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Walnut Creek General Plan
What Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California is permitting and building, tracked from official state open data. The General Plan is Walnut Creek's long-range blueprint for land use, housing, and growth.
Source: California HCD Housing Element APR
Housing & development by year
| Year | Units permitted | Units entitled | Projects |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 146 | 80 | 99 |
| 2024 | 59 | 6 | 92 |
| 2023 | 26 | 53 | 62 |
| 2022 | 32 | 142 | 94 |
| 2021 | 130 | 96 | 57 |
| 2020 | 182 | 33 | 52 |
| 2019 | 377 | 401 | 71 |
| 2018 | 162 | 186 | 97 |
The plan document
Read Walnut Creek's official General Plan: Walnut Creek General Plan →
Elements · 1 Verifier-checked summary
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Walnut Creek's 2023-2031 Housing Element presents a comprehensive assessment of local housing conditions and lays out goals, policies, and programs to help meet the housing needs of current and future residents at all income levels. It identifies and analyzes the city's existing and projected housing needs and contains a detailed work program for the preservation, improvement, and development of housing, including how and where the city can accommodate its fair share of the nine-county Bay Area region's need for new housing under the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA). It acknowledges that Walnut Creek faces substantial challenges in providing sufficient affordable housing.
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