Comprehensive Plans And State Approval Status

The following table lists the approval dates and approval status of all municipal comprehensive plans and amendments. The Approval Status for plans are either: Fully Approved, Partially Approved, Expired, or Denied. 

  • Fully Approved means that the plan and all amendments to the plan have current State approval.
  • Partially Approved indicates that an amendment to the comprehensive plan has not been approved by the State but the remainder of the plan continues to have state approval.
  • Expired means that the term of the State Approval has expired. While the State is no longer bound by the plan, it remains in full force and effect locally.
  • Denied means that the State did not grant State Approval to the plan or amendment. While the State is not bound by the plan or amendment, it is in full force and effect locally.

Viewing the Comprehensive Plans

Links to the comprehensive plans are of two types. For comprehensive plans with State approval, the link will display the comprehensive plan as it was submitted to, and approved by, the State. However, the Division cannot guarantee that these are the most recent and complete version of the comprehensive plan. Readers may wish to contact the municipality for such verification.

For comprehensive plans that do not have current State approval, the Division has done its best to provide correct links to the appropriate municipal website.

Municipality Municipally Approved State Approved Plan/Approval Expiration Approval Status
Barrington 03/25/15 05/11/15 05/10/25 Fully Approved
Bristol 01/25/17 02/02/17 02/01/27 Fully Approved
Burrillville 07/09/18 12/03/18 12/02/28 Fully Approved
Central Falls 12/18/06 11/01/07 10/31/12 Expired
Charlestown 05/04/21 08/04/21 08/03/31 Fully Approved
Coventry 03/05/99 03/22/99 03/21/04 Expired
Cranston 08/25/10 10/18/12 07/01/17 Expired
Cumberland 06/25/16 04/19/17 04/18/27 Fully approved
East Greenwich 03/24/14 04/01/14 03/31/24 Expired
East Providence 01/05/10     Denied
Exeter 12/08/03 03/03/04 03/03/09 Expired
Foster 01/12/23 12-14-23 12-13-33 Fully Approved
Glocester 04/19/18 07/26/18 07/25/28 Fully Approved
Hopkinton 05/04/17 03/27/18 03/26/28 Fully Approved
Jamestown 04/06/15 05/15/15 05/14/25 Fully Approved
Johnston 09/30/09 11/17/09 11/16/14 Expired
Lincoln 08/19/03 09/20/04 09/19/09 Expired
Little Compton 02/15/18 04/30/18 04/29/28 Fully Approved
Middletown 03/02/15 11/20/15 11/21/25 Fully Approved
Narragansett 09/05/17 10/03/17 10/02/27 Fully Approved
New Shoreham 11/16/16 03/02/17 03/01/27 Fully Approved
Newport 02/08/17 05/03/17 05/02/27 Fully Appoved
North Kingstown 11/19/18 11/18/19 11/17/29 Fully Approved
North Providence 08/20/14 11/17/14 11/16/24 Expired
North Smithfield 04/01/19  10/29/19  10/28/29 Fully Approved
Pawtucket 03/22/17 06/16/17 06/15/27 Fully Approved
Portsmouth 04/11/22 01/19/23 01/19/33 Fully Approved
Providence 11/20/14 01/05/15 01/04/25 Expired
Richmond 02/15/22 03/22/22 03/22/32 Fully Approved
Scituate 06/12/03 07/19/04 07/18/09 Expired
Smithfield 01/17/17 10/03/17 10/02/27 Fully Approved
South Kingstown 05/24/21 09/15/21 09/15/31 Fully Approved
Tiverton 10/22/18 11/05/18 11/04/28 Fully Approved
Warren 01/13/04 02/12/04 02/11/09 Expired
Warwick 04/17/14 08/18/14 8/17/24 Expired
West Greenwich 12/06/95     Denied
West Warwick 2/26/20 8/17/20 8/16/30 Fully Approved
Westerly 01/20/21 05/13/21 05/12/31 Fully Approved
Woonsocket 04/04/12 04/24/12 04/23/17 Expired