 1994-12-20

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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