Planning Board will be on recess in August; Historic Preservation Commission and Development Review Committee meetings continue
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), announced their August 2025 calendar of events and meetings.
The Planning Board is on recess in August and will resume weekly meetings on Thursday, September 4, 2025. Prior Planning Board meetings can be watched on demand.
For the month of August, the Montgomery Planning Information Counter located on the second floor of M-NCPPC’s Wheaton Headquarters (2425 Reedie Drive, Wheaton, MD) will be open for in-person transactions and assistance on Wednesdays only: August 6, 13, and 20 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Inquiries can still be made every weekday by phone (301–495-4610) and email. The Information Counter will resume in-person transactions every weekday starting on Monday, August 25, 2025.
The Development Review Committee and the Historic Preservation Commission are scheduled to hold their regular meetings in August. Consult their web pages for their agenda information.
August calendar of events and meetings
August 12 – The Development Review Committee (DRC) meeting will be hybrid. The community is invited to attend in-person at M-NCPPC’s Wheaton Headquarters (2425 Reedie Drive, Third Floor, Conference Room #3-202, Wheaton, MD) or online by watching the DRC live video stream. 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 Transportation, and utilities such as WSSC and PEPCO. At these regularly scheduled meetings twice a month, DRC members discuss development applications with the applicants.
August 13 – The Historic Preservation Commission will hold its August meeting online only. To testify on an agenda item, sign up no later than 9 a.m. the day before the hearing.
August 26 – The Development Review Committee meeting will be hybrid. The community is invited to attend in-person at M-NCPPC’s Wheaton Headquarters (2425 Reedie Drive, Third Floor, Conference Room #3-202, Wheaton, MD) or online by watching the DRC live video stream.