Ohio — 2025 Year in Review
Land use and zoning activity from city and county planning meetings in Ohio during 2025.
Read the Complete Ohio Planning Commission Guide for context on how planning decisions work in Ohio.
“Projects with decisions” counts unique projects. “Approved” and “Denied” count individual actions (one project can have multiple actions across meetings).
3,580
Projects with decisions
4,255
Approved actions
25
Denied actions
99.4%
Approval rate (of actions)
By county
| County | Projects | Approved actions | Denied actions | Approval % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler | 13 | 19 | 1 | 95.0% |
| Cuyahoga | 684 | 895 | 5 | 99.4% |
| Delaware | 51 | 57 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Erie | 69 | 74 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Fairfield | 19 | 21 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Franklin | 765 | 824 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Greene | 27 | 32 | 1 | 97.0% |
| Hamilton | 256 | 280 | 5 | 98.2% |
| Lorain | 23 | 36 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lucas | 830 | 1,045 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Mahoning | 11 | 14 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Medina | 4 | 6 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Miami | 38 | 40 | 3 | 93.0% |
| Montgomery | 557 | 597 | 6 | 99.0% |
| Ottawa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Portage | 23 | 29 | 1 | 96.7% |
| Summit | 211 | 285 | 1 | 99.7% |
Data from public meeting documents processed by Boardwalk. Coverage varies by jurisdiction. Not all cities and counties are included.