Metro Planning Department
The Planning Department's responsibilities include:
- Working with local communities to create appropriate land-use policies and community plans
- Making recommendations to the Planning Commission on zoning decisions
- Providing design services
- Supporting more sustainable development
Planning is one of Metro's Development Services departments - the link on your left leads to basic information about applications, permits, and the development assistance that each department provides.
Questions and Comments
Hours and Directions
RFP: Downtown Nashville Sign Regulations
The Planning Department seeks an experienced sign ordinance writer to develop a sign code for downtown Nashville; that code will complement our recently adopted, form-based Downtown Code.
New Planning Department process will make applications easier to follow
Beginning with the September 2 filing deadline, the Planning Department will post new development applications on this website after each filing deadline - and send out an email to the development community with a link to the application list. The rules covering applicants' notification of nearby landowners have also changed; read the new requirements here.
What would you change about Green Hills?
That's one of the questions in a new survey that will help a consultant team make recommendations on Green Hills transportation issues. That survey's part of a long-term project led by the Tennessee Department of Transportation. If you live, work, or shop in Green Hills - or just pass through the area - please take a few minutes to share your thoughts.
Planning Commission work session set for Sept. 14
The Planning Commission will hold a work session immediately before its September 14 regular meeting to receive a report on the updating of the North Nashville Community Plan. That work session will begin at 2:30 pm in the Madison Room at Metro Southeast, 1417 Murfreesboro Pike. Please note that the regular meeting was moved from September 9 to accommodate observance of Rosh Hashanah.
Comments, suggestions, and other public input can be submitted by email or mailed to the Planning Commission office at 800 Second Avenue South, PO Box 196300, Nashville, TN 37209.
The Flood of 2010
Buyouts
Letters went out to 305 Davidson County property owners on June 22; no additional buyouts have been announced.
Interactive map showing properties eligible for the initial buyouts
Recovery & Rebuilding
- Nashville Flood Recovery webpage - information about housing assistance, registering for aid, and contributing to help others
- Interactive flood damage map - including aerial views, flood levels, road closures, damage locations, and other specific information.
- Is my property in the floodplain or floodway?
- How to apply online for flood-related building permits
- General guidelines for flood repair
- Will I be able to get a building permit?
- How can I get a permit approved as quickly as possible?
- I have questions about the process
This page last updated on Friday, September 3, 2010 2:32 PM