Philadelphia, Pennsylvania2025 Year in Review

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

Philadelphia County indexed 59 projects with at least one decision in 2025, leading to 63 approved and 0 denied actions. Approval was effectively unanimous at 100.0% — typical for a county where most agenda items are administrative or staff-recommended. All city-level activity in our coverage came from Philadelphia (59 projects).

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

59
Projects with decisions
63
Approved actions
0
Denied actions
100.0%
Approval rate (of actions)

By city

CityProjectsApproved actionsDenied actionsApproval %
Philadelphia59630100.0%

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