Delaware County NY Planning Department
ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
What is Environmental Planning?
Environmental planning sits at the junction of traditional land use planning and zoning and the natural environment.
The primary goal of environmental planning is to work toward achieving economic and ecological sustainability through
by appropriately balancing the interests of numerous stakeholders with competing interests. The main objective of environmental
planning is to provide stakeholders and decision-makers with information to enable better environmental principles to be incorporated
at the earliest possible stage in the planning process.
What can DCPD provide?
Department staff provide environmental planning expertise to and seek innovative solutions for residents, businesses, municipalities and other environmental stakeholders in the following areas:
Stormwater Analysis, Infrastructure Assessment and Permit Compliance
Stream Corridor Management
Onsite and Community Wastewater
Sourcewater Protection
Highway Management Planning
State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) compliance
Watershed Technical Assistance
Hazard Mitigation and Floodplain Analysis
Open Space and Recreational Planning
Green Development – encouraging low impact development techniques, green building design and LEED certification, and conservation subdivision practices
