Plans

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department develops plans to serve as policy guides and to address how parts of the community should be maintained and/or changed in the future. Plans make recommendations on land use, zoning, transportation and other issues to realize the vision of the area. Below are the Plans completed by the Planning Department since the early 1990s, as well as those currently underway.

Consistent with North Carolina state statutes, when the Charlotte City Council approves a rezoning that is not consistent with the adopted land use plan, that rezoning updates the adopted land use.

The official land use map cataloguing these changes is located on this website via Charlotte Explorer (https://explore.charlottenc.gov). Please refer to this official land use map for the most up to date land use, rather than the maps within the area plan documents.

Click here to view a map of all Area Plans * Denotes that some of the older plans are not available online. Please contact the office to check the availability of a hard copy.
For further information about a plan please contact the office at (704) 336-2205.

as of November 2018

Name of Plan	Type of Plan	Status	Year
Type of Plan : Community Plan ‎(56)
Albemarle / I-485 Interchange Study	Community Plan	Adopted	2003
Belmont Area Revitalization Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2003
Brevard Street Study	Community Plan	Adopted	2008
Briar Creek/Woodland/Merry Oaks Small Area Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	1998
Brookshire / I-485 Area Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2002
Bryant Park	Community Plan	Adopted	2007
Catawba Area Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2010
Center City 2020 Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2011
Centers, Corridors & Wedges	Community Plan	Adopted	2010
Dilworth Land Use and Streetscape Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2006
Dixie-Berryhill Strategic Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2003
East Blvd Pedscape Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2002
Eastland Area Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2003
Eastside Strategy Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2001
Elizabeth Area Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2011
First Ward Master Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	1997
GDP's	Community Plan	Adopted	2007
I-485 Interchange Analysis	Community Plan	Adopted	1999
Independence Blvd. Area Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2011
Lakewood Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2006
Midtown Morehead Cherry Area Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2012
Mt. Holly Road Special Project Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	1994
Newell Area Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2002
North Tryon Area Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2010
North Tryon Vision Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2017
Northeast Area Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2000
Northlake Area Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2008
Oakhurst Land Use & Zoning Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	1996
Optimist Park Neighborhood Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2002
Park Woodlawn Area Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2013
Plaza Central Pedscape Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2003
Prosperity Hucks Area Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2015
Providence Road/I-485 Area Plan Update	Community Plan	Adopted	2000
Rocky River Area Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2006
Second Ward Neighborhood Master Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2002
Seventh Street - Developer Response Project	Community Plan	Completed	2008
SouthPark Small Area Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2000
Statesville Avenue Corridor Area Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2001
Steele Creek Area Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2012
Steele Creek Area Plan - Maps of the Appendix	Community Plan	Approved	2012
Sunnyside Pedscape & Land Use Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2004
Third Ward Future - Volume 1 Concept Plan*	Community Plan	Adopted	1997
Third Ward Neighborhood	Community Plan	Adopted	2003
Thomasboro Hoskins Area Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2002
University City Area Plan (2015)	Community Plan	Adopted	2015
University Research Park Area Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2010
Washington Heights Neighborhood Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2002
Wesley Heights	Community Plan	Adopted	1999
West Blvd. Corridor	Community Plan	Completed	1998
West End Pedscape	Community Plan	Adopted	2006
West Morehead Corridor Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2000
West Morehead Land Use & Pedscape Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	2004
Westside Strategic Plan (Central)	Community Plan	Adopted	2000
Westside Strategic Plan (Northwest)	Community Plan	Adopted	2000
Westside Strategic Plan (Southwest)	Community Plan	Adopted	2000
Wilmore Small Area Plan	Community Plan	Adopted	1993
Type of Plan : District Plan ‎(12)
Central District Plan	District Plan	Adopted	1993
Central District Plan Adopted Land Use Map	District Plan	Adopted	1993
East District Plan	District Plan	Adopted	1990
East District Plan Adopted Land Use Map	District Plan	Adopted	1990
Northeast District Plan	District Plan	Adopted	1996
Northeast District Plan Adopted Land Use Map	District Plan	Adopted	1996
Northwest Adopted Land Use Map	District Plan	Adopted	1990
Northwest District Plan	District Plan	Adopted	1990
South District Plan	District Plan	Adopted	1993
South District Plan Adopted Land Use Map	District Plan	Adopted	1993
Southwest Adopted Land Use Map	District Plan	Adopted	1991
Southwest District Plan	District Plan	Adopted	1991
Type of Plan : Transit Station Area Plan ‎(10)
Blue Line Extension	Transit Station Area Plan	Adopted	2013
North Corridor: 4-Eastfield Station Area Plan	Transit Station Area Plan	Adopted	2008
South Corridor: 1-South End Station Area Plan	Transit Station Area Plan	Adopted	2005
South Corridor: 2-New Bern Station Area Plan	Transit Station Area Plan	Adopted	2008
South Corridor: 3-Scaleybark Station Area Plan	Transit Station Area Plan	Adopted	2008
South Corridor: 4-Woodlawn Station Area Plan	Transit Station Area Plan	Adopted	2008
South Corridor: 5-Tyvola & Archdale Station Area Plan	Transit Station Area Plan	Adopted	2008
South Corridor: 6-Arrowood Station Area Plan	Transit Station Area Plan	Adopted	2009
South Corridor: 7-Sharon & I-485 Station Area Plan	Transit Station Area Plan	Adopted	2009
University City Area Plan (2015)	Transit Station Area Plan	Adopted	2015

For more information regarding Community Planning contact;
Planning, Design & Development
600 East Fourth Street (8th Floor)
Charlotte, NC 28202
Phone: (704)-336-2205

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