Planning Commission

The Planning Commission is an appointed body advising the County of Santa Barbara.

Meets about twice a month.

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Upcoming meetings

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Recent meetings

October 22, 2026Regular MeetingZoning ordinance amendments · Design review exemptions · Ministerial permitting pathways · Montecito coastal recommendations · Battery energy storage systems · CEQA environmental review · Public notice procedures September 30, 2026Regular MeetingMinisterial streamlining amendments · Permitting process simplification · Eastern Goleta Valley circulation · Housing development infrastructure · Oil and gas ordinance · Retail firearm store moratorium · Constellation project · Malkin general plan amendment September 9, 2026Regular MeetingMinisterial streamlining amendments · Utility scale solar program · Retail gun sales ordinance · Oil and gas drilling restrictions · Sabani Trust subdivision · Multiple parcel water system · Recreation Master Plan trails August 26, 2026Regular MeetingMalmuth tentative parcel map · Wallover lot line adjustment · Landon equestrian arena · T-Mobile telecommunications facility · Ministerial streamlining amendments · Recreation Master Plan amendments · Oil and gas provisions August 12, 2026Regular Meeting2026 Planning Commission Chair election · Streamlining ordinance scheduling adjustments · Santa Maria Asphalt Refinery ownership transfer · Utility-scale solar ordinance amendments · ICE detention facility use findings · Acela permit software implementation · Oil and gas drilling amendments August 5, 2026Regular Meetingquorum absence · hearing adjournment · meeting rescheduling July 1, 2026Regular MeetingHope Villas tract map approval · Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan amendments · Coastal oil and gas prohibition alignment · District 4 Planning Commissioner appointment · Meeting schedule consolidation · Recreation Master Plan EIR review · County budget and grant funding June 3, 2026Regular MeetingB Rock Quarry vesting rights · Limestone mining operations · Capital Improvement Program review · Comprehensive Plan conformity · Project funding mechanisms · CEQA exemption determination May 27, 2026Regular MeetingCommissioner Roy Reed resolution · Chick-fil-A conditional use permit · Stanford Farms Trust parcel map appeal · Commissioner Americana conflict disclosure · Vice Chair election · Upcoming Board of Supervisors items May 6, 2026Regular Meeting April 29, 2026Regular MeetingBMO handrail installation · Los Alamos housing development · Density Bonus Law application · VMT mitigation measures · Tract map approval · Commissioner retirement acknowledgment · Planning department budget updates April 8, 2026Regular MeetingOil and gas drilling prohibition · Housing element implementation · Pre-approved ADU plans · Ministerial permit streamlining · Long-range work program · Solomon Hills development · Local preference marketing · County budget positions

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