Utah — 2025 Year in Review
Land use and zoning activity from city and county planning meetings in Utah during 2025.
Utah indexed 44,674 projects with decisions in 2025 across 29 counties, with 63,460 approved and 549 denied actions (99.1% approval rate). Salt Lake County led with 7,107 projects (16% of the state), followed by Utah County (6,377) and Davis County (6,038). Together those three counties accounted for 44% of indexed activity.
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).
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.