Comprehensive Plan

Comprehensive Plan Update

The City of Spartanburg would like to express our appreciation to all of the community members, business owners, students, families and friends who contributed to Plan Spartanburg. Whether you participated in Planpalooza, watched a Focus Meeting video, joined an On The Table discussion, submitted photos, or visited the website; your participation helped to inform the creation of this Comprehensive Plan. Thank you for playing an important role in forming the vision for the future of Spartanburg.

In 2019, the City of Spartanburg kicked off “Plan Spartanburg,” a community-wide initiative to update the City’s Comprehensive Plan (also referred to in this document as the “Comprehensive Plan” or the “Plan”). Building on past planning efforts and the 2004 Comprehensive Plan, this updated Plan seeks to implement a vision that preserves and enhances the character of Spartanburg while advancing its primary goal of a more equitable future for all who live there. The City has identified a twenty-five year planning horizon for this project, meaning its recommendations and guidance should carry the City into the 2040s.

2023 Comprehensive Plan Draft

2023 Comprehensive Plan Executive Summary

Martin Livingston

Neighborhood Services Director
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2004 Comprehensive Plan

The City of Spartanburg's Comprehensive Plan strives to address the needs and aspirations of the community. This has tremendous implications regarding the importance of community input in its development and implementation.

The plan also plays a significant role within Spartanburg's growth management system. The plan is required to be consistent with the Local Government Comprehensive Planning Enabling Act of 1994 (Title 6, Chapter 29), and it should provide a critical link between the City, State, Regional, and County plans. It establishes long-term direction of goals as well as short-term objectives and policies to guide implementation efforts.

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Comprehensive Plan Documents

Comprehensive Plan

Table of Contents

Comprehensive Plan Land Use

Land Use

Western Planning Division

Western Planning Division

Western Planning Division - Existing Land Use Map

Western Planning Division - Existing Land Use Map

Western Planning Division - Future Land Use Map

Western Planning Division - Future Land Use Map

Northern Planning Division

Northern Planning Division

Northern Planning Division - Existing Land Use Map

Northern Planning Division - Existing Land Use Map

Northern Planning Division - Future Land Use Map

Northern Planning Division - Future Land Use Map

Central Planning Division

Central Planning Division

Central Planning Division - Existing Land Use Map

Central Planning Division - Existing Land Use Map

Central Planning Division - Future Land Use Map

Central Planning Division - Future Land Use Map

Southern Planning Division

Southern Planning Division

Southern Planning Division - Existing Land Use Map

Southern Planning Division - Existing Land Use Map

Southern Planning Division - Existing Land Use Map

Southern Planning Division - Future Land Use Map

Eastern Planning District

Eastern Planning District

Eastern Planning District - Existing Land Use Map

Eastern Planning District - Existing Land Use Map

Eastern Planning District - Future Land Use Map

Eastern Planning District - Future Land Use Map

Critical Development Areas

Critical Development Areas

Critical Development Areas - Map

Critical Development Areas - Map