Wake Forest, NC | Community Plan & Future Land Use Map

The Community Plan Update and Future Land Use Map is Wake Forest’s new comprehensive land use plan that creates a long-term vision for the Town to implement over the 10 to 20 years. The Community Plan is built off past planning efforts, existing policies that remain relevant and community input from a wide-ranging outreach process. The Plan outlines the critical steps essential to ensure future growth and development in the Town aligns with the community’s priorities.

The Plan is a product of a 21-month planning process that included community engagement. It began in the summer of 2020 and ended spring of 2022. The planning process you can find on page 5 of the extensive plan in this Interactive PDF.

The Town of Wake Forest is a fast-growing community positioned just north of Raleigh and northeast of North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park. Established in 1909, the Town grew as a community of rich heritage, small-town character, home to vibrant and historic downtown, festivals and events, and scenic natural areas cherished by its residents. Over the recent two decades, the Town has experienced mass growth reflective of the surrounding region, prompting new development that has been primarily residential.

This planning process realized the extensive growth and developed a planning process for the analysis of existing conditions and robust community engagement to identify unique issues and opportunities within the Town. These components formed the vision, goals and recommendations of this Community Plan. The plan establishes a roadmap for how Wake Forest should develop and grow over the next 10 to 20 years to achieve its vision in more detail.

More Details in this Extensive Community Plan