The Office of Planning and Development organizes an annual conference, required under RSA 673:3-a, by providing informational sessions on planning and zoning issues for members of municipal land use boards. This planning and zoning conference has been held since 1994.
Spring 2025 Planning and Zoning Conference
When: Saturday, May 10, 2025, from 8:45 am to 3:30 pm.
Where: Online (each session will be recorded and available after the conference)
Conference Summary Agenda
Speaker Biographies
Map of Conference Registrants by Municipality
Teams Webinar User Guide
Conference Feedback Survey
Track #1: Planning Board
Agenda
- Planning Board Basics
- Planning Board Roles and Responsibilities
- Planning Board Housekeeping
- The Planner is In
Track #2: Zoning Board of Adjustment
Agenda
- ZBA Decision Making Process
- ZBA in NH
- Floodplain Variances
- ZBA Q&A
Track #3: Historic Preservation & Housing
Agenda
- New Meets Old: Additions to Historic Buildings & Infill Development
- Will This Building Make Money?
- New Tools for Evaluating Fiscal Impact of Housing in New Hampshire3
- Balancing Housing and Farmland Conservation in New Hampshire
Previous Planning and Zoning Conferences
- May 11, 2024, 30th Spring Planning and Zoning Conference - Virtual
- April 29, 2023, 29th Spring Planning and Zoning Conference - Virtual
- April 30 and May 7, 2022, 28th Spring Planning and Zoning Conference - Virtual
- May 15, 2021, 27th Spring Planning and Zoning Conference - Virtual
- October 31, 2020 – in partnership with the NH Municipal Association at their 2020 Virtual Land Use Law Conference.
- June 1, 2019, 25th Spring Planning and Zoning Conference - Courtyard by Marriot - Grappone Center in Concord, NH, 70 Constitution Avenue, Concord, NH
If you would like to inquire about any of OPD’s past conferences and materials, please email
planning@livefree.nh.gov