Research snapshot · Development · 31 August 2026

Zoning and site plan in Vermont: 21 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 72 dated municipal records flagged as zoning and site plan in Vermont, spanning 21 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 St. Albans Town, 1 May 2023. Since then 21 Vermont towns have put the topic on a meeting record, the newest of them Westminster on 25 June 2026.

The last 90 days put 4 meetings on the record, down from 11 in the 90 days before.

It runs through the rooms where budgets and ordinances are made: Weekly Warning Lists, Agendas - and Significant Activity Reports.

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 202573
Dec 2025 to Feb 2026117
Mar 2026 to May 2026118
Jun 2026 to Aug 2026 (current)54

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 11 meetings.

The towns on the record21, earliest first

Every Vermont town carrying the topic, the earliest first, each with its latest document.
St. Albans Townearliest 2023-05-01 · 9 meetings · latest 2026-01-20 · the minutes Agendas - Minutes — 1.20.26 SB Public Hearing Warning - Bylaws
Colchesterearliest 2023-07-31 · 3 meetings · latest 2023-09-27 · the document For the Week of September 27, 2023
South Burlingtonearliest 2023-09-16 · 16 meetings · latest 2026-02-08 · the document Weekly Warning February 8, 2026 - February 14, 2026 (PDF)
Shelburneearliest 2024-01-01 · 3 meetings · latest 2026-04-28 · the agenda Regular meeting.
Hartfordearliest 2024-11-26 · 5 meetings · latest 2025-12-30 · a report Significant Activity Report - December 30, 2025
Montpelierearliest 2024-12-06 · 3 meetings · latest 2025-06-20 · a report City Manager's Weekly Report 06/20/2025
Williamstownearliest 2025-01-15 · 2 meetings · latest 2026-05-21 · the document 20260513-planning-mins-williamstown-vt
Lyndonearliest 2025-01-22 · 1 meeting · latest 2025-01-22 · the minutes PC Minutes 01-22-25
Derbyearliest 2025-04-10 · 3 meetings · latest 2026-04-23 · the agenda 2026 05 04 PC Agenda
Bristolearliest 2025-07-28 · 1 meeting · latest 2025-07-28 · the minutes 5d.SB_Minutes_2025-07-28_DRAFT
Chesterearliest 2025-07-28 · 2 meetings · latest 2025-08-11 · the meeting packet 8/11/25
Fair Havenearliest 2025-08-27 · 8 meetings · latest 2026-06-11 · the minutes 06-10-2026 Minutes
Windsorearliest 2026-01-08 · 4 meetings · latest 2026-05-28 · the minutes Minutes — Planning Commission
Miltonearliest 2026-01-22 · 3 meetings · latest 2026-04-06 · the minutes Minutes — Selectboard
Burlingtonearliest 2026-02-11 · 1 meeting · latest 2026-02-11 · the minutes Ward 1 NPA Meeting 2026-02-11 — Ward 1 NPA Minutes 2/11/2026

And 6 more towns on the record, in an account view.

From the record

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

1 July 2026 · Rutland Town

the public notice, on the town's own site 7.2026 SB Amendment Notice

25 June 2026 · Westminster

the minutes, on the town's own site WCC-minutes- 6.25.26

17 June 2026 · Jericho

the minutes, on the town's own site AgendaCenter minutes

11 June 2026 · Fair Haven

the minutes, on the town's own site 06-10-2026 Minutes

Companies on this record117 companies, 47 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:
MARCChester, Windsor
ComcastJericho, Montpelier
CCRPCBurlington, Milton
Vermont Urban and Community Forestry ProgramColchester, Montpelier
CVRPCWilliamstown
RRPCFair Haven
SEGROUPMontpelier
ACCDMontpelier
ACRPCBristol
Agency of Commerce and Community DevelopmentMontpelier
Alliance GroupFair Haven
AltaraHartford
AnalyticalHartford
Andrew & Jessica GelinasMilton
apparatus manufacturersHartford
Aqua-AerobicsHartford
AVCCWestminster
AvDiscucchiFairfax
Barre St Rec CenterMontpelier
Black Dog Realty, LLCWindsor
Blow & CoatJericho
Bosch siteLyndon
Brightly asset management softwareHartford
Brook Field ServiceSpringfield
cartography companyHartford
CasellaHartford
Cassandra LaFayetteMilton
Catholic ChurchWilliamstown
Central Vt. Economic Development corp.Williamstown
Champlain CollegeColchester

And 87 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

Everything above is frozen at 31 August 2026; the topic is not. 146 more events on this topic carry no usable date and are counted, never dated. The counts follow where we read most: a town or a state absent here was not read at depth, and absence is not evidence the topic is absent there. A lighter-read state is not a ceiling; where you care about a region, pointing the system there is the first thing an account changes. How coverage is built, and its known limits: municipalalpha.com/methodology.

How we can tell you about it ongoing

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Also at this scope: Zoning and site plan across the country. Counts and dates are computed from the documents on the record; the topic and its definition are ours. This page carries no subscriber content.

Zoning and site plan, Vermont

from the towns' own meeting records

Scope

Vermont

every topic this state carries

Area

Development

every topic in this area

Towns on the record

21

with a dated document on this topic

Earliest

1 May 2023

the documents' dates

Meetings, last 90 days

4 against 11 before

dated documents

Snapshot cut

31 August 2026

this page's date

A view that stays current

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