Colorado — 2025 Year in Review
Land use and zoning activity from city and county planning meetings in Colorado during 2025.
Colorado indexed 36,930 projects with decisions in 2025 across 60 counties, with 49,225 approved and 482 denied actions (99.0% approval rate). Weld County led with 3,514 projects (10% of the state), followed by Boulder County (2,107) and Pueblo County (1,860). Together those three counties accounted for 20% of indexed activity.
Read the Complete Colorado Planning Commission Guide for context on how planning decisions work in Colorado.
“Projects with decisions” counts unique projects. “Approved” and “Denied” count individual actions (one project can have multiple actions across meetings).
By county
| County | Projects | Approved actions | Denied actions | Approval % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 1,593 | 2,283 | 6 | 99.7% |
| Alamosa | 393 | 610 | 10 | 98.4% |
| Arapahoe | 1,764 | 2,365 | 12 | 99.5% |
| Archuleta | 209 | 216 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Baca | 34 | 34 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Boulder | 2,107 | 2,585 | 31 | 98.8% |
| Broomfield | 45 | 53 | 1 | 98.1% |
| Chaffee | 1,127 | 1,419 | 41 | 97.2% |
| Cheyenne | 55 | 55 | 1 | 98.2% |
| Clear Creek | 1,177 | 1,683 | 80 | 95.5% |
| Costilla | 36 | 36 | 1 | 97.3% |
| Crowley | 30 | 30 | 1 | 96.8% |
| Custer | 72 | 85 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Delta | 680 | 856 | 4 | 99.5% |
| Denver | 54 | 55 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Dolores | 155 | 169 | 4 | 97.7% |
| Douglas | 1,736 | 2,125 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Eagle | 829 | 1,103 | 10 | 99.1% |
| El Paso | 1,183 | 1,513 | 25 | 98.4% |
| Elbert | 289 | 355 | 9 | 97.5% |
| Fremont | 1,238 | 1,665 | 9 | 99.5% |
| Garfield | 774 | 918 | 9 | 99.0% |
| Gilpin | 88 | 124 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Grand | 1,454 | 2,220 | 22 | 99.0% |
| Gunnison | 1,236 | 1,590 | 13 | 99.2% |
| Hinsdale | 44 | 44 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Huerfano | 382 | 462 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Jackson | 30 | 35 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Jefferson | 1,071 | 1,269 | 9 | 99.3% |
| Kit Carson | 188 | 235 | 1 | 99.6% |
| La Plata | 165 | 202 | 5 | 97.6% |
| Lake | 1,066 | 1,945 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Larimer | 1,658 | 2,476 | 13 | 99.5% |
| Las Animas | 57 | 68 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lincoln | 151 | 178 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Logan | 342 | 486 | 7 | 98.6% |
| Mesa | 632 | 753 | 4 | 99.5% |
| Mineral | 192 | 200 | 5 | 97.6% |
| Moffat | 346 | 511 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Montezuma | 453 | 537 | 6 | 98.9% |
| Montrose | 547 | 702 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Morgan | 464 | 535 | 22 | 96.1% |
| Otero | 100 | 111 | 1 | 99.1% |
| Ouray | 671 | 1,115 | 7 | 99.4% |
| Park | 329 | 377 | 5 | 98.7% |
| Phillips | 276 | 299 | 5 | 98.4% |
| Pitkin | 479 | 632 | 7 | 98.9% |
| Pueblo | 1,860 | 2,470 | 14 | 99.4% |
| Rio Blanco | 120 | 136 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Rio Grande | 148 | 182 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Routt | 817 | 1,077 | 34 | 96.9% |
| Saguache | 139 | 140 | 2 | 98.6% |
| San Juan | 181 | 223 | 0 | 100.0% |
| San Miguel | 643 | 754 | 8 | 99.0% |
| Sedgwick | 79 | 88 | 1 | 98.9% |
| Summit | 562 | 677 | 7 | 99.0% |
| Teller | 760 | 986 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Washington | 16 | 16 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Weld | 3,514 | 5,001 | 20 | 99.6% |
| Yuma | 107 | 156 | 0 | 100.0% |
Data from public meeting documents processed by Boardwalk. Coverage varies by jurisdiction. Not all cities and counties are included.