Resources

​Comp Plan Adoption Procedures

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

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
• 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)