Planning Board Goals & Projects

At the beginning of every fiscal year the Planning Board establishes their goals and projects for the year.  Supporting information or documents that the Planning Board utilizes in the discussion of a particular goal or project can be found further below.

2025-2026 Planning Board Goals & Projects Memo

Additionally, the Planning Board goes through the 2018 Comprehensive Plan Section 5, the Implementation Action Chart, which has a total of 188 Action Items with the Planning Division referenced in 140 items and the Planning Board referenced in 54 Items. The Board reviews each item to provide a status update.

Envision Concord Action Items Matrix -  Planning Board Progress 9-30-25

Potential Wireless Bylaw Amendment - ATM 2026

  1. Potential Wireless Bylaw Amendments - Town Counsel 11-14-25

MBTA Communities Multi-family Overlay District Potential Amendment - ATM 2026

  1. 2025-08-26 Agenda Memo_PB
  2. 2025-09-30 Agenda Memo_PB
  3. Article XX 2026 ATM Sec 7.11 MBTA Multi-family Zoning 8-22-25 Draft
  4. Option 1 - MBTA Overlay Map Amendment
  5. Option 2 - MBTA Overlay Map Amendment
  6. Option 3 - MBTA Overlay Map Amendment
  7. Option 4 - MBTA Overlay Map Amendment
  8. Option 5 - MBTA Overlay Map Amendment
  9. Option 5 GIS Model
  10. Option 6 - MBTA Overlay Map Amendment
  11. Option 6 GIS Model

Potential Mixed-use Zoning Bylaw Amendment - ATM 2026

  1. Mixed-use Bylaw Economic Feasibility Analysis 01-07-26
  2. Section 4.2.3 Zoning MBTA Communities Analysis - Consultant Memo 3-3-25
  3. Section 4.2.3 Zoning Analysis - Consultant Memo 4-17-25
  4. Mixed-use Zoning Public Workshop Presentation 6-17-25
  5. Mixed-use Zoning Public Workshop - Consultant Summary 6-18-25
  6. Concord MBTA Communities EFA 2-13-24

Potential Lighting Zoning Bylaw Amendment - ATM 2026

The Illuminating Engineering Society Lighting Design and Application Magazine Articles

  1. Dark Places Oct 2025
  2. Heart of Darkness Oct 2025
  3. Lay of the Land Oct 2025
  4. Let There Be Night Oct 2025
  5. Loss of Night Oct 2025
  6. Sightlines-Rethinking LED Retrofits Oct 2025