Planning Board Resource Documents

Approval Not Required (ANR)

  1. ANR Memo
  2. ANRs and Ancient Ways
  3. The ANR Handbook

Concord Comprehensive Long Range Plan 

Demolition

  1. Zoning Impacts - Voluntary Demolition and Reconstruction of Single-Family Homes

Design Guidelines

  1. West Concord Design Guidelines

Housing

  1. Town of Concord Housing Production Plan 2022

Neighborhood Conservation District

  1. Brookline NCD Bylaw
  2. Wellesley NCD Bylaw
  3. North Andover NCD bylaw
  4. Lexington NCD Bylaw
  5. Cambridge NCD Bylaw
  6. Cambridge NCD brochure

Nonconforming Structures

  1. Non-Conforming Structures and Uses

Open Space and Recreation

  1. 2015 Open Space and Recreation Plan

Parking Requirements

  1. MAPC Final Concord Parking Policy Analysis 7-2019

Planning Board Applications, Fees and Procedures

  1. Planning Board Application Procedures
  2. Planning Board Frequently Asked Questions
  3. Outside Consultant Review Fees and Procedures
  4. Planning Board Fee Schedule
  5. Planning Board Records Disposal Schedule

Site Plan Review

  1. Citizen Planner Training Collaborative (CPTC) Site Plan Review Handout

Streets and Ways

  1. Streets and Ways

Subdivisions

  1. Town of Concord Subdivision Rules Regulations 2007
  2. Municipal Planning and Subdivision Legislation
  3. An Overview of Subdivision Control Law
  4. Procedural Requirements of the Subdivision Control Law

Sustainability and Green Zoning

  1. NEEP Green Zoning Report Final November 2019
  2. MA Sustainable Buildings Case Studies
  3. Green Zoning Examples for Concord
  4. Rocky Mountain Institute Building Electrification Accelerator Presentation October 2020
  5. Green Zoning Presentation 5-24-21
  6. RMI Analysis for All Electric Residential New Construction in Concord-Boston_May 2021
  7. Northampton Zoning Ordinance No. 20.181
  8. Northampton Zoning Ordinance No.2226-350g Table of Use and Dim Regs URB
  9. Northampton Zoning Ordinance No. 21.189
  10. 2017 Energy Futures Task Force Report

Tree Preservation Bylaw

  1. Tree Preservation Bylaw 2021 (PDF)
  2. Tree Preservation Bylaw Rules & Regulations

Zoning

  1. Adopting and Amending Zoning Bylaws
  2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts: The Zoning Act January 14, 2021
  3. Decision Making Requirements of the Zoning Act
  4. Exemptions Under the Massachusetts Zoning Act
  5. Grandfathered Lots and plan Protections
  6. Guidebook for Adopting Zoning By-Laws
  7. The Impacts of State Land Use Laws on Concord: or why the Planning Board can't "Just Say No".