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This is the website for the City of Boston’s new Planning Department, which launched on July 1. The staff and many responsibilities of the Boston Planning & Development Agency have moved to the Planning Department of the City of Boston including planning & zoning, urban design, development review, and real estate divisions. Please excuse any misalignment you may see on our site as we transition to the City. Learn more

The Planning Department does not make any warranties or representations with respect to the content, quality, accuracy, or completeness of any information or materials contained in the Planning Department or City of Boston (“City”) web server or through links to other servers, including but not limited to text, graphics, applications, databases, services, or any other information or materials. Nor shall the Planning Department assume any legal liability for the content, quality, accuracy, or completeness of said information and materials.

The information and materials contained on this website have been compiled from a variety of sources and, as such, are subject to change without notice. In no event will the Planning Department or the City be liable for any damages, whether direct, indirect, general, consequential, incidental, exemplary, or special, arising from the use of information provided on this server or through links to any other servers.

Communications to the Planning Department or the City via this website shall in no way be deemed to constitute legal or official notice to the Planning Department, the City, or its agencies, officers, employees, representatives, or agents with pending or future claim or cause of action against the Planning Department, the City, its agencies, officers, employees, representatives or agents where notice is required by applicable law. Nor shall communications to the Planning Department or the City via this website be deemed to constitute legal or official notice for any other purpose.

Privacy Policy

The City of Boston (“the City”) and the Planning Department are committed to protecting the privacy of all visitors and providing a secure web infrastructure to conduct business.

We collect analytical data from site visitors in order to provide the most efficient and effective electronic services. We do not sell or exchange our data with third parties for commercial or marketing purposes.

Industry-standard security systems and practices are in place to ensure secure transmission of financial transactions and data integrity.

Translation Disclaimer

English

The Planning Department offers translations of the content on BostonPlans.org through the Google Translate web translator (translate.google.com). Because Google Translate is an external website, the Planning Department does not control the quality or accuracy of translated content. This may result in inaccurate translated text, or other errors in images and the general appearance of translated pages.

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