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Santa Clara General Plan

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

7,409 Units permitted since 2018

531 Permitted in 2025

15,031 Units entitled since 2018

8 Years tracked

Santa Clara · housing units permitted by year

2855

20182019202020212022202320242025

Source: California HCD Housing Element APR

Housing & development by year

Housing applications progress in Santa Clara, by reporting year. Source: HCD APR.
Year	Units permitted	Units entitled	Projects
2025	531	1,991	242
2024	105	322	136
2023	915	2,667	143
2022	2,855	2,331	192
2021	444	1,416	244
2020	613	1,343	216
2019	779	4,501	200
2018	1,167	460	108

The plan document

Read Santa Clara's official General Plan: Santa Clara General Plan → · 2010-11-16 · 2024-05-07

Elements

2010-2035 General Plan, Chapter 5 Goals and Policies → Land Use 2010-11-16
2023-2031 Housing Element (Appendix 8.12) → Housing 2024-05-07
2010-2035 General Plan, Chapter 5 Goals and Policies → Conservation 2010-11-16
2010-2035 General Plan, Chapter 5 Goals and Policies → Open Space 2010-11-16
2010-2035 General Plan, Appendix 8.14 Noise → Noise 2010-11-16
2010-2035 General Plan, Chapter 5 Goals and Policies → Safety 2010-11-16

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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