Resources

• See s. 66.1001(4) of state statutes

Element Guides

• Housing (Archived web content)
  
• Transportation (Archived web content)
  
• Planning for Agriculture (Archived web content)
  
• Natural Resources Planning (Archived web content)
  
• Cultural Resources Planning (Archived web content)
  
• Economic Development (Archived web content)
  
• Intergovernmental Cooperation (Archived web content)
  
• Land Use (Archived web content)
  
• Implementation (Archived web content)
  
• Public Participation (Archived web content)
  

Comprehensive Plan Checklist

• Voluntary Comprehensive Plan Checklist (Archived web content) - PDF version
• Voluntary Comprehensive Plan Checklist (Archived web content) - Microsoft Word version

Model Ordinances

• Adoption of a Comprehensive Plan (Archived web content)
  
• Conservation Subdivision (Archived web content)
  
• Traditional Neighborhood Development (Archived web content)
  

Comp Plan and Land Regulations Inventory Report​

• The​ 2023 Wisconsin Comprehensive Plan and Local Land Regulations Inventory Report (Archived web content) analyzes the Comp Plan and Land Regs Inventory as it existed in June of 2023.   

• Individual maps from the report:
  

  • ​Map of Online Ordinance Availability of Municipality  (Archived web content)
    
  • Map of Comprehensive Plan Status by Municipality (Archived web content)
    
  • Map of Comprehensive Plan Status by County (Archived web content)
    
  • Map of Consistency Requirement Risk by Municipality (Archived web content)
    
  • Map of General Zoning by Municipality (Archived web content)​
    
  • Map of Subdivision Ordinances by Municipality​ 
    
  
  

Links

• Applied Population Lab - Mapping application
• Center for Land Use Educatio​n (CLUE) - Provides information on community planning in Wisconsin, including guides on plan implementation tools, plan commissions, and crafting a public participation plan
• Clerk contact info - Online database of Wisconsin municipal and county clerk contact info
  
• Community Development Block Grant - Planning Program​ - Potential funding for comprehensive planning
  
• Drainage District Mapping Application for Wisconsin
• Environmental Protection Agency Smart Growth
  
• Groundwater in Wisconsin comprehensive planning website
• Municipal and county associations 
• Wisconsin Counties Association
• ​ Wisconsin Towns Association
• ​​League of Wisconsin Municipalities
• NOAA's Coastal Change Analysis Program Land Cover Atlas (online data viewer) - Provides maps and reports of land cover change at the county level in coastal regions
• Regional Planning Commissions directory
  
• UW - Madison, Division of Extension - Land Use Training & Resources​ - Offers access to online education modules about plan commissions and zoning boards and the role they play in land use planning and management
  
• Wisconsin Coastal Management Program
• Wisconsin county GIS web mapping websites​
  
• Wisconsin Department of Administration, Demographic Services - Population projections
• Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Transportation and Land Use
  
• Wisconsin Emergency Management, Hazard Mitigation
  
• Wisconsin Land Use & Planning Law (2022 Edition)​