Brighton Street Planning and Zoning Project

This is the project page for the Brighton Street Planning and Zoning Project. This project is intended to develop a new zoning overlay for the area based on a community-focused planning process. 

The purpose of this zoning effort is to facilitate redevelopment; identify opportunities for streetscape and transportation improvements; encourage a wider variety of amenity options; create better connections within the Brighton Street Corridor and to other areas in the region. 

On February 3, 2026, the Planning Board adopted the Brighton Area Vision Plan, which can be viewed HERE Version OptionsBrighton Street Planning and Zoning ProjectHeadline Version OptionsBrighton Street Planning and Zoning ProjectHeadline. The Plan contains 7 goals and a number of action items to implement the Plan.

Background:

• The Planning Board hosted a Public Meeting on January 22, 2026, to present and review the Vision Plan, and to solicit comments and feedback from the public. The presentation can be downloaded HERE Version OptionsBrighton Street Planning and Zoning ProjectHeadline      .  
• The Harvard Kennedy School of Government's Urban Politics Field Lab completed a study of the project area in December 2025, focusing on outreach to stakeholders and visioning for the area. You can view their presentation HERE Version OptionsBrighton Area Planning and Zoning ProjectHeadline     and the final detailed report HERE Version OptionsBrighton Area Planning and Zoning ProjectHeadline     .
• As part of the initial planning phase, the Office of Planning & Building developed an online public survey in the fall of 2025 to solicit feedback from residents on the proposed project, which you can see a summary of the results HERE and full set of responses HERE Version OptionsBrighton Area Planning and Zoning ProjectHeadline     .

Next Steps:

The Office of Planning and Building is working with a consultant, Able.City, to prepare a public workshop to start the zoning process. Bookmark this page for new information on this project and key dates including this workshop. You can also sign up for the News Flash for Brighton project news.

The project area is depicted in the map below: