Office of Planning Advocacy Sets Public Meetings on Draft State Plan
Published on January 31, 2025
Feb. 28, 2025 Public Meeting Scheduled in Morristown
The New Jersey Office of Planning Advocacy, in coordination with the County of Morris, will hold a public meeting on Feb. 28, 2025, from 10 a.m. to noon regarding the draft preliminary State Development and Redevelopment Plan (State Plan) and the process by which public and private interests will be able to provide input.
The meeting will take place at the Morris County Administration & Records Building, 10 Court St., Morristown, on Floor 5 inside the County Commissioners’ public meeting room. In the event of a weather emergency, the alternate meeting date will be March 7, 2025, from 10 a.m. to noon.
The meeting also may be attended via Zoom; however, only in-person attendees will be able to comment during the meeting.
The purpose of developing a State Plan is to coordinate planning activities and establish statewide planning objectives in the following areas: land use, housing, economic development, transportation, natural resource conservation, agriculture and farmland retention, recreation, urban and suburban redevelopment, historic preservation, public facilities and services, and intergovernmental coordination.
The purpose of the meeting is to educate the public on the draft preliminary State Plan and the process by which the public as well as state, local and county officials and other interested parties will be able to learn about, comment on and discuss the proposed draft preliminary State Plan.
The Feb. 28 public meeting on the State Plan will focus on the 11 municipalities for which the County of Morris is acting as a liaison and regional negotiating entity with state officials developing the State Plan. The municipalities include Lincoln Park, Pequannock, East Hanover, Florham Park, Chatham Borough, Chatham Township, Morris Plains, Morris Township, Randolph, Long Hill and Madison.
Anyone unable to attend the meeting in person may submit comments or feedback via a State Plan project email established by Morris County: stateplan@co.morris.nj.us.
Comments may also be submitted directly to the Office of Planning Advocacy by completing a survey or emailing stateplan.comments@sos.nj.gov.
A copy of the State Plan can be accessed via the following link. The legal notice about the meeting, along with the Zoom link, is available here.
The New Jersey Highlands Council will also host an informational meeting on Feb. 20, 2025, at 4 p.m. at the Highlands Council offices at 100 North Road (Route 513) Chester, N.J. That meeting will focus on the 28 municipalities in Morris County as well as municipalities outside the county for which the Highlands Council is acting as a liaison and regional negotiating entity with state officials developing the State Plan.
The Morris County municipalities include Boonton, Boonton Township, Butler, Chester Borough, Chester Township, Denville, Dover, Hanover, Harding, Jefferson, Kinnelon, Mendham Borough, Mendham Township, Mine Hill, Montville, Morristown, Mountain Lakes, Mount Arlington, Mount Olive, Netcong, Parsippany-Troy Hills, Riverdale, Rockaway Borough, Rockaway Township, Roxbury, Victory Gardens, Washington and Wharton.
For more information about this meeting, contact the Highlands Council at (908) 879-6737 or via email at highlands@highlands.nj.gov.
A copy of the State Plan can be accessed via the following link.
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