Lake Tahoe Regional Plan

Development Tracking

Lake Tahoe has long been a global leader in harmonizing the natural and human-made environments. The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency implements a unique and comprehensive approach to managing new development and redevelopment as outlined in the Lake Tahoe Regional Plan.

Adopted in 1987 and updated in 2012, the Regional Plan limits growth while strategically allowing development that meets environmental standards. Today, 90 percent of the Tahoe Basin is public land, which further reduces development potential and preserves sensitive lands.

Together TRPA's conservation programs and growth management system advance the region's environmental threshold goals and support community resilience.

Explore the dashboards below to see how much has been built, what still has development potential, and how Tahoe Basin development has changed over time.

Aerial view of a multi-family affordable housing development in the Tahoe Basin, surrounded by pine forest.
Tahoe Development Snapshot
How much has been built? How much more can be built?
Existing residential, commercial, and tourist development across the basin, alongside what's banked and what's still available under the Regional Plan.
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Development Since the 2012 Regional Plan
How has development changed over time?
Year-over-year change in residential, commercial, and tourist development across the Tahoe Region. Scope the basin or filter to a single county or city.
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Residential Additions by Source
Where do residential units come from each year?
Annual completed residential units broken down by the type of development right used: allocations, bonus units, transfers, conversions, or previously-banked rights.
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Allocation Tracking & Pool Balances
What's been allocated?, and what's left in each pool?
Two views: basin overview by commodity (total authorized vs allocated / jurisdiction pool / TRPA pool / unreleased) and pool balances by jurisdiction (per-pool used vs available, with year-by-year metering on residential).
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About this data

The Tahoe Regional Plan caps the cumulative total of development that can occur in the basin. These dashboards show the live tally maintained by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.

For more on the program, see TRPA Development Rights or the Pool Balance Report on Lake Tahoe Info.

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