What a Good Local Development Plan Should Contain: A Proposed Model

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Kaiser, Edward J.
- Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of City and Regional Planning
Davies, John
- Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of City and Regional Planning

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A good local land development plan is vital in a community's strategy to control its destiny. This article suggests essential and fundamental features of such a "good plan," exceeding the merely minimal plan but remaining realistic for most North Carolina communities. The suggested model plan is based on a project conducted jointly by a research team from the Department of City and Regional Planning and the Division of Community Assistance and funded by the North Carolina Clean Water Management Trust Fund. The study included a survey and evaluation of local comprehensive land use plans from across the state in 1998. Based on that information, a review of the growing literature on good planning practices, and the advice of a state-wide advisory committee, the research team formulated Guidelines for North Carolina Local Governmental Development Plans. This article is adapted and condensed from those guidelines. This article focuses on the scope of development issues the plan should address, the elements it should contain, and certain essential features of its approach. The suggestions are meant to characterize the plan of any community, small or large, municipality or county. What will vary is the methodology that communities use to complete the recommended components.

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