Research snapshot · Development · 31 August 2026

Zoning and site plan in Illinois: 12 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 14 dated municipal records flagged as zoning and site plan in Illinois, spanning 12 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 Palos Park, 13 February 2023. Since then 12 Illinois towns have put the topic on a meeting record, the newest of them Carpentersville on 21 May 2026.

The last 90 days put 0 meetings on the record, well down from 5 in the 90 days before.

It runs through the rooms where budgets and ordinances are made: Planning & Zoning Commission, Real Estate Development Board and Meetings.

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 202643
Mar 2026 to May 202654
Jun 2026 to Aug 2026 (current)00

a rolling 90-day total, so the right-hand point is that same 90-day count. The busiest stretch was Mar 2026 to May 2026, with 5 meetings.

The towns on the record12, earliest first

Every Illinois town carrying the topic, the earliest first, each with its latest document.
Palos Parkearliest 2023-02-13 · 1 meeting · latest 2023-02-13 · the agenda February 13, 2023 (PDF)
Riversideearliest 2023-04-01 · 1 meeting · latest 2023-04-01 · the document Accessory Building Summary Handout
Concordearliest 2023-05-19 · 1 meeting · latest 2023-05-19 · the ordinance Ordinance No. 13 Civil Infraction Penalties for Violation of Zoning Ordinance
Clarendon Hillsearliest 2024-06-21 · 1 meeting · latest 2024-06-21 · the document 06172024 681
Northbrookearliest 2025-12-01 · 1 meeting · latest 2025-12-01 · the document November/December 2025 - Northbrook Voice
Indianhead Parkearliest 2026-01-06 · 2 meetings · latest 2026-02-03 · the agenda Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting - February 3, 2026
Hanover Parkearliest 2026-01-30 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-01-30 · the agenda Village Board Meeting — Agenda
Vernon Hillsearliest 2026-02-11 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-02-11 · the agenda Public Hearing Notice (2026-05)
Skokieearliest 2026-03-19 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-03-19 · the agenda Plan Commission Regular Agenda Meeting Packet (PDF)
Worthearliest 2026-03-19 · 2 meetings · latest 2026-03-26 · the agenda REDB Zoning Sub-Committee Meeting Agenda
Pingree Groveearliest 2026-05-04 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-05-04 · the agenda Village Board of Trustees Meeting Agenda Packet
Carpentersvilleearliest 2026-05-21 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-05-21 · the minutes Minutes — Planning & Zoning Commission

From the record

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

21 May 2026 · Carpentersville Planning & Zoning Commission

the minutes, on the town's own site Minutes — Planning & Zoning Commission

4 May 2026 · Pingree Grove Board of Trustees Meetings

the agenda, on the town's own site Village Board of Trustees Meeting Agenda Packet

26 March 2026 · Worth Real Estate Development Board

the agenda, on the town's own site REDB Zoning Sub-Committee Meeting Agenda

19 March 2026 · Skokie Plan Commission

the agenda, on the town's own site Plan Commission Regular Agenda Meeting Packet (PDF)

Companies on this record40 companies, 12 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:
Real Estate Development BoardWorth
Village of WorthWorth
AlbuckHanover Park
AlvarezHanover Park
BjorkmanHanover Park
CapelaHanover Park
Carko Holding Company d/b/a/ Tavern On LaGrangePalos Park
Christopher B. Burke Engineering, LTD.Clarendon Hills
FBI National AcademyNorthbrook
Fire ‘N’ Ice Heating & Cooling, Inc.Clarendon Hills
FortneyHanover Park
Fox Valley ChurchCarpentersville
General Parts CompanyClarendon Hills
GovindHanover Park
Hebrew Theological CollegeSkokie
Illinois House of RepresentativesSkokie
Lauterbach and Amen, LLPPingree Grove
MCC TechnologyPingree Grove
Metropolitan Water Reclamation DistrictSkokie
Orbis SolutionsClarendon Hills
PalazzoHanover Park
Palos Park Police FoundationPalos Park
PATSE Bus ServicePalos Park
Pierce MacQueen LLCClarendon Hills
Rotary membersNorthbrook
SchwartzHanover Park
SerauskasHanover Park
Sikich LLPClarendon Hills
SjodinHanover Park
Spring Acres Hills HOACarpentersville

And 10 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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Zoning and site plan, Illinois

from the towns' own meeting records

Scope

Illinois

every topic this state carries

Area

Development

every topic in this area

Towns on the record

12

with a dated document on this topic

Earliest

13 February 2023

the documents' dates

Meetings, last 90 days

0 against 5 before

dated documents

Snapshot cut

31 August 2026

this page's date

A view that stays current

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