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Comprehensive Planning

Beginning on September 20, 2008 all Plans will be reviewed under the new Comprehensive Plan Review Criteria Rule (Chapter 208).

Maine's Growth Management Act (30-A MRSA, Chapter 187)

Comprehensive Planning: A Manual for Maine Communities

Chapter 208 (new rule)

Comprehensive Plans Currently Under Review

The plans listed below have been submitted to the State Planning Office for review for consistency with Maine's Growth Management Act and state goals.

State Agency Comment Instructions

The Land Use Regulation Act requires the State Planning Office to solicit comments from other State agencies on proposed plans.

Please see this sample agency review letter for a method that has worked well for some.

In your review of the plan, please direct your comments to the following:

  • an analysis of whether the proposed plan indicates the appropriate use of data provided by your agency;
  • an analysis of how the proposed plan's policies and implementation strategies promote the State goal(s) relating to your agency's principal objectives and directives;
  • an analysis of whether the proposed plan is consistent with your agency's programs and policies; and
  • a description of the measures your agency recommends the municipality take to ensure that its plan addresses and identifies deficiencies and inconsistencies.

All comments on a plan must be submitted to SPO in writing (preferably electronically and on agency letterhead). Your comments will be reviewed by SPO and sent directly to the town along with our compleatness review letter. Please be sure to indicate the date comments are sent and the contact person.

If plans are submitted in hard copy only, agency coordinators will receive a copy to circulate and/or the plan will be scanned and posted on this page. If you have trouble with the files, please contact the State Planning Office at 287-5649.

 

Comprehensive Plans Reviewed Under New Comprehensive Plan Review Criteria Rule (Chapter 208)

Town Agency Comments on Self Assessment Checklist
Due to SPO		 SPO Review of Self Assessment Checklist Due
to Town		 Was Plan Accepted for Review? SPO Review of Future Landuse Plan Due to Town SPO Review Coordinator
Bath 4/30/2009 5/14/2009    
Ruta Dzenis
Woolwich 4/2/2009 4/16/2009 No  
Ruta Dzenis
Dedham 3/27/2009 4/10/2009 Yes 4/24/2009
Phil Carey
Wilton 2/13/2009 3/2/2009 Yes 3/16/2009
Tom Miragliuolo
Winslow 1/8/2009 1/20/2009 Yes 2/3/2009
Tom Miragliuolo
Harrington 12/18/2008 1/2/2009 Yes 1/16/2009
Phil Carey
Dixmont 10/27/2008 11/5/2008 Yes 11/20/2008
Phil Carey
Long Island
4/8/2008
8/18/2008
Yes
9/2/2008

 

Comprehensive Plans Reviewed Under Old Comprehensive Plan Review Criteria Rule (Chapter 202)
The plans linked below are the original review copies received by SPO. They may not be the same as the final versions used for the finding or adopted by the municipality.

Chapter 202 has been repealed and no additional plans will be accepted under it

Town SPO
Finding
Letters		 Agency Comments
Due to SPO		 SPO Review Due
to Town		 SPO Review
Coordinator
Oakfield
12/10/2008
11/26/2008
12/12/2008
Tom Miragliuolo
Danforth
11/26/2008
11/13/2008
11/26/2008
Phil Carey
Wallagrass
11/24/2008
11/10/2008
11/25/2008
Tom Miragliuolo
North Berwick
11/24/2008
11/10/2008
11/24/2008
Ruta Dzenis
Brunswick
11/20/2008
11/6/2008
11/21/2008
Ruta Dzenis
Chester
11/21/2008
11/7/2008
11/21/2008
Phil Carey
Newport
11/20/2008
11/7/2008
11/24/2008
Tom Miragliuolo
New Portland
10/30/2008
11/14/2008
Tom Miragliuolo
Bar Harbor
9/26/2008
10/10/2008
Phil Carey
Livermore
8/22/2008
9/5/2008
Tom Miragliuolo
Poland
7/7/2008
7/22/2008
Tom Miragliuolo
China
7/7/2008
7/21/2008

Stacy Benjamin
Hartford
5/30/2008
6/16/2008
Frank Hample
North Haven
5/22/2008
6/6/2008
John Weber
Trenton
(Subdivision)
5/22/2008
6/6/2008
Phil Carey
Trenton
(Zoning)
5/22/2008
6/6/2008
Phil Carey
Readfield
4/22/2008
5/6/2008
Frank Hample
Presque Isle
3/28/2008
4/11/2008
Tom Miragliuolo
Vienna
12/31/2007
1/14/2008
Frank Hample
Augusta
12/21/2007
1/4/2008
John Weber
Mount Desert
12/7/2007
12/17/2007

 

 

 

Contact Land Use Planning

Planning Data Links to a variety of data sources, useful during a comprehensive or other planning process.

 

Public Comments on Comprehensive Plans Under Review

Please use this form to make comments on comprehensive plans that are currently under review.

 

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