Planning Division

General Information

The Boulder County Land Use Planning Division includes the Development Review team (Site Plan Review, Current Planning, and Zoning Review) and Long Range Team (Long Range, Special Projects, and Public Information), as well as support staff.

Primary Responsibilities

The Planning Division’s primary responsibilities are maintaining the Comprehensive Plan and Land Use Code, reviewing development proposals for consistency with the Comprehensive Plan and conformance with the Land Use Code, conducting site visits and inspections, answering day-to-day planning and zoning questions from the public, and historic preservation.

Planning Division Information

• Ask a Planner Email Form
• Board of Adjustment Information, Public Hearings
• Boulder County Comprehensive Plan
• Boulder County Comprehensive Plan Update Process 
• Boulder County Land Use Code
• Boulder County Land Use Code Update Proposals 
• Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan Update
• Development Applications Under Review
• Historic Preservation Advisory Board (HPAB)
• Intergovernmental Agreements
• Land Use Department Staff Directory
• Municipalities in Boulder County
• Planning Commission Information, Public Hearings
• Planning FAQs
• Planning Information, Forms and Publications 
• Planning Processes
• Planning Process Fee Schedule (48 KB)
• Revegetation
• Site Plan Review
• Townsite Planning Initiatives
• What is Planning?
• Zoning

For more information, or if you have questions on planning in Boulder County, please call 303-441-3930 or email planner@bouldercounty.org.