Montana — 2025 Year in Review
Land use and zoning activity from city and county planning meetings in Montana during 2025.
Read the Complete Montana Planning Commission Guide for context on how planning decisions work in Montana.
“Projects with decisions” counts unique projects. “Approved” and “Denied” count individual actions (one project can have multiple actions across meetings).
3,384
Projects with decisions
4,165
Approved actions
50
Denied actions
98.8%
Approval rate (of actions)
By county
| County | Projects | Approved actions | Denied actions | Approval % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaverhead | 30 | 29 | 1 | 96.7% |
| Big Horn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Carbon | 37 | 43 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Daniels | 112 | 112 | 1 | 99.1% |
| Dawson | 114 | 128 | 1 | 99.2% |
| Fallon | 22 | 24 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Fergus | 35 | 37 | 1 | 97.4% |
| Flathead | 317 | 434 | 18 | 96.0% |
| Gallatin | 328 | 466 | 5 | 98.9% |
| Hill | 25 | 26 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lake | 9 | 9 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lincoln | 164 | 196 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Madison | 132 | 143 | 4 | 97.3% |
| Mineral | 26 | 29 | 1 | 96.7% |
| Missoula | 1,001 | 1,381 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Park | 90 | 106 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Phillips | 55 | 54 | 1 | 98.2% |
| Pondera | 55 | 58 | 1 | 98.3% |
| Powell | 22 | 27 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Ravalli | 360 | 373 | 9 | 97.6% |
| Rosebud | 18 | 19 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Silver Bow | 335 | 364 | 3 | 99.2% |
| Sweet Grass | 4 | 5 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Teton | 11 | 12 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Toole | 12 | 13 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Treasure | 45 | 45 | 2 | 95.7% |
| Valley | 15 | 22 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Yellowstone | 9 | 9 | 0 | 100.0% |
Data from public meeting documents processed by Boardwalk. Coverage varies by jurisdiction. Not all cities and counties are included.