Plan Overview
New Hope Borough is updating its comprehensive plan, which was last updated in 2011. A comprehensive plan is an official document that serves as a guide to land use decision making.
It is a statement of the community's vision for the future to be used by residents, the Planning Commission, The Borough Council, private and public stakeholders, and governmental agencies.
The New Hope Borough Comprehensive Plan will be an "implementable plan" focusing on the quality-of-life issues that are most important to Borough residents with goals of reaching consensus on a direction forward and building local capacity to affect real change.
Upcoming Meetings and Events
Monday 20 October 2025 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Workshop 3B
Topics:
- Vehicular Traffic & Parking and Bicycle & Pedestrian Safety – Scott Burton, PE, PTOE, Director of Transportation Planning, Bucks County Planning Commission and Christian Regosch, Senior Transportation Planner, Bucks County Planning Commission
- Growth Management & Affordability – Evan Stone, Executive Director, Bucks County Planning Commission
- Planning for a Changing Climate – Cassandra Goodmansen, Sustainability Planner, Bucks County Planning Commission
Location: New Hope Community Room (125 New St, New Hope, PA 18938)
Past Meetings
9/29/25 - Resident Workshop 3A
Unable to attend? Visit our virtual workshop to share your thoughts.
9/2/2025 - Borough Council Meeting
Brief Discussion the potential Comprehensive Plan Update studies, such as traffic study, parking study, walkability study, and hazard mitigation study, and their possible expenses for 2026 budgetary purposes.
8/11/25 - Planning Commission Meeting
Discussion and preparation of Workshop 3A and 3B. You may find the Workshop 2 comment summaries HERE.
7/22/25 - Planning Commission Meeting
6/9/25 - Resident Workshop 2B
Unable to attend? Visit our virtual workshop to share your thoughts.
5/22/25 - Resident Workshop 2A
Unable to attend? Visit our virtual workshop to share your thoughts.
4/14/25 - Planning Commission Meeting
3/10/25 - Planning Commission Meeting
- Community Findings (Part I of II)
- Community background and figures from US Census and ACS estimates; and
- Preliminary data from resident survey analysis
2/20/25 - Resident Workshop 1
1/13/25 - Planning Commission Meeting
- Preliminary review of survey results
- Discussion and planning for Workshop 1
10/21/24 - Planning Commission Meeting
- Final version of resident survey instrument was reviewed.
- Postcard with survey link to be sent to Borough households was reviewed.
10/8/24 - Planning Commission Meeting
Zoom Recording (link directs to partial video - download to view full video)
9/9/24 - Planning Commission Meeting
Zoom Recording (link directs to partial video - download to view full video)
8/12/24 - Planning Commission Meeting
Zoom Recording (link directs to partial video - download to view full video)
6/10/24 - Internal Workshop for Borough Officials and Administration
During this workshop session, borough officials and administration participated in a mapping exercise to identify locations and issues that should to be preserved, enhanced, or transformed. Additionally, a SWOT analysis was conducted, based around eight key topic areas from the 2011 Comprehensive Plan.
Click HERE to add additional comments of the SWOT analysis.
