Lynnfield Master Plan Survey Available

The Planning Board is in the process of updating the Town's Master Plan and has opened up a survey of Lynnfield residents.

The Master Plan Online Survey will be available from Jan. 1-28 and all residents are urged to participate. It will ask about transportation, economy, housing, and general questions about what residents enjoy most and least about the town.

The link for the Master Plan website is www.LynnfieldMasterPlan.org.

To take the survey, go here and click the link at the top. For a paper version, contact Lynnfield Community Development.

"The survey will be used to collect community input that will help inform the Plan's vision of where Lynnfield is today, where it should be in the future and what is required to get there," the website says.

According to the website, a Master Plan is "a planning document that covers a wide range of topics including current demographics and trends, housing, economic development, land use, natural resource conservation and protection, and transportation. A typical Master Plan not only describes present trends, but also provides the opportunity to establish new visions and directions, set goals, and map out a blueprint for the future. Massachusetts Section 81D is the statute that authorizes planning boards to prepare Master Plans. The primary purpose of a Master Plan is:

• to envision the best and most appropriate future development of a community;
• to provide the framework for a planning board to pursue the Plan’s vision and recommendations;
• to guide the planning board in performing its duties in such areas as capital improvement programming, resource protection and land use development;
• to establish priorities for land use and development;and
• to establish legal standing for amending ordinances and other regulatory measures."