Cumberland County Planning Commission

Figure 1: Front Row (L to R): Mrs. Patty Pedrick, Dr. Bill Burger, Mr. Hubert Allen

Back Row (L to R): Mr. Randy Bryant, Mr. Larry Atkins, Mrs. Irene Wyatt, Mr. Roland Gilliam

General Information

The Planning Commission is the County’s appointed planning body staffed by planning department staff. The Commission provides the Board of Supervisors with recommendations pertaining to land use matters that include the Comprehensive Plan, Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and subdivision and zoning requests. All Commission meeting are open to the public.

Meetings Agendas & Minutes:

Archived Meeting agendas and minutes: 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009

Regular meetings are held monthly at 6:30 PM on the 3rd Monday of the month unless otherwise noted. The purpose of the regular meeting is to review and conduct public hearings on current development applications as needed. The location for all Planning Commission meetings is room C-8 of the Cumberland Community Center unless otherwise noted. All regular meetings include a period for general public comment.

Workshops are held quarterly or as needed at the same time and location as regular meetings. The purpose of a workshop is to focus on long-range and comprehensive planning matters. If there are no items for the agenda for any workshop, it may be canceled with prior notification. Workshops are open to the public, but there is no general public comment period unless noted.

(*) – means meeting date is on 4th Monday of the month due to normal schedule coinciding with a holiday.