What is the Countywide Plan?
The Countywide Plan is a document created with input from the 25 local governments and the Pinellas County School Board. It establishes general rules about land use, and contains a map designating where certain types of development can occur within the county. The purpose of the plan is to help communities maintain quality of life; it keeps factories out of residential neighborhoods, sets aside places where schools and churches can be built, and protects wetlands from being developed. Local governments are required to maintain land use plans and maps that are consistent with the Countywide Plan. These are also called future land use plans and future land use maps because they regulate what can be built on land in the future. More detailed information about this document is available on the Countywide Plan information page.
