Planning Commission

The Plainfield Planning Commission meets on the first and third Mondays of the month at 7:00 PM at the Town Office. Everyone is welcome to attend.

The Plainfield Planning Commission is the volunteer municipal body appointed by the Select Board that creates the Town Plan and makes changes to the Zoning Ordinance. The Development Review Board and Zoning Administrator oversees compliance with the Zoning Ordinance.

• Plainfield Town Plan, adopted April 12, 2021
• Report on revised Town Plan
• Plainfield Town Plan Draft, February 28, 2020
• Planning Commission Policy, 2019 Amendment
• Vermont Fish & Wildlife Introducing Act 171 to the Planning Commission April 9, 2018
• Zoning Regulations Draft, March 20, 2017
• Plainfield Town Plan Adopted February 10, 2014
• Zoning Regulations Adopted March 1, 2011
• Planning Commission Policy Adopted 2009

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Planning Commission Members

Will Colgan, Chair
Jesse Cooper
Baylen Sky
Karen Storey

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Planning Commission Meeting Agendas

• October 8
  

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes

​2020​

• December 21
• November 16 
• November 2 
• October 19
• October 5 
• September 21
• September 7 
• August 17 
• July 20
• July 6
• May 18
• May 4
• January 20 
• January 6

2019

• December 16
• December 2
• November 18
• November 4
• October 21
• October 7
• July 19
• ​March 30 Draft
• February 28

​2018

• December 19

2017

• December 4
• November 16
• November 13
• August 21
• July 17
• February 20​

2016

• December 21
• November 21
• November 7
• October 3
• September 19
• July 18
• June 27
• June 20
• May 16
• April 18
• March 7
• February 1
• January 4
  

2015

• December 7
• October 5
• September 12
• August 17
• August 3
• July 20
• June 15
• June 1
• May 18
• April 20
• April 6

New 2021 Town Plan Adopted

With thOn April 12, 2021, the Plainfield Select Board adopted the new Town Plan the Planning Commission worked on for two years.   Many thanks for hard work! The 2021 Plainfield Town Plan outlines our community's: 

• Character, 
• Natural Environment, 
• Climate, Resilience and Hazard Mitigation,
• Housing,
• Energy,
• Transportation,
• Facilities, Utilities, Services, and Resources,
• Economic Development, and
• Land Use. 

The Select Board Hearing on the Town Plan commenced on February 22nd.   In order to receive additional citizen input, further hearing on the Town Plan occurred on March 8 , 2021.

​With the adoption of the 2021 Plainfield Town Plan by the Select Board it replaces the previous Town Plan adopted in 2014 which had expired as Town Plans are limited to a span of five years unless readopted or replaced.