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Bucks County Planning Commission

Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States • 12 Employees
Government Administration

MISSIONThe Bucks County Planning Commission (BCPC) assists the County Commissioners and all 54 constituent municipalities with the introduction, establishment, and administration of sound land use practices and policies that serve to protect the health, safety, and welfare of all County residents, equally, without prejudice, and in accordance with the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.HISTORYIn 1961, Bucks County was the first county in the Pennsylvania Commonwealth to enact a comprehensive plan. In 1970, we completed our first inventory of Bucks County's Natural Resources using a main-frame computer. The Bucks County Comprehensive Plan was revised in 1977, 1993, and 2011. Over the years, the BCPC has developed innovative guidance documents and has spearheaded numerous groundbreaking initiatives.SERVICESThe BCPC and its staff offer a wide variety of services, information, and data to county and municipal officials, as well as county residents and businesses. Our team of professionals include specialists in planning, landscape architecture, graphic design, transportation and trails planning, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Our staff has assisted many of the county's 54 municipalities in preparing ordinances and planning documents, comprehensive plans, demographic analysis, economic analysis, farmland preservation, GIS services, grant preparation, municipal waste management, open space preservation, ordinance preparation, park master plans, parking studies, revitalization plans, trail master plans, and transportation planning.