Planning Initiatives

Below are all the active planning initiatives being coordinated by the Boston Planning & Development Agency Downtown & Neighborhood Planning department. Find more information inside each initiative, including details, associated files, and contact information.

Filter by Neighborhood

Filter by Planning Type:

Sort by:

Accessibility Guidelines and Checklist
Active Status	Policy Planning Type	Mar 06 2020 Last Updated Date
Article 80 Accessibility Checklist - Updated October 2019 PDF, 580KB 10/22/2019 Article 80 Accessibility Checklist - Updated October 2019 (Word Version) DOCX, 58KB 10/22/2019

Article 37 Green Building and Climate Resiliency Guidelines
Active Status	Policy Planning Type	May 04 2020 Last Updated Date
Zoning Article 37 Review Procedures & Submittal Requirements 2017-12-14 PDF, 145KB 12/14/2017 Climate Resiliency - Guidance and Checklist 2017-12-14 PDF, 779KB 12/14/2017

Avenue of the Arts Design Guidelines Study
In Process Status	Community Planning/Economic Development Type	Mar 06 2020 Last Updated Date
Avenue of the Arts Design Guidelines Final October 2015 PDF, 93MB 10/1/2015 Avenue of the Arts Comment Letters PDF, 7.6MB 9/24/2015

Boston Inner Harbor Passenger Water Transportation
Active Status	Waterfront Planning Type	Mar 06 2015 Last Updated Date

Boston Smart Utilities Project
In Process Status	Energy Planning Type	Jul 22 2019 Last Updated Date

E+ Green Building Program
In Process Status	Downtown & Neighborhood Planning Type	Nov 29 2018 Last Updated Date

EcoDistricts
In Process Status	Downtown & Neighborhood Planning Type	Apr 26 2018 Last Updated Date

Fairmount Indigo Planning Initiative
In Process Status	Community Planning/Economic Development Type	Sep 03 2020 Last Updated Date
Blue Hill Cummins Final Report 2.20.15 PDF, 11.3MB 2/20/2015 Blue Hill Cummins Final Report Appendices 2.20.15 PDF, 11.4MB 2/20/2015

Fostering Transit-Oriented Development in Boston
Active Status	Policy Planning Type	Mar 06 2015 Last Updated Date

Inclusionary Development Policy: 2019 Update
Status	Policy Planning Type	Mar 06 2020 Last Updated Date
Inclusionary Development Policy Housing Toolkit PDF, 868KB 5/7/2019 Neighborhood Diversity Preservation Preference PDF, 9.2KB 9/19/2019

Active Status

Policy Planning Type

Mar 06 2020 Last Updated Date

Active Status

Policy Planning Type

May 04 2020 Last Updated Date

In Process Status

Community Planning/Economic Development Type

Mar 06 2020 Last Updated Date

Active Status

Waterfront Planning Type

Mar 06 2015 Last Updated Date

In Process Status

Energy Planning Type

Jul 22 2019 Last Updated Date

In Process Status

Downtown & Neighborhood Planning Type

Nov 29 2018 Last Updated Date

In Process Status

Downtown & Neighborhood Planning Type

Apr 26 2018 Last Updated Date

In Process Status

Community Planning/Economic Development Type

Sep 03 2020 Last Updated Date

Active Status

Policy Planning Type

Mar 06 2015 Last Updated Date

Status

Policy Planning Type

Mar 06 2020 Last Updated Date