To make Santa Clara County a better place now and in the future, the Santa Clara County Planning Office provides quality planning, implementation and information services.

The vision of a better community is to achieve:

• Managed, balanced growth
• Livable communities
• Responsible resource conservation, and
• Social and economic well-being

The Santa Clara County County Planning Office develops general and specific plans and programs to achieve this vision. In addition, the Planning Office conducts studies and projects to support policy decisions. To can find out more about plans, programs, studies and projects, please refer to the links below.

• Plans & Programs
• Recent Studies & Projects

• Stanford University Plans / Permit
  Santa Clara County has jurisdiction over 4,017 acres of Stanford University land located in the unincorporated portion of the County. This land includes the core campus north of Junipero Serra Boulevard (1,773 acres) as well as largely undeveloped areas in the foothills (2,244 acres).
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