By 9 a.m. Monday, Jan. 5 - Review & Comment on Draft 3 of Ann Arbor Comprehensive Land Use Plan
The City of Ann Arbor is reminding community members just under one week remains within the extended 63-day review period to submit comments for the Comprehensive Land Use Plan, draft three. All comments are due by 9 a.m. Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, and should be submitted for consideration by using the form on the project page, https://url.a2gov.org/comp-plan.
The location of the comment form on the project webpage may vary: It is located in the top-right corner of the page for those using a laptop or desktop computer, and further down the webpage for those using a mobile device. While there is a character limit on the form, there is no limit on how many separate comments may be submitted.
Comments received by the 9 a.m. Jan. 5 deadline will be shared in the Planning Commission’s Jan. 6 meeting agenda packet. The edits discussed at the Nov. 18 and Dec. 16, 2025, and Jan. 6, 2026, meetings will be incorporated into the updated draft. A public hearing will then be scheduled for February, with the exact date, once set, to be published on the project website — or sign up for project updates via email. The updated draft will be scheduled to go before City Council in March to consider for final adoption.
The Comprehensive Land Use Plan outlines policy recommendations and priorities around development and land uses across the city. Once adopted, the plan will guide development to 2050.
“Over the course of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan process, which began more than two years ago, we’ve heard many perspectives and experiences, and that feedback has been both enlightening and vital,” said City of Ann Arbor Principal Planner Michelle Bennett. “Throughout the process, the city held public meetings and workshops, answered questions and gathered and integrated feedback,” she explained.
On Oct. 20, Ann Arbor City Council approved draft three of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan, opening the extended 63-day public review period, which comes to a close Jan. 5.
The city has also used a variety of ways to encourage community members to share their input for draft three of the plan. Strategies ramped up in October and continued throughout the 63-day process, including weekly social media posts and countdowns, articles in the city’s weekly and monthly newsletters, posters and banners in city facilities, electronic bulletin board slides on Community Television Network, bookmarks at Ann Arbor District Library branches, emails to city-update subscribers, news releases to local media and requests to local stakeholders to help raise awareness and spread word of the commenting opportunities.
“We’re excited to be getting closer to the plan that we can begin to carry forward,” Bennett said, “and we thank the public for staying engaged with us. We hope all who have input to share have either done so already or will take this final opportunity to let us hear their perspectives.”
In addition visiting the Comprehensive Land Use Plan project page to submit comments, the public can also find additional information, a history of past engagement, recordings, a timeline and resources to learn more.
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Media Contact:
Michelle Bennett, Principal Planner, AICP, mbennett@a2gov.org