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Planning and Development

Mission Statement

To enhance the quality of life for the citizens of Little Rock by providing a Department which encourages quality growth, development and redevelopment and the stabilization of neighborhoods through a concentrated effort of planning, land use controls, Historic Preservation, permitting and enforcement.

The Department

The Planning & Development Department consists of forty (40) employees in three (3) Divisions:

  1. Building Codes,
  2. Zoning & Subdivision,
  3. Planning.  

The Department supports several Boards and Commissions: Board of Adjustment, City Beautiful Commission, Historic Commission, Midtown Redevelopment Advisory Board, Planning Commission, and River Market Design Review Commission.

Helpful Information

Building Permit:  Application 

Master Street Plan Text and Map

Zoning Verifications: fax written request with address and legal description of the property to (501) 371-6863.

Regularly scheduled meetings of the Little Rock Planning Commission, Board of Adjustment, and Historic District Commission are held in the Board Chambers, second floor City Hall, 500 West Markham Street.

Little Rock Planning Commission Board of Adjustment: Historic District Commission:
For application forms, current agenda, meeting calendar and Design Guidelines, see Historic Commission's page

Applications must be filed in person in our offices at 723 West Markham Street.  For application deadlines and hearing dates see the calendars for the Planning Commission,  Board of Adjustment, City Beautiful Commission (Landscape Variance) or River Market Design Review Committee. 

The Midtown Redevelopment District #1 Advisory Board has developed a 'Statement of Design and Programming Expectations' to help guide development decisions within the district, you are encouraged to review them prior to submitting a development to the City for review.

Information on heritage tourism in Little Rock has been developed by the Little Rock Historic Commission.  Permit activity reports for this year as well as Annual Statistical reports are available in the Statistics and Reports section.

Maps

Interactive GIS Maps:

  • The Zoning information is representational only and not intended to meet legal requirements.
  • The future Land Use Plan is general in nature.  It is a guide for zoning decisions and represents the recommended future land use pattern for the City of Little Rock
  • Bicycle Plan Map shows the recommended Class I (Bike Paths), Class II (Bike Lanes), and Class III (Bike Routes) for Little Rock.

Other selected maps are are available below as PDF documents ( Adobe Acrobat format).

Census Tract Map  (2010 Tracts)  (2000 Tracts)

Planning District Map 

 MacArthur Park Historic District       as of December 12, 2005

            




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    For More Information

    General questions and information:

    723 West Markham Street

    Little Rock, AR 72201

    Office: (501) 371-4790

    Fax: (501) 399-3435

    Zoning Verification & Complaints:

    (501) 371-4844; Fax: (501) 371-6863



    Building Permit Desk:

    (501) 371-4832; Fax: (501) 371-4546

    Tony Bozynski, Director

    tbozynski@littlerock.org

    Venita Harris, Administrative Assistant

    vharris@littlerock.org
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