• Past RPP Editions
• Regional Policy Plan Update
• RPP Hearings & Meetings

The Cape Cod Commission Act calls for an update to the Regional Policy Plan every five years. The Commission may also make annual amendments to the plan. Barnstable County regional government adopted the first plan in 1991, the second in 1996. Those editions are no longer applicable to proposed or active DRIs. 

Latest Edition

(2009 Regional Policy Plan, as amended)

• Formatted, as amended (72MB; print resolution)
• Formatted, as amended (11.6MB; screen resolution)
• Barnstable County Ordinance 12-07 (1.8MB)
• Web-mapping Application for the RPP (with most recent data)

Past Editions

The following editions of the plan remain on the site because they may still be applicable to certain DRIs:

»  Effective January 16, 2009, as amended May 20, 2011:

• Formatted file with maps (20.4MB; on-screen quality)
• Barnstable County Ordinance 11-05 (10MB)

»  Effective January 16, 2009, as amended March 4, 2011:

• Formatted file with maps (20.4MB; on-screen quality)
• Barnstable County Ordinance 11-02 (<1MB)

»  Effective January 16, 2009, as amended June 18, 2010:

• Formatted file with maps (47MB PDF; Ordinance 10-07)
• Word file comparing January 2009 Plan with June 2010 Plan (<1MB)
• Regional Land Use Vision Map (4.5MB; as amended June 18, 2010)

» Effective January 16, 2009:

• Formatted file with maps (70.1MB; on-screen quality)
• Text document (no maps): As Word file (<1MB) and as PDF file (2MB)
• Separate regulatory maps:
  • Regional Land Use Vision Map (4.9MB PDF), effective June 19, 2009
  • Water Resources Classification Map I (5.3MB PDF), effective July 3, 2009
  • Water Resources Classification Map II (2.7MB PDF), effective July 3, 2009
  • Significant Natural Resource Areas Map (7.5MB PDF), effective July 3, 2009

» Effective April 29, 2002, as amended September 10, 2003:

• Regional Policy Plan (Revised 7/03; Effective 9/10/03) - illustrated (9.5MB PDF)
• Regional Policy Plan (Revised 7/03; Effective 9/10/03) - text without illustrations (300K PDF)
• Regional Policy Plan Maps:
  • Cape Cod Water Resources Classification Map I (1.8MB PDF)
  • Cape Cod Water Resources Classification Map II (Marine Water Recharge Areas) (1.5MB PDF)
  • Cape Cod Significant Natural Resources Areas (2.1MB PDF)
  • Functional Classification of Cape Cod Roadways (1.3MB PDF)

Staff Contacts

If you have questions about the applicability of older versions of the RPP and maps to your development, contact the Cape Cod Commission's regulatory staff:

Jonathon D. Idman
Chief Regulatory Officer
508-362-3828

Jessica Wielgus
Commission Counsel
508-362-3828 ext.1207