Rutland RPC unveils draft regional plan, posts new future land‑use map; staff to submit to Land Use Review Board in September

The Rutland Regional Planning Commission on July 15 released a near‑final draft of its regional plan and published a new interactive future land‑use map that, the commission said, incorporates map revisions requested by all 27 member towns. Executive Director Devin Neary told commissioners the staff aim to submit the draft to the state Land Use Review Board in mid‑September and that a 60‑day state review would follow.

The new map and draft plan matter because the Land Use Review Board will assess whether the plan meets statutory goals and will solicit comments from five state agencies, Neary said. "We are actually the first plan under the new framework to go before the Land Use Review Board," Neary said, noting the board will provide written feedback and that the commission will have roughly a month to respond before public hearings are warned.

The commission plans to begin the Land Use Review Board review cycle around Sept. 17, Neary said, with the goal of warning the first public hearing on Dec. 19 and holding the first…