Montgomery Planning

Planning Board/Department April Calendar of Events and Meetings

The Montgomery County Planning Board and the Montgomery County Planning Department  announced their April 2026 calendar of events and meetings.
For more details, review the list of events below. These events are subject to change. April Calendar of Events and Meetings:

April 2 – The Planning Board meeting will take place in-person at M-NCPPC Wheaton Headquarters (2425 Reedie Drive, Second Floor Auditorium, Wheaton, Md.) and online.

April 7 – The Development Review Committee (DRC) meeting will be held with options to attend in-person at M-NCPPC Wheaton Headquarters (2425 Reedie Drive, Third Floor, Conference Room #3-202, Wheaton, Md.) from 9:30 a.m. to12 Noon  or watch the DRC live video stream. 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 Transportation, and utilities such as WSSC and PEPCO. Committee members will discuss development applications with the applicants.

April 8 – The Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) meeting will take place in-person at M-NCPPC Wheaton Headquarters (2425 Reedie Drive, Second Floor Auditorium, Wheaton, Md.) at 7 p.m. with a virtual option available upon request at the discretion of the Commission Chair. To testify on an agenda item, sign up no later than 9 a.m. the day before the meeting.

April 9 – The Planning Board meeting will take place in-person at M-NCPPC Wheaton Headquarters (2425 Reedie Drive, Second Floor Auditorium, Wheaton, Md.) and online.

April 15 – Montgomery Planning’s Friendship Heights Sector Plan team invites community members to a virtual office hours session on Zoom from 12-1:30 p.m. to ask questions/chat with the planning team about the plan. The session will cover all plan topics, with a specific focus on Parks. Register to receive the Zoom link.

April 16 – The Planning Board meeting will take place in-person at M-NCPPC Wheaton Headquarters (2425 Reedie Drive, Second Floor Auditorium, Wheaton, Md.) and online.

April 21 – The Development Review Committee (DRC) meeting will be held with options to attend in-person at M-NCPPC Wheaton Headquarters (2425 Reedie Drive, Third Floor, Conference Room #3-202, Wheaton, Md.) from 9:30 a.m. to 12 Noon or watch the DRC live video stream. 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 Transportation, and utilities such as WSSC and PEPCO. Committee members will discuss development applications with the applicants.

April 21 – Montgomery Planning’s Eastern Silver Spring Communities Plan is hosting an in-person Preliminary Recommendations Open House for community members at the Long Branch Communication Recreation Center (8700 Piney Branch Road, Silver Spring, Md) from 5-8 p.m. RSVPs are encouraged, but not required.

April 22 – Montgomery Planning’s Friendship Heights Sector Plan team invites community members to a virtual office hours session on Zoom from 12-1:30 p.m. to ask questions/chat with the planning team about the plan. The session will cover all plan topics, with a specific focus on transportation. Register to receive the Zoom link.

April 22 – The Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) meeting will take place in-person at M-NCPPC Wheaton Headquarters (2425 Reedie Drive, Second Floor Auditorium, Wheaton, Md.) at 7 p.m. with a virtual option available upon request at the discretion of the Commission Chair. To testify on an agenda item, sign up no later than 9 a.m. the day before the meeting.

April 23 – The Planning Board meeting will take place in-person at M-NCPPC Wheaton Headquarters (2425 Reedie Drive, Second Floor Auditorium, Wheaton, Md.) and online.

April 28 – Montgomery Planning’s Friendship Heights Sector Plan team invites community members to an in-person office hours session at Wisconsin Avenue Community Recreation Center (5311 Friendship Boulevard, Chevy Chase, Md) from 5:30-7 p.m. to ask questions/chat with the planning team about the plan. The session will cover all plan topics.

April 29 – Montgomery Planning’s Germantown Sector Plan Amendment team invites community members to an in-person meeting at the Sidney Kramer Upcounty Regional Services Center (12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown, Md.) from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. to ask questions/chat with the planning team and ensure that the plan reflects the priorities, concerns, and aspirations of residents.

April 30 – The Planning Board meeting will take place in-person at M-NCPPC Wheaton Headquarters (2425 Reedie Drive, Second Floor Auditorium, Wheaton, Md.) and online.

April 30 – The Planning Board will host the first of a three-part Growing Smarter in a Changing Climate speaker series, “Net Zero that Pencils Out: Normalizing Sustainable Development.” The event will take place in-person at M-NCPPC Wheaton Headquarters (2425 Reedie Drive, Second Floor Auditorium, Wheaton, Md.) from 5:45-7:45 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

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