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Comprehensive Planning Process

The document discusses the comprehensive planning process. It involves 8 steps: 1) identifying issues, 2) setting goals, 3) collecting data, 4) preparing the plan, 5) creating implementation plans, 6) evaluating alternatives, 7) adopting a plan, and 8) implementing and monitoring the plan. The process aims to determine interconnected issues affecting an urban area and establish a plan to achieve community goals through programs and alternatives that are evaluated, adopted, and monitored over time.

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Comprehensive Planning Process

The document discusses the comprehensive planning process. It involves 8 steps: 1) identifying issues, 2) setting goals, 3) collecting data, 4) preparing the plan, 5) creating implementation plans, 6) evaluating alternatives, 7) adopting a plan, and 8) implementing and monitoring the plan. The process aims to determine interconnected issues affecting an urban area and establish a plan to achieve community goals through programs and alternatives that are evaluated, adopted, and monitored over time.

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COMPREHENSIVE

PLANNING
PROCESS
WHAT
WHAT IS
IS COMPREHENSIVE
COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING
PLANNING
PROCESS
PROCESS ??
•• Residential
Residential
•• Industrial
Industrial
•• Mixed
Mixed Use
Use
•• Retail
Retail
•• Institutional
Institutional
•• Public
Public Open
Open Space
Space
•• Office
Office
•• Parks
Parks
•• Etc.
Etc.
DEFINITION
DEFINITION
DEFINITION

• Comprehensive Plans are the backbone of any community planning effort. They outline
challenges facing the community, identify solutions, and provide guidance to appointed and
elected officials on planning-related decisions. The best Comprehensive Plans are those that
have the support of the broader community. They are a living document that grows and
changes with the community. The purpose of this handout is to provide course participants
with supplemental information on Comprehensive Plans and detailed information on the
Centre Region’s most recent planning endeavors.
COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING
|PROCESS
Comprehensive planning follows a typical Planning Process which consists of EIGHT different
steps. By following this process, planners are able to determine a wide range of interconnecting
issues that effect an Urban Area. Each step can be seen as interdependent and many times
planners will revise the order to best fit their needs.
I- Identifying Issues
The planner must address the issue they are investigating. To be relevant, the planning
processes must identify and address not only contemporary issues of concern to residents,
workers, property owners, and business people, but also the emerging issues that will be
important in the future.
COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING
|PROCESS
II- Setting Goals
Once issues have been identified by a community. Goals can then be established. Goals are community visions.
They establish priorities for communities and help community leaders make future decisions which will affect the
city. Stating goals is not always an easy process and it requires the active participation of all people in the
community.
III- Collecting Data
Data is needed in the planning process in order to evaluate current city conditions as well as to predict future
conditions. Data is almost easily collected from the census bureaus, however many communities actively collect
their own data. The most typical data collected for a comprehensive plan include data about the Environment,
Traffic Conditions, Economic Conditions, Social Conditions (such as population and income), public services &
utilities, and land use conditions (such as housing & zoning). Once this data is collected it is analyzed and studied.
Outcomes of the data collection process include population projections, economic conditions forecasts, and
future housing needs.
COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING
|PROCESS
IV- Preparing the Plan
The Plan is prepared using the information gathered during the ‘data collection’ and ‘goal setting
stages’. A typical comprehensive plan begins by giving a brief background of the current and future
conditions found in the data collection step. Following the background information are the community
goals and the plans that will be used in order to implement those goals into the community. Plans may
also contain separate sections for important issues such as transportation or housing which follow
the same standard format.
V- Creating Implementation Plans
During this stage of the process different programs are thought of in order to implement the Goals of
the Plan. These plans focus on issues such as Cost and Effectiveness. It is possible that a variety of
plans will result from this process in order to realize one goal. These different plans are known as
‘alternatives.
COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING
|PROCESS
VI- Evaluating Alternatives
Each alternative should be evaluated by community leaders to ensure the most efficient and cost
effective way to realize the community’s goals. During this stage each alternative should be weighed
given its potential positive and negative effects, impacts on the community, and impacts on the city
government. One alternative should be chosen that best meets the needs and desires of the
community.
VII- Adopting a Plan
The community needs to adopt the ‘plan’ as an official statement of policy in order for it to take
effect. This is usually done by the ‘city council’ through ‘public hearings’. Once the plan is accepted by
city officials it is then a legal statement of community policy in regards to future development.
COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING
|PROCESS
VIII-Implementation and Monitoring the Plan
Using the implementation plans defined in the earlier stages, the city will carry out the ‘goals’ in the
‘comprehensive plans’. City Planning staff monitors the outcome of the ‘plan’ and may propose future
changes if the results are not desired.
A comprehensive plan is not a permanent document. It can be changed and rewritten over time. It is
necessary to revise or update the Comprehensive Plan every five to ten years.
COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING
|PROCESS
 The plan should be comprehensive.
 The plan should be long-range.
 The plan should be general.
 The plan should focus on physical development.
 The plan should relate physical design proposals to
community goals and social and economic policies.
 The plan should be first a policy instrument, and
only second a technical instrument.
COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING
|PROCESS
 Goodman goes on to say that there are six basic requirements to
the procedure for creating a comprehensive plan:
 There should be only one official comprehensive plan.
 The plan should be formally adopted by the legislative body.
 There should be a lengthy period of public debate prior to
adoption.
 The plan should be available and understandable to the public.
 The plan should be formulated so as to capitalize on its
educational potential
GETTING
ORGRANIZED

DATE
CONCLUSION
COLLECTION

GOAL ANALYSING
SETTING DATA

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