The State of Connecticut mandates that municipalities refer specific proposals to amend and/or establish zoning maps and regulations, subdivision plans, and Plans of Conservation and Development to the regional council of governments in which the municipalities are located for advisory review.
The NVCOG Regional Planning Commission (RPC) addresses the referral process by utilizing NVCOG staff who review proposals for potential intermunicipal impacts and regional significance.
The Connecticut General Assembly has designated all regional referral reports purely advisory. A local-level land use decision cannot be made based on a referral report.
How to Submit Referrals
Referrals should be addressed to Savannah-Nicole Villalba, AICP, AZT, Community Planning Director, and submitted to NVCOG at referrals@nvcogct.gov or via certified mail to 49 Leavenworth Street 3rd Floor, Waterbury, CT 06702.
Under CGS Sec. 8-3b, municipal Zoning Commissions are required to notify each regional council of governments for which the municipalities are located of a proposed zone change or regulation amendment will affect the use of a zone within five hundred (500) feet of another municipality. The council of government that serves the abutting municipality shall be notified of the proposed zoning amendment.
This notice must be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by electronic mail message to the regional council of government(s) in which the proposal is located in, no later than thirty (30) days prior to the public hearing.
Under CGS Sec. 8-26b, municipal Planning Commissions are required to notify regional council of governments in which the municipalities are located of proposed subdivisions when a subdivision of land will abut or include two or more municipalities.
The regional council of governments will submit their findings on the intermunicipal aspects of the proposed subdivision, including street layout, storm drainage, sewer and water services, and other elements that are considered appropriate.
This notice must be sent by certified mail or by electronic mail message to the associated regional council of government(s) in which the proposal is located in, no later than thirty (30) days prior to the public hearing.
Under CGS Sec. 8-23h(4), municipal Planning Commissions are required to submit a copy of the municipality’s updated Plan of Conservation and Development or proposed amendment(s) to the regional council of government for review and comment.
The regional council of government will submit an advisory report with a finding of consistency of the plan with the Regional Plan of Conservation and Development, the State Plan of Conservation and Development, and of surrounding municipalities’ Plan of Conservation and Development.
This notice must be sent by certified mail or by electronic mail message to the regional council of government in which the municipality is located in, at least sixty-five (65) days prior to the public hearing on adoption.
Annual Report
Click on the following link below to access the annual report.
Quarterly Report
Click on the following links below to access quarterly summary referral reports from present – December 2021.
- NVCOG Referral Report May 31 2023- September 25, 2023
- NVCOG Referral Report March 31, 2023 – May 30, 2023
- Regional Planning Commission Referral Review February 7, 2023
- NVCOG Retroactive Referral Report November 29, 2022 – March 30, 2023
- NVCOG Referral Report October 4, 2022 – November 28, 2022
- NVCOG Retroactive Referral Report April 1, 2022 – October 3, 2022
- NVCOG Referral Report March 26, 2022 – May 31, 2022
- NVCOG Referral Report December 1, 2021 – March 25, 2022
- Regional Planning Commission Referral Review December 07, 2021
Staff Contact:
Savannah-Nicole Villalba, AICP, AZT
Community Planning Director
snvillalba@nvcogct.gov