It also has many provisions to encourage other business. For example, it requires all 241 cities to plan and zone enough vacant land to meet projected needs for housing, businesses, and industrial plants. Statewide planning has greatly increased the time needed to get development permits. The time needed to get land- use permits has decreased dramatically in the past decade. State law now requires such permits to be issued within 120 days, including any time needed for local appeals.
Many authorities believe land-use permits are processed faster in Oregon than in most other states.
Planning litigation takes much longer than it used to. Oregon's planning program denies any opportunity for people to live in the country. That is 11 percent of all residential building permits issued in Oregon that year. Many more new homes were approved in other rural zones that same year. Oregon's statewide planning program has hindered small business.