In August, the Planning Board will take a break, although the Development Review Committee and Historic Preservation Commission will still meet.The August 2025 calendar of events and meetings was released by the Montgomery County Planning Department and the Montgomery County Planning Board.
The Planning Board will resume weekly sessions on Thursday, September 4, 2025, after taking a break in August. You can view previous Planning Board meetings whenever you like. Only on Wednesdays, August 6, 13, and 20, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., will the Montgomery Planning Information Counter, which is situated on the second floor of M-NCPPC’s Wheaton Headquarters (2425 Reedie Drive, Wheaton, MD), be open for in-person transactions and assistance. Every weekday, inquiries can still be sent by email and phone at 301 495-4610. On Monday, August 25, 2025, in-person transactions at the Information Counter will be resumed every weekday.
Regular meetings of the Historical Preservation Commission and the Development Review Committee are planned for August. For details about their agenda, see their websites.Calendar of events and meetings for August:
12 AugustThere will be a hybrid meeting of the Development Review Committee (DRC). The public can watch the DRC live video feed online or attend in person at M-NCPPC’s Wheaton Headquarters (2425 Reedie Drive, Third Floor, Conference Room #3-202, Wheaton, MD). Representatives from Montgomery Planning, the State Highway Administration, the county departments of Transportation, Environmental Protection, and Permitting Services, as well as utilities like WSSC and PEPCO, make up the DRC, an interagency task force. DRC members meet twice a month to discuss development applications with the applicants at these regularly scheduled meetings.
13 AugustThe August meeting of the Historic Preservation Commission will only be conducted online. Sign up by 9 a.m. on the day before the hearing if you want to testify on an agenda item.
26 AugustThere will be a hybrid meeting of the Development Review Committee. The public can watch the DRC live video feed online or attend in person at M-NCPPC’s Wheaton Headquarters (2425 Reedie Drive, Third Floor, Conference Room #3-202, Wheaton, MD).