Lee, Iowa2025 Year in Review

Land use and zoning activity from city and county planning meetings in Lee during 2025.

Lee County indexed 260 projects with at least one decision in 2025, leading to 318 approved and 2 denied actions. Approval was effectively unanimous at 99.4% — typical for a county where most agenda items are administrative or staff-recommended. All city-level activity in our coverage came from Fort Madison (260 projects).

“Projects with decisions” counts unique projects. “Approved” and “Denied” count individual actions (one project can have multiple actions across meetings).

260
Projects with decisions
318
Approved actions
2
Denied actions
99.4%
Approval rate (of actions)

By city

CityProjectsApproved actionsDenied actionsApproval %
Fort Madison260318299.4%

Data from public meeting documents processed by Boardwalk. Coverage varies by jurisdiction. Not all cities are included.