Utah — 2025 Year in Review
Land use and zoning activity from city and county planning meetings in Utah during 2025.
Read the Complete Utah Planning Commission Guide for context on how planning decisions work in Utah.
“Projects with decisions” counts unique projects. “Approved” and “Denied” count individual actions (one project can have multiple actions across meetings).
44,674
Projects with decisions
63,460
Approved actions
549
Denied actions
99.1%
Approval rate (of actions)
By county
| County | Projects | Approved actions | Denied actions | Approval % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver | 366 | 581 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Box Elder | 1,345 | 1,797 | 21 | 98.8% |
| Cache | 2,199 | 3,386 | 72 | 97.9% |
| Carbon | 790 | 1,252 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Daggett | 49 | 68 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Davis | 6,038 | 8,950 | 45 | 99.5% |
| Duchesne | 434 | 680 | 3 | 99.6% |
| Emery | 193 | 224 | 2 | 99.1% |
| Garfield | 537 | 702 | 9 | 98.7% |
| Grand | 432 | 630 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Iron | 1,130 | 1,474 | 15 | 99.0% |
| Juab | 624 | 809 | 5 | 99.4% |
| Kane | 480 | 724 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Millard | 1,645 | 2,208 | 23 | 99.0% |
| Morgan | 407 | 515 | 3 | 99.4% |
| Piute | 12 | 18 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Rich | 120 | 131 | 1 | 99.2% |
| Salt Lake | 7,107 | 9,992 | 83 | 99.2% |
| San Juan | 765 | 1,091 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Sanpete | 697 | 825 | 8 | 99.0% |
| Sevier | 585 | 723 | 13 | 98.2% |
| Summit | 1,236 | 1,658 | 17 | 99.0% |
| Tooele | 966 | 1,406 | 10 | 99.3% |
| Uintah | 743 | 1,038 | 5 | 99.5% |
| Utah | 6,377 | 9,798 | 131 | 98.7% |
| Wasatch | 802 | 1,006 | 20 | 98.1% |
| Washington | 2,565 | 3,582 | 32 | 99.1% |
| Wayne | 90 | 100 | 1 | 99.0% |
| Weber | 5,461 | 7,361 | 20 | 99.7% |
Data from public meeting documents processed by Boardwalk. Coverage varies by jurisdiction. Not all cities and counties are included.