Planning

Charlotte's new planning director talks about the city's growth being more equitable, how older neighborhoods can be preserved and displacements minimized in the process.

Charlotte real estate industry leaders have begun a campaign that includes digital ads and radio spots calling on city leaders to slow consideration of the city's proposed 2040 Comprehensive Plan.

A coalition of neighborhood and community groups is urging Charlotte leaders to strengthen a provision in the city's draft 2040 Comprehensive Plan aimed at ensuring that existing residents benefit from future development.

Charlotte City Council member Ed Driggs apologized Monday night for remarks he made at a county Republican meeting last week that were critical of the city's 2040 Comprehensive Plan and people involved with it.

Leaders of Charlotte's major housing and social service nonprofits and some neighborhoods are speaking out in favor of the city's proposed 2040 Comprehensive Plan. They say it will expand affordable housing and correct past inequities.

A new coalition of neighborhood and community groups is calling on the Charlotte City Council to delay consideration of its 2040 Comprehensive Plan, saying the planning process has left out people who will be most affected by changes in how the city develops.

A new planning effort involving Mecklenburg and 11 surrounding counties envisions a network of trains and buses that one day could link Charlotte with…

A big factor in Mecklenburg County's affordable housing crisis is simple economics: The population is growing faster than the housing supply. To some…

Cyclists would love to not worry about being hit by vehicles. And drivers would love to not worry about hitting cyclists. Charlotte planners believe a…

For the past four months, city leaders, residents and business owners have been talking about what kinds of infrastructure improvements they'd like to see…