Research snapshot · Development · 31 August 2026

Ordinance review in New Hampshire: 14 towns on the record, the pace easing

This page is a snapshot, cut 31 August 2026, of a topic that moves. Below is the shape of the movement, read from the towns' own meeting records, and the way to get a view of it that stays current.

Snapshot taken 31 August 2026, based on 17 dated municipal records flagged as ordinance review in New Hampshire, spanning 14 municipalities. The topic moves; a later cut supersedes this page.

What this page is for one topic at state or national scope, told as a story: how it arrived, the shape of its movement, a dated snapshot of a moving record, and the door to a view of it that stays current. If it does not, write to us; that is what changes the next edition.

The story so far

The record starts in Hampton, 9 July 2007. Since then 14 New Hampshire towns have put the topic on a meeting record, the newest of them Sanbornton on 16 June 2026.

The last 90 days put 2 meetings on the record, down from 4 in the 90 days before. 1 more is already on posted agendas.

It runs through the rooms where budgets and ordinances are made: Planning Board, Town Council and Board of Selectmen.

The shape of the movement

Dated meetings on the record at this scope, quarter by quarter, and the same 90-day count as a rolling line, whose right-hand point is that number. Counts of documents, never a reading of what they decided.
QuarterMeetingsTowns
Sep 2025 to Nov 202511
Dec 2025 to Feb 202664
Mar 2026 to May 202655
Jun 2026 to Aug 2026 (current)22

a rolling 90-day total, so the right-hand point is that same 90-day count. The busiest stretch was Dec 2025 to Feb 2026, with 6 meetings.

The towns on the record15, earliest first

Every New Hampshire town carrying the topic, the earliest first, each with its latest document.
Hamptonearliest 2007-07-09 · 1 meeting · latest 2007-07-09 · the agenda 07-09-07 BOS Agenda (PDF)
Newtonearliest 2025-02-12 · 1 meeting · latest 2025-02-12 · the minutes Minutes — Conservation Commission
Plymouthearliest 2025-08-07 · 1 meeting · latest 2025-08-07 · the document Planning Board — PB Minutes 8-7-25
Brooklineearliest 2025-10-14 · 1 meeting · latest 2025-10-14 · the minutes Conservation Commission — 2025-10-14 BCC PUBLIC Minutes
Portsmouthearliest 2026-01-12 · 2 meetings · latest 2026-01-27 · the agenda Town Council Meeting agenda - if 1/26/26 cancelled due to inclement weather
Tamworthearliest 2026-01-27 · 3 meetings · latest 2026-04-14 · the agenda ZBA Meeting Agenda
Candiaearliest 2026-02-04 · 2 meetings · latest 2026-03-04 · the agenda Planning Commission Regular Meeting Agenda (PDF)
Auburnearliest 2026-03-02 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-03-02 · the minutes Minutes — Board of Selectmen
Mont Vernonearliest 2026-03-10 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-03-10 · the minutes Agenda center file Planning Board Meeting
Bristolearliest 2026-04-22 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-04-22 · the agenda Planning Board Workshop Meeting
Chesterearliest 2026-05-04 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-05-04 · the minutes Minutes — Budget Committee
Andoverearliest 2026-06-09 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-06-09 · the agenda Planning Board Meeting Agenda
Sanborntonearliest 2026-06-16 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-06-16 · the agenda Library Trustees Meeting Agenda [PDF]
Marlboroughdated to the year only
Rindgedated to the year only

From the record

The most recent documents behind this page, one per town. Each link opens the town's own file.

16 June 2026 · Sanbornton Library Trustees

the agenda, on the town's own site Library Trustees Meeting Agenda [PDF]

9 June 2026 · Andover Planning Board

the agenda, on the town's own site Planning Board Meeting Agenda

4 May 2026 · Chester Budget Committee

the minutes, on the town's own site Minutes — Budget Committee

22 April 2026 · Bristol Planning Board

the agenda, on the town's own site Planning Board Workshop Meeting

Companies on this record46 companies, 13 documents

Named in the same documents that carry this topic, read from the record itself: the firms designing, building and advising the work, each with where the record places them:
3M CompanyAuburn
A Child's WorldAuburn
A Child’s WorldAuburn
ACLU of Rhode IslandPortsmouth
Advanced Drainage SystemsAuburn
AECOMAuburn
AES CorporationAuburn
AirgasAuburn
AmazonAuburn
American Water WorksAuburn
Ammonoosuc Survey CompanyTamworth
AT&TAuburn
Baron Trust LLCTamworth
Barrett Planning GroupPlymouth
Bearcamp Center for Sustainable CommunityTamworth
BelletetesBrookline
Burrell M. & Eric M. YorkCandia
C. O’ConnellPortsmouth
CAI TechnologiesCandia
Clementine’s Homemade Ice CreamPortsmouth
Clemmie’s Homemade Ice CreamPortsmouth
CRMCPortsmouth
Denise & David PlowmanTamworth
EversourceMarlborough
FoltansBrookline
Franklin-Verra & Associates, Inc.Candia
J&W Ice Cream, Inc.Portsmouth
J. FairbankPortsmouth
Lakes Region Visiting Nurse AssociationTamworth
M&M ScoopsPlymouth

And 16 more companies.

The documents naming each, and the threads they sit in, are the account view. If one of these is you, those are your projects on the record. Ask and we will show you every one, and the towns around them, as they move.

A snapshot of a moving record

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Ordinance review, New Hampshire

from the towns' own meeting records

Scope

New Hampshire

every topic this state carries

Area

Development

every topic in this area

Towns on the record

14

with a dated document on this topic

Earliest

9 July 2007

the documents' dates

Meetings, last 90 days

2 against 4 before

dated documents

Snapshot cut

31 August 2026

this page's date

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