Georgia — 2025 Year in Review
Land use and zoning activity from city and county planning meetings in Georgia during 2025.
Georgia indexed 35,180 projects with decisions in 2025 across 134 counties, with 43,655 approved and 991 denied actions (97.8% approval rate). Cobb County led with 2,824 projects (8% of the state), followed by Fulton County (2,767) and Gwinnett County (1,435). Together those three counties accounted for 20% of indexed activity.
Read the Complete Georgia Planning Commission Guide for context on how planning decisions work in Georgia.
“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 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atkinson | 54 | 58 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Bacon | 76 | 78 | 2 | 97.5% |
| Baldwin | 81 | 108 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Banks | 308 | 367 | 9 | 97.6% |
| Barrow | 483 | 597 | 8 | 98.7% |
| Bartow | 486 | 527 | 13 | 97.6% |
| Ben Hill | 110 | 134 | 4 | 97.1% |
| Bibb | 44 | 60 | 1 | 98.4% |
| Bleckley | 136 | 149 | 2 | 98.7% |
| Brantley | 16 | 16 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Brooks | 36 | 38 | 1 | 97.4% |
| Bryan | 132 | 176 | 3 | 98.3% |
| Bulloch | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Burke | 272 | 277 | 12 | 95.8% |
| Butts | 8 | 8 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Calhoun | 85 | 83 | 4 | 95.4% |
| Camden | 239 | 290 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Carroll | 343 | 459 | 8 | 98.3% |
| Catoosa | 174 | 185 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Charlton | 151 | 166 | 3 | 98.2% |
| Chatham | 1,356 | 1,613 | 12 | 99.3% |
| Chattooga | 100 | 101 | 2 | 98.1% |
| Cherokee | 656 | 872 | 10 | 98.9% |
| Clarke | 941 | 1,739 | 46 | 97.4% |
| Clayton | 1,278 | 1,508 | 14 | 99.1% |
| Cobb | 2,824 | 3,929 | 59 | 98.5% |
| Coffee | 100 | 105 | 2 | 98.1% |
| Columbia | 880 | 1,031 | 13 | 98.8% |
| Cook | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Coweta | 1,245 | 1,567 | 61 | 96.3% |
| Dade | 11 | 11 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Dawson | 139 | 173 | 13 | 93.0% |
| Decatur | 71 | 78 | 0 | 100.0% |
| DeKalb | 649 | 859 | 6 | 99.3% |
| Dodge | 45 | 49 | 1 | 98.0% |
| Dooly | 31 | 33 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Dougherty | 416 | 582 | 8 | 98.6% |
| Douglas | 488 | 634 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Echols | 49 | 60 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Effingham | 443 | 515 | 22 | 95.9% |
| Elbert | 193 | 192 | 13 | 93.7% |
| Emanuel | 122 | 143 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Fannin | 245 | 292 | 3 | 99.0% |
| Fayette | 459 | 535 | 17 | 96.9% |
| Floyd | 214 | 207 | 15 | 93.2% |
| Forsyth | 677 | 835 | 9 | 98.9% |
| Franklin | 147 | 166 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Fulton | 2,767 | 3,843 | 211 | 94.8% |
| Gilmer | 98 | 113 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Glascock | 37 | 41 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Glynn | 251 | 294 | 5 | 98.3% |
| Gordon | 206 | 211 | 11 | 95.0% |
| Grady | 197 | 219 | 8 | 96.5% |
| Greene | 227 | 232 | 4 | 98.3% |
| Gwinnett | 1,435 | 1,839 | 44 | 97.7% |
| Habersham | 210 | 239 | 3 | 98.8% |
| Hall | 378 | 567 | 4 | 99.3% |
| Hancock | 23 | 28 | 1 | 96.6% |
| Haralson | 106 | 112 | 2 | 98.2% |
| Harris | 252 | 256 | 6 | 97.7% |
| Hart | 153 | 161 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Heard | 93 | 88 | 10 | 89.8% |
| Henry | 886 | 1,083 | 26 | 97.7% |
| Houston | 275 | 329 | 2 | 99.4% |
| Irwin | 24 | 23 | 2 | 92.0% |
| Jackson | 543 | 689 | 28 | 96.1% |
| Jefferson | 123 | 149 | 1 | 99.3% |
| Jenkins | 96 | 115 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Johnson | 110 | 115 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lamar | 94 | 101 | 5 | 95.3% |
| Laurens | 371 | 417 | 2 | 99.5% |
| Lee | 20 | 20 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Liberty | 205 | 215 | 6 | 97.3% |
| Lincoln | 217 | 262 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Long | 98 | 110 | 2 | 98.2% |
| Lowndes | 194 | 211 | 4 | 98.1% |
| Lumpkin | 747 | 1,112 | 4 | 99.6% |
| Macon | 33 | 34 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Madison | 186 | 188 | 8 | 95.9% |
| McIntosh | 104 | 111 | 1 | 99.1% |
| Meriwether | 197 | 215 | 3 | 98.6% |
| Miller | 80 | 89 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Mitchell | 209 | 252 | 4 | 98.4% |
| Monroe | 83 | 99 | 4 | 96.1% |
| Montgomery | 62 | 65 | 1 | 98.5% |
| Morgan | 210 | 250 | 10 | 96.2% |
| Murray | 312 | 387 | 3 | 99.2% |
| Muscogee | 90 | 94 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Newton | 705 | 807 | 14 | 98.3% |
| Oconee | 102 | 128 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Oglethorpe | 27 | 27 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Paulding | 373 | 505 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Peach | 274 | 344 | 4 | 98.9% |
| Pickens | 216 | 222 | 6 | 97.4% |
| Pierce | 166 | 186 | 4 | 97.9% |
| Pike | 124 | 125 | 3 | 97.7% |
| Polk | 283 | 309 | 18 | 94.5% |
| Putnam | 37 | 35 | 4 | 89.7% |
| Quitman | 23 | 25 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Rabun | 36 | 44 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Randolph | 27 | 25 | 4 | 86.2% |
| Richmond | 40 | 41 | 2 | 95.3% |
| Screven | 62 | 65 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Seminole | 129 | 140 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Spalding | 186 | 224 | 6 | 97.4% |
| Stephens | 105 | 133 | 3 | 97.8% |
| Stewart | 68 | 68 | 3 | 95.8% |
| Sumter | 228 | 353 | 3 | 99.2% |
| Talbot | 76 | 76 | 2 | 97.4% |
| Tattnall | 44 | 43 | 2 | 95.6% |
| Taylor | 64 | 66 | 1 | 98.5% |
| Terrell | 8 | 11 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Thomas | 91 | 100 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Tift | 246 | 275 | 2 | 99.3% |
| Toombs | 118 | 150 | 7 | 95.5% |
| Towns | 57 | 58 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Treutlen | 58 | 60 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Troup | 212 | 237 | 11 | 95.6% |
| Turner | 38 | 39 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Twiggs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Union | 23 | 26 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Upson | 119 | 122 | 5 | 96.1% |
| Walker | 104 | 106 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Walton | 282 | 366 | 5 | 98.7% |
| Ware | 158 | 167 | 6 | 96.5% |
| Warren | 88 | 88 | 2 | 97.8% |
| Washington | 134 | 140 | 3 | 97.9% |
| Wayne | 65 | 68 | 1 | 98.6% |
| Wheeler | 21 | 22 | 0 | 100.0% |
| White | 108 | 123 | 4 | 96.9% |
| Whitfield | 603 | 680 | 29 | 95.9% |
| Wilcox | 65 | 68 | 1 | 98.6% |
| Wilkes | 48 | 44 | 9 | 83.0% |
| Worth | 118 | 123 | 3 | 97.6% |
Data from public meeting documents processed by Boardwalk. Coverage varies by jurisdiction. Not all cities and counties are included.