This resource:

• Provides an overview of the planning framework
• Describes emerging issues in local planning
• Outlines some of the important legal issues that local officials should consider when they make land use and planning decisions, and
• Includes references to a wide variety of resources that readers can access to learn more about particular topics.

A separate four-page binder tab provides a checklist outlining the “nuts and bolts” of the process of reviewing a typical application for development.

This publication is only available in electronic format. A PDF of the publication is available at right for free download.