ABSTRACT
The objective of both a pre-application conference and concept plan presentation is to foster informal plan review between the applicant and the municipality. A pre-application conference is envisioned as a forum for the technical staffs of both the developer and municipality to meet informally; the concept plan presentation is a forum for an informal presentation to the planning board. The model ordinance makes both the pre-application conference and concept plan optional on the part of the applicant. A concept plan may not be appropriate for routine or minor applications, but an informal meeting in the form of a pre-application conference is encouraged. The General Development Plan is a mechanism designed to permit the developer of a large-scale project to go before the planning board with a description, but not full engineering details of the project, and secure formal approval of basic development parameters such as the total number of residential units and nonresidential square footage.
