Community Planning Assistance (CPA) — County Consulting
Program News
Welcome to Community Planning Assistance (CPA). We are happy to provide detailed online information regarding the ability of the County to offer consulting opportunities to Chester County municipalities.
Program Dates and Deadlines
Applications for CPA Contracts are accepted on a rolling basis. Execution of contracts are based on staff availability and expertise, and the ability of the project to implement Landscapes3.
Program Questions
Questions about the program can be directed to ccObfuscationplanning@Obfuscationchesco.org. or 610-344-6285.
Program Overview
Community Planning Assistance (CPA) is available to Chester County municipalities and multi-municipal groups seeking to improve their planning programs while achieving consistency with and implementation of the goals, objectives, recommendations, and map of Landscapes3. Through CPA, Chester County Planning Commission staff are available to act as the consultant for undertaking projects, with cost-sharing between the County and municipality. CPA projects are undertaken based on staff availability and expertise, and the potential to implement Landscapes3.
General project types that may be eligible include comprehensive plans, zoning and subdivision ordinances, ordinance amendments, official maps, and planning studies that advance Landscapes3 at the municipal or multi-municipal level.
Program Purpose
CPA supports implementation of Landscapes3 at the municipal and multi-municipal level through various planning projects.
The purpose of CPA is to advance consistency with and implementation of the county comprehensive plan while supporting municipalities through innovative municipal planning; multi-municipal planning; and new and revised municipal plans, ordinances, and planning studies that address opportunities and issues of community concern.
Program Eligibility
CPA contracts are open to all Chester County municipalities. Eligible applicants include a single municipality or a multi-municipal group, which may consist of two (2) or more contiguous municipalities or two (2) or more municipalities when located in the same school district. The application or request must be submitted by a lead municipality in the case of a multi-municipal group application.
Projects enabled by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code (MPC), Act 247, as amended, such as comprehensive plans (or elements thereof) or ordinances, shall demonstrate compliance with the requirements of the MPC. Projects not adopted under the provision of the MPC are defined as "Planning Studies" for the purposes of CPA.