Master Planning

Guides and resources to assist communities with updating and improving their master plans.
 

Master Planning in New Hampshire Information Guides

The following information guides are those that are currently available and those that are proposed and will be posted when completed.

• Master Plan Overview (2016)
• Implementing the Master Plan (2016)
• Keeping the Master Plan Alive and Well
• Planning for a Changing Climate
• Planning for Changing Housing Preferences
• How to Make Your Community a Desirable Place to Live
• Planning for Energy Conservation and Alternatives
  • Municipalities with Master Plan Energy Chapters – This document lists NH communities that have adopted energy chapters in their master plans.
• Mapping and Data Resources for the Master Plan

Master Plan Examples

• 2016 Allenstown Master Plan and Survey
• 2013 Londonderry Comprehensive Master Plan
  • Londonderry - Master Plan Implementation Advisory Committee
  • Example of an RFP for a master plan revision (Provided with expressed permission.)
• 2016 Essex VT Town Plan (2016 Plan of the Year by VT Planning Association)
  • How One Town Set Out to Write a Plan that People Would Read

Resources

• A Granite State Future
• Community Profiles/Community Surveys
  • UNH Cooperative Extension Visioning and Community Profile Reports
  • NH Employment Security Community Profiles
• UNH Cooperative Extension Information Briefs
  • Community Outreach and Engagement
  • Planning for an Aging Population
  • Land Use Planning and Public Health
  • Form-Based Code
  • Land Use and Energy: Connecting the Dots to Enhance Communities
  • Why Demographic Data Matters
  • Planning for Climate Change - How NH Communities can Protect Local Economies and Quality of Life
• Regional Planning Commission Publications
  • The Master Plan in New Hampshire - NRPC
  • Preparing a Master Plan for Your Community - SNHPC 2004