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Vermont Act 250 land use regulation updates

Overview

The Vermont Land Use Review Board (LURB) is initiating public information sessions to discuss a new Act 250 review criterion, Criterion 8(C). Scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2028, this rule focuses on protecting forest blocks and habitat connectors during the land use permitting process.

The LURB intends to hold sessions in Essex Junction, West Burke, Brattleboro, and Rutland to gather public input and explain the rulemaking timeline ahead of the formal process in 2027. This new criterion aims to encourage clustered development to prevent forest fragmentation.

These developments follow recent legislative changes in Vermont, including a partial rollback of Act 181 signed by Governor Phil Scott. That rollback repealed certain provisions requiring complex reviews for developments in sensitive ecosystems and certain new roads, while also exempting some on-farm business ventures from such reviews.

Entities

Vermont Land Use Review Board · David Younce · Phil Scott · Vermont · Rural Vermont Rising

Timeline

  1. [POLITICS] 2 sources
    Vermont advances school consolidation and land use reforms

    Vermont is progressing with school district consolidation under Act 170 and introducing new Act 250 land use criteria to protect forest habitats and connectivity.

  2. [POLITICS] 2 sources
    Vermont Land Use Review Board announces public meetings on Act 250 habitat criteria

    Vermont's Land Use Review Board is hosting public meetings regarding new Act 250 habitat connectivity criteria, following recent legislative rollbacks of land use regulations.

Sources

chestertelegraph.org · drm.com · reformer.com · vtdigger.org