Wheaton, Md. – The Montgomery County Planning Board and the Montgomery County Planning Department, both part of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC), have announced their March 2024 calendar of events and meetings. The public can participate in Planning Board meetings by testifying in-person, testifying virtually, over the phone, or by sending in written comments to the Planning Board. Information about submitting written testimony and testifying live at Planning Board meetings can be found below. Contact us for accessibility accommodations.
The public may attend Planning Board meetings in-person, watch them live or on-demand, or listen over the phone. View individual agendas, which are usually made public 10 days prior to the start of a meeting. Consult the Development Review Committee (DRC) and Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) websites for their agenda information. For more details, review the list of events below and visit www.montgomeryplanning.org. These events are subject to change.
March Calendar of Events:
March 6 – The Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) will hold its meeting in-person at M-NCPPC’s Wheaton Headquarters with a virtual option available upon request. To testify on an agenda item, sign up no later than 9 a.m. the day before the hearing.
March 7 – The Planning Board will hold its weekly meeting in-person and online.
March 12 – The Development Review Committee (DRC) will meet in-person and virtually. The community is invited to attend the meeting in-person or online by watching the DRC live video stream or viewing on-demand. The DRC is an inter-agency task force comprised of representatives from Montgomery Planning, the State Highway Administration, the county departments of Permitting Services, Environmental Protection, and Public Works and Transportation, and utilities such as WSSC and PEPCO. At these regularly scheduled meetings twice a month, DRC members discuss development applications with the applicants.
March 14 – The Planning Board will hold its weekly meeting in-person and online. At the meeting, the Planning Board will hold a public hearing for the Great Seneca Plan: Connecting Life and Science. Sign up to testify.
March 19 – Planners will hold a roundtable discussion on the Planning Department’s update to the Growth and Infrastructure Policy (GIP) starting at 6 p.m. At this meeting, planners will present the preliminary recommendations for the policy update. Community members have the option to attend in person (2425 Reedie Drive, 2nd Floor Auditorium, Wheaton, MD) or virtually.
March 20 – The M-NCPPC will hold its monthly Full Commission meeting at 10 a.m.
March 20 – The Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) will hold its meeting in-person at M-NCPPC’s Wheaton Headquarters with a virtual option available upon request. To testify on an agenda item, sign up no later than 9 a.m. the day before the hearing.
March 21 – The Planning Board will hold its weekly meeting in-person and online. At the meeting, the Planning Board will host listening sessions for the Attainable Housing Strategies initiative. There are multiple time slots available to testify.
March 26 – The Development Review Committee (DRC) will meet in-person and virtually. The community is invited to attend the meeting in-person or online by watching the DRC live video stream or viewing on-demand. The DRC is an inter-agency task force comprised of representatives from Montgomery Planning, the State Highway Administration, the county departments of Permitting Services, Environmental Protection, and Public Works and Transportation, and utilities such as WSSC and PEPCO. At these regularly scheduled meetings twice a month, DRC members discuss development applications with the applicants.
March 28 – The Planning Board will hold its weekly meeting in-person and online.