Zoning Approvals Database
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September 2026
Real Estate & Infrastructure
A structured record of 447 rezoning approvals, planning permissions, and land use change decisions granted by city councils and planning authorities across North America in July 2026.
Zoning approval variance rezoning decision announced municipality
Real estate developers and commercial property investors use this data to track rezoning activity in target markets. Urban planning consultants and municipal advisory firms monitor approval trends to advise clients on land use strategy. Site selection teams at retailers, logistics operators, and infrastructure developers rely on zoning signals to time and locate new projects.
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<div style="overflow-x:auto;width:100%"><table class="catchall-table"><thead><tr><th style="min-width:40px">#</th><th style="min-width:240px">Event</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Applicant Company</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Zoning Change Detail</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Location</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Decision Outcome</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Decision Date</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Property Address</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Municipality</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Decision Type</th><th style="min-width:140px;white-space:nowrap">Governing Body</th><th style="min-width:120px;white-space:nowrap">Source</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td style="min-width:240px">Plainsmen Holdings Project Thunderbird Rezoning Recommendation in Enid, Oklahoma</td><td style="min-width:140px">Representatives of Plainsmen Holdings, LLC, including Chad Dillingham and Jason Singer, presented information about Project Thunderbird</td><td style="min-width:140px">'A' Agriculture zoning to industrial classifications including 'I-2' Industrial (Light) and 'I-3' Industrial (Heavy)</td><td style="min-width:140px">Oklahoma</td><td style="min-width:140px">approved</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-28</td><td style="min-width:140px">land associated with the proposed North and West campuses</td><td style="min-width:140px">Enid</td><td style="min-width:140px">rezoning</td><td style="min-width:140px">Enid Metropolitan Area Planning Commission</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.enidbuzz.com/mapc-recommends-project-thunderbird-rezoning-after-nearly-6%c2%bd-hour-meeting" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.enidbuzz.com/mapc-recommends-project-thunderbird-rezoning-after-nearly-6%c2%bd-hour-meeting</a></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td style="min-width:240px">Statesboro City Council Rezoning Approval for 6539 Burkhalter Road</td><td style="min-width:140px">4AM Development LLC</td><td style="min-width:140px">from high-density residential to office and business use</td><td style="min-width:140px">Bulloch County, Georgia</td><td style="min-width:140px">approved</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-08-18</td><td style="min-width:140px">6539 Burkhalter Road</td><td style="min-width:140px">City of Statesboro</td><td style="min-width:140px">rezoning</td><td style="min-width:140px">Statesboro City Council</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.griceconnect.com/local-news/city-of-statesboro-outlines-events-leading-to-current-data-center-discussion-following-burkhaulter-rezoning-12719029" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.griceconnect.com/local-news/city-of-statesboro-outlines-events-leading-to-current-data-center-discussion-following-burkhaulter-rezoning-12719029</a></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td style="min-width:240px">Linn County Tables Alliant Energy Rezoning Application for Morgan Valley Energy Center</td><td style="min-width:140px">The Linn County Planning & Zoning Commission voted Monday night to table Alliant Energy's rezoning application</td><td style="min-width:140px">from AA (Agricultural) to EU-2 (Exclusive Use-Two)</td><td style="min-width:140px">Iowa</td><td style="min-width:140px">tabled</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-28</td><td style="min-width:140px">12201 16th Ave. SW, in rural Cedar Rapids</td><td style="min-width:140px">Linn County</td><td style="min-width:140px">rezoning</td><td style="min-width:140px">Linn County Planning & Zoning Commission</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/linn-county-planning-commission-tables-morgan-valley-energy-center-rezoning-application" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/linn-county-planning-commission-tables-morgan-valley-energy-center-rezoning-application</a></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td style="min-width:240px">Surprise City Council Approves Rezoning for Buena Vista Ranch Development</td><td style="min-width:140px">The applicant and developer are LLCs tracing back to Elliott D. Pollack & Company</td><td style="min-width:140px">Reclassifies land from 2005 planned area development and rural residential designation into low, medium, and high-density residential (R-1, R-2, R-3), general industrial (I-2), and open-space conservation (OS-1)</td><td style="min-width:140px">Arizona</td><td style="min-width:140px">approved</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-01</td><td style="min-width:140px">Pinnacle Peak Road and 227th Avenue</td><td style="min-width:140px">Surprise</td><td style="min-width:140px">rezoning</td><td style="min-width:140px">Surprise City Council</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://hoodline.com/2026/09/surprise-rezones-422-acres-near-festival-ranch-for-up-to-1-401-homes" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://hoodline.com/2026/09/surprise-rezones-422-acres-near-festival-ranch-for-up-to-1-401-homes</a></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td style="min-width:240px">City of Miami Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board Approves Little Havana Upzoning Proposal</td><td style="min-width:140px"></td><td style="min-width:140px">Areas zoned T4 would become T5, and areas zoned T5 would become T6</td><td style="min-width:140px">Miami-Dade County, Florida</td><td style="min-width:140px">approved</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-02</td><td style="min-width:140px">About 460 properties spanning 100 acres in Little Havana along Southwest Seventh Street and Southwest Ninth Street</td><td style="min-width:140px">Miami</td><td style="min-width:140px">rezoning</td><td style="min-width:140px">Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/little-havana/article317101027.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/little-havana/article317101027.html</a></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td style="min-width:240px">RW Development Rezoning Approval in Biloxi for Black Marlin Casino</td><td style="min-width:140px">clearing a key local hurdle for developer RW Development</td><td style="min-width:140px">Zoning change from waterfront designation to Planned Development Gaming Establishment overlay district ordinance</td><td style="min-width:140px">Mississippi</td><td style="min-width:140px">approved</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-03</td><td style="min-width:140px">US 90/Beach Boulevard and Veterans Avenue</td><td style="min-width:140px">Biloxi</td><td style="min-width:140px">rezoning</td><td style="min-width:140px">Biloxi Planning Commission</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.gambling.com/us/news/biloxi-panel-approves-plans-for-new-black-marlin-casino" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.gambling.com/us/news/biloxi-panel-approves-plans-for-new-black-marlin-casino</a></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td style="min-width:240px">Rockingham City Council Approves Terra Nexus Rezoning for Data Center</td><td style="min-width:140px">Massey told the council that the landowners and developers, Terra Nexus, had made several adjustments to the plan</td><td style="min-width:140px">high-density residential to conditional light industrial</td><td style="min-width:140px">Richmond County</td><td style="min-width:140px">approved</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-08</td><td style="min-width:140px">316 Old Cheraw Highway</td><td style="min-width:140px">Rockingham</td><td style="min-width:140px">rezoning</td><td style="min-width:140px">Rockingham City Council</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.richmondobserver.com/stories/rockingham-city-council-approves-rezoning-request-for-data-center-in-split-vote,107795" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.richmondobserver.com/stories/rockingham-city-council-approves-rezoning-request-for-data-center-in-split-vote,107795</a></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td style="min-width:240px">Burgin City Council Vote to Rejoin Planning and Zoning Commission for Panattoni Data Center Project</td><td style="min-width:140px">Panattoni, the developer behind the proposed data center</td><td style="min-width:140px">Burgin City Council voted to rejoin the joint Mercer County, Harrodsburg, Burgin Planning and Zoning Commission (interlocal agreement), giving first reading to the ordinance</td><td style="min-width:140px">Mercer County, Kentucky</td><td style="min-width:140px">approved</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-08</td><td style="min-width:140px">Proposed 950-acre data center development site by Panattoni in Mercer County, Kentucky</td><td style="min-width:140px">Burgin</td><td style="min-width:140px">rejoin planning and zoning commission (interlocal agreement ordinance)</td><td style="min-width:140px">Burgin City Council</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.wkyt.com:443/2026/09/09/burgin-votes-rejoin-zoning-commission-amid-data-center-fight" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.wkyt.com:443/2026/09/09/burgin-votes-rejoin-zoning-commission-amid-data-center-fight</a></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td style="min-width:240px">Engineered Land Solutions Rezoning Approval for Project Delta in Stokes County</td><td style="min-width:140px">developer Engineered Land Solutions</td><td style="min-width:140px">rezone roughly 1,800 acres of farmland for the development known as Project Delta</td><td style="min-width:140px">North Carolina</td><td style="min-width:140px">conditionally_approved</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-14</td><td style="min-width:140px">roughly 1,800 acres of farmland in Walnut Cove</td><td style="min-width:140px">Stokes County</td><td style="min-width:140px">rezoning</td><td style="min-width:140px">Stokes County Board of Commissioners</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.wunc.org/2026-09-15/inside-stokes-countys-latest-vote-on-the-project-delta-data-center" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.wunc.org/2026-09-15/inside-stokes-countys-latest-vote-on-the-project-delta-data-center</a></td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td style="min-width:240px">Sussex County Council Defers Rezoning Decision for NVR's Lantern Cove Development in Frankford</td><td style="min-width:140px">his client, NVR, isn't doing that.</td><td style="min-width:140px">Agricultural to medium-density Residential Planning Community</td><td style="min-width:140px">Sussex County</td><td style="min-width:140px">tabled</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-24</td><td style="min-width:140px">Lantern Cove development, Frankford</td><td style="min-width:140px">Frankford</td><td style="min-width:140px">rezoning</td><td style="min-width:140px">Sussex County Council</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.delawarepublic.org/politics-government/2026-09-24/sussex-county-council-defers-action-on-zoning-change-for-lantern-cove" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.delawarepublic.org/politics-government/2026-09-24/sussex-county-council-defers-action-on-zoning-change-for-lantern-cove</a></td></tr><tr class="row-locked"><td>11</td><td style="min-width:240px">Hancock County Planning and Zoning Commission Denies MCNI Rezoning Request</td><td style="min-width:140px">A limited liability corporation called MCNI asked the county to rezone some 724 acres of Concord Township</td><td style="min-width:140px">from agricultural to industrial</td><td style="min-width:140px">Hancock County, Iowa, USA</td><td style="min-width:140px">denied</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-09</td><td style="min-width:140px">724 acres of Concord Township near Garner</td><td style="min-width:140px">Hancock County</td><td style="min-width:140px">rezoning</td><td style="min-width:140px">Planning & Zoning Commission</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://kiow.com/2026/09/10/rezoning-change-in-hancock-county-denied" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://kiow.com/2026/09/10/rezoning-change-in-hancock-county-denied</a></td></tr><tr class="row-locked"><td>12</td><td style="min-width:240px">Jefferson City Council Denies Rezoning Request by Housing the Community Jefferson City</td><td style="min-width:140px">The Jefferson City Council voted 6-3 against a zoning change sought by the nonprofit Housing the Community Jefferson City.</td><td style="min-width:140px">Rezoning a vacant building to house a homeless resource center and emergency shelter</td><td style="min-width:140px">Missouri</td><td style="min-width:140px">denied</td><td style="min-width:140px">2026-09-21</td><td style="min-width:140px">107 Adams St.</td><td style="min-width:140px">Jefferson City</td><td style="min-width:140px">rezoning</td><td style="min-width:140px">Jefferson City Council</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://abc17news.com/news/jefferson-city/2026/09/21/public-hearing-on-rezoning-for-new-jefferson-city-homeless-set-for-monday" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://abc17news.com/news/jefferson-city/2026/09/21/public-hearing-on-rezoning-for-new-jefferson-city-homeless-set-for-monday</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
<h3>What types of zoning decisions are included?</h3><p>The dataset covers rezoning approvals, planning permissions, variance grants, special use permits, and land use change approvals for both residential and commercial development projects in North America.</p><h3>Are rejected applications included?</h3><p>No. Only approved decisions are included.</p><h3>Which jurisdictions are covered?</h3><p>Coverage spans city councils, county planning authorities, and municipal bodies across North America. Federal land decisions and purely administrative permit renewals are not included.</p><h3>How often is this dataset updated?</h3><p>We rerun this dataset once a month. You can create your own dataset that updates as frequently as every one hour on <a href="https://platform.newscatcherapi.com/catchall">platform.newscatcherapi.com/catchall</a></p>