Catawba Regional Council of Governments (CRCOG) provides planning services to enhance the lives of residents and their communities by creating more resilient, healthy, efficient and attractive places to work, play, and live for present and future generations.
Planners help civic and political leaders, businesses, and citizens collaborate to envision their future, identify new possibilities, and address community challenges. Planning enables the community to achieve the right balance of new development and essential services, environmental protection, and innovative change. Planners work with elected and appointed officials, such as mayors and planning commissioners, to lead the planning process with the goal of creating communities of lasting value with better quality of life and economic prosperity. CRCOG's team of professional, certified planners is available to assist localities as needed.
Services available & helpful information:
Planners help civic and political leaders, businesses, and citizens collaborate to envision their future, identify new possibilities, and address community challenges. Planning enables the community to achieve the right balance of new development and essential services, environmental protection, and innovative change. Planners work with elected and appointed officials, such as mayors and planning commissioners, to lead the planning process with the goal of creating communities of lasting value with better quality of life and economic prosperity. CRCOG's team of professional, certified planners is available to assist localities as needed.
Services available & helpful information:
- Comprehensive Plans
- Land Use Planning
- Zoning Regulations
- Subdivision Ordinances
- Capital Improvement Programs
- Economic Development District Planning
- Hazard Mitigation Plans
- Bike and Pedestrian / Mobility Planning
- Historic Preservation Planning
- Community Strategic Plans
- Small Area Plans / Special District Planning
- Other Specialized Planning Projects
Important Planning Links:
- South Carolina Chapter American Planning Association
- American Planning Association
- American Institute of Certified Planners
- South Carolina Association of Counties Planning and Zoning Training
- Municipal Association of South Carolina Planning and Zoning Training
- 2024 South Carolina State Comprehensive Planning Guide
- SC Code of Laws Title 6 Chapter 29 Comprehensive Planning Enabling Act
- York County Planning and Development Services
- Lancaster County Planning
- Chester County Business Departments
- City of Rock Hill Planning and Development
- Town of Fort Mill Planning Department
- City of Tega Cay Development Services
- City of York Planning and Development
- Town of Clover Planning and Zoning
- City of Lancaster Building, Planning, Zoning, and Licensing
- City of Chester Development Services
- City of Union Planning and Business License Department


