PLANNING DIVISION: DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION
CONTACT INFORMATION
Main Office, City Hall
200 Forrest Street
1st and 2nd Floor
601-545-4609
Code Enforcement
601-554-1027
Planning
601-545-4599
Building
601-554-1004
Neighborhood Coordinator
601-545-1962
Hattiesburg 150 Comprehensive Plan
In February 2025, Hattiesburg launched the first major update of the Hattiesburg Comprehensive Plan since 2008. The process is an opportunity for all Hattiesburg residents, business and property owners, and other community members to help shape the City’s future. The updated Comprehensive Plan will re-establish the vision and goals for Hattiesburg, as well as update the policy foundation to guide where and how the City grows, and what new opportunities might become available to residents in the future. For more information, please visit our landing page for the plan and updates.
PLANNING RESOURCES
Site and Design Review Committee Application (March 2024)
Hattiesburg Historic Conservation Commission Brochure
HHCC Certificate of Appropriateness Application
Historic Hattiesburg Design Guidelines Manual
Hattiesburg Comprehensive Plan
Land Development Code (September 2020)
Hattiesburg Interactive GIS Map
CORRIDOR PLANS
The following procedures are necessary steps for development projects in the City of Hattiesburg.
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS
A pre-application meeting is required for all new development, redevelopment or expansions for commercial or multi-family residential zoned properties within the City of Hattiesburg.
A Pre-Application meeting with the Planning staff is required prior to submitting a Site Plan Application. At the meeting, the applicant will describe and present their project in the conceptual design stage.
The goals of this meeting are to emphasize the applicable development regulations for:
- Site Plan Review
- Clearing and Grading
- Building in a Historic District
- Building in a Flood Zone
- Subdivision of Land
- Use Permit on Review
- Zoning Change
- Planned Unit Development
- Planned Residential Development
- Variance
- Address and discuss potential problems and solutions to technical and design review issues.
- Discuss the roles of the Site Plan Review Committee, the Planning Commission and the City Council.
- Apply the City’s Comprehensive Plan 2008-2028.
To schedule a pre-application meeting, please call 601-545-4599.
WHAT IS SITE PLAN REVIEW?
The process whereby the planning department shall review the site plans and maps of the developer to assure that they meet the stated purposes and standards of the zoning district, provide for the necessary public facilities, and protect and preserve topographical features and adjacent properties through appropriate siting of structures and landscaping.
PURPOSE
The main purpose of the Site Plan Review process is to make certain that the development plans comply with all applicable and appropriate Land Development Code regulations and ordinances and are consistent with the Comprehensive Plan.
SITE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS
Pre-Application Meeting with Staff and Applicant.
- Upon approval of Site Plan Review, a building permit application and construction plans may be submitted to the Building Division.
PRE-APPLICATION
A Pre-Application meeting is required, prior to applying for Site Plan Review or a Public Hearing before Planning Commission. During this meeting, the applicant will describe and present their project. Thereafter the planning staff will advise further action required for Site Plan Review, Public Hearing or Hattiesburg Historic Commission process submittal. The Pre-Application Committee assesses the proposed project and helps identify any issues helps the applicant in putting together a complete application thus streamlining the application process and avoiding delays.