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Comprehensive Plans

A Comprehensive Plan outlines a framework for the development of an area, recognizing the physical, economic, social, political, aesthetic, and related factors of a community. Per state requirements, each local government in Georgia must prepare, adopt, maintain, and implement a Comprehensive Plan that meets the required Minimum Standards, to be updated every five years. A comprehensive plan typically results from lengthy and intensive analysis, and provides the overall guiding principles for growth and development of a community. SGRC provides technical assistance to Southern Georgia local governments for comprehensive planning. For information specific to each community's Comprehensive Plan, see the links below. Also check our Facebook page for updates.

Comprehensive Plans Currently in the Update Process


County Comprehensive Plan
Atkinson County Adopted 2022
Bacon County Adopted 2022
Ben Hill County Adopted 2021
Berrien County Adopted 2020
Brantley County Adopted 2021
Brooks County Adopted 2022
Charlton County Adopted 2020
Clinch County Adopted 2021
Coffee County Adopted 2023
Cook County Adopted 2020
Echols County Adopted 2020
Irwin County Adopted 2024
Lanier County Adopted 2021
Lowndes County Adopted 2021
Pierce County Adopted 2022
City of Tifton Adopted 2023
Tift County Adopted 2023
Turner County Adopted 2021
Ware County Adopted 2021