Planning Board

Board Members - 2025

Lynn DeLisi, Co-Chair 

Gary Taylor, Co-Chair  Taylorg@lincolntown.org

Craig Nicholson Nicholsonc@lincolntown.org

Rob Ahlert ahlertr@lincolntown.org 

Susan Hall Mygatt mygatts@lincolntown.org 

Andy Bennett, Associate Member

Mission Statement

The broad mission of the Planning Board is to further the welfare of the citizens of Lincoln by helping to create and preserve a healthful, convenient, efficient and attractive community environment. The physical as well as the social and economic community is a single organism, all features and activities of which are related and interdependent. There is a need for the application of intelligent foresight and planned administrative and legal coordination, if balance, harmony, and order are to be insured. It is the task of planning to supply this foresight and this overall coordination.

Service Description

The Planning Board's activities range from coordination of broad forward looking plans for the town or for particular parts of it, to regulation of individual development projects.

The Planning Board regulates land development according to the provisions of the Massachusetts General Law, the Town of Lincoln Zoning Bylaw, and the Rules and Regulations governing the subdivision of land and laying out of ways. The Planning Board is responsible for land planning, the subdivision of land and recommendations for changes to the Zoning Bylaw and the Zoning Map. .

The Planning Board takes the lead on major land use planning exercises but takes care to ensure involvement by a wide range of town boards and residents.

Planning Board Policy and Procedure

On May 14, 2024, The Planning Board voted to adopt a Public Comment policy that can be found here.

Draft (2) of the Planning Board Public Comment policy can be found here.

Draft (1) of the Planning Board Public Comment Policy can be found here.

Planning and Land Use Projects

Housing Choice Act Updates

For Housing Choice Act Zoning Updates, please visit the Housing Choice Act Working Group page or click here and scroll down to MBTA Communities District Compliance Application.

The Compliance Application can also be viewed on the Planning Department page here.

Other Projects

Please visit the Planning Department Page or click here for more information on Planning & Land Use Projects and Initiatives.

Battle Road Scenic Byway

The Battle Road Byway committee is a multi-town committee that focuses on management of the area that includes the historic Battle Road, which runs through Concord, Lincoln, Lexington, and Arlington. You can learn more about this program by visiting the Battle Road Scenic Byway website. Current liaisons are Jennifer Curtin, Craig Nicholson, and Andrew Glass.

Reports