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Pender County adopts 2050 comprehensive land-use plan after months of public outreach
Summary
After a 20-month planning process and widespread public comment, the Pender County Board of Commissioners voted to adopt the county—2050 comprehensive land use plan, forwarding it to the state for Coastal Resources Commission certification. The plan establishes vision themes, 31 policies and about 114 implementation actions to guide growth.
The Pender County Board of Commissioners on Nov. 3 approved a new comprehensive land use plan laying out policy priorities and implementation steps to guide the county through 2050.
Staff planner Mister Brantley told the board the draft plan is the product of roughly 18–20 months of work, including two public engagement windows that produced about 1,400 survey responses and more than 300 in-person attendees across the county. "This is, effectively, a new comprehensive land use plan for Pender County," Brantley said during the presentation, describing a framework that moves from broad vision themes to goals, policies and specific actions.
The plan the board adopted includes three vision themes—coordinate growth,…
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