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 40 employees in three divisions: Building Codes, Zoning & Subdivision, and 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

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 and Board of Adjustment are held in the Board Chambers, second floor City Hall, 500 West Markham.

Little Rock Planning Commission: Board of Adjustment: Historic District Commission:

Application Forms Application Forms For application forms, current

Current Agenda Current Agenda agenda, meeting calendar and

Legal Advertisement Draft for Minutes Design Guidelines, see

Draft for Minutes Meeting Calendar Historic Commission's 'page'

meeting Calendar

Applications must be filed in person in our offices at 723 West Markham. 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

The City of Little Rock Maps section provides several interactive maps (currently not functioning) for your use.

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

* Master Street Plan Map as of July 2009

* Land Use Plan (Future) as of July 19, 2010

* MacArthur Park Historic District as of December 12, 2005

* Neighborhood Plan Area Map as of December 22, 2005

* Zoning Overlay Districts as of January 15, 2010

For More Information

General questions and information:

723 West Markham
Little Rock, AR 72201
Office: (501)371-4790
Fax: (501)399-3435

Zoning Verifcation & 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 Young - Administrative Assistant
vyoung@littlerock.org