Welcome to the Planning Department

The Alameda County CDA Planning Department serves the unincorporated communities of Alameda County, which include Ashland, Castro Valley, Cherryland, Fairview, Hayward Acres, San Lorenzo, Sunol, and rural east county communities outside the cities of Livermore, Dublin, and Pleasanton.

The Planning Department plans and oversees new development and redevelopment plans; creates policy for land use; and regulates, monitors and enforces County Zoning Ordinance, Subdivision, and other ordinances. The Planning Department performs municipal-type land use regulation functions for unincorporated areas of the County, ensuring compatible land use for the roughly 152,000 residents within its jurisdiction.

The Planning Department protects and enhances the quality of life in our communities by:

• Creating specific area and general plans with community participation, thus guiding the development and conservation of the county's unincorporated areas.
• Planning and building existing and new communities utilizing in-house policy, environmental assessment and site design review expertise.
• Enforcing the General Plan and the zoning ordinance and responding to citizen-initiated concerns about land use.