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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

Comprehensive Planning Team

This team works with Boston's communities to create long-term plans that help foster the development of attractive, safe, diverse, and economically thriving places to live, work, and play. Planning efforts engage local residents, businesses, other City of Boston departments, and institutions to consider and guide Boston's unique neighborhoods towards the future.

Planners explore issues of land use, housing needs, historic preservation, open space, transportation networks, health and safety, and economic development. The plans that staff develop, whether citywide or neighborhood-scale, are informed by community input with the goal of guiding future development, policy, and capital projects.

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Or call 617.918.4472