Montgomery County Planning Board & Planning Department Announce April 2024 Calendar of Events

Courtesy Montgomery Planning

The Montgomery County Planning Board and the Montgomery County Planning Department, both part of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC), announced their April 2024 calendar of events and meetings.

The public can participate in Planning Board meetings by testifying in-person, testifying virtually, over the phone, or by sending in written comments to the Planning Board. Information about submitting written testimony and testifying live at Planning Board meetings can be found below. Contact us for accessibility accommodations.

The public may attend Planning Board meetings in-person, watch them live or on-demand, or listen over the phone. View individual agendas, which are usually made public 10 days prior to the start of a meeting. Consult the Development Review Committee (DRC) and Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) websites for their agenda information. For more details, review the list of events below and visit www.montgomeryplanning.org. These events are subject to change.

April Calendar of Events:

April 3 - The Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) will hold its meeting in-person at M-NCPPC’s Wheaton Headquarters with a virtual option available upon request. To testify on an agenda item, sign up no later than 9 a.m. the day before the hearing.

April 4 – The Planning Board will hold its weekly meeting in-person and online. At the meeting, the Planning Board is scheduled to hold its second work session on the Great Seneca Plan: Connecting Life and Science.

April 9 - The Development Review Committee (DRC) will meet in-person and virtually. The community is invited to attend the meeting in-person or online by watching the DRC live video stream or viewing on-demand. The DRC is an inter-agency task force comprised of representatives from Montgomery Planning, the State Highway Administration, the county departments of Permitting Services, Environmental Protection, and Public Works and Transportation, and utilities such as WSSC and PEPCO. At these regularly scheduled meetings twice a month, DRC members discuss development applications with the applicants.

April 11 – The Planning Board will hold its weekly meeting in-person and online. At the meeting, the Planning Board is scheduled to hold its third work session on the Great Seneca Plan: Connecting Life and Science and hold a work session on the Attainable Housing Strategies initiative.

April 17 - The Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) will hold its meeting in-person at M-NCPPC’s Wheaton Headquarters with a virtual option available upon request. To testify on an agenda item, sign up no later than 9 a.m. the day before the hearing.

April 17 – The M-NCPPC will hold its monthly Full Commission meeting at 10 a.m.

April 18 – The Planning Board will hold its weekly meeting in-person and online. At the meeting, the Planning Board is scheduled to hold its fourth work session on the Great Seneca Plan: Connecting Life and Science.

April 23 – The Development Review Committee (DRC) will meet in-person and virtually. The community is invited to attend the meeting in-person or online by watching the DRC live video stream or viewing on-demand.

April 25 - The Planning Board will hold its weekly meeting in-person and online. At the meeting, the Planning Board is scheduled to hold its fifth work session on the Great Seneca Plan: Connecting Life and Science and a work session on the Attainable Housing Strategies initiative.

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