Comprehensive Plan

Between February 15 and March 15 of each even numbered year, the Town will accept requests from property owners, potential developers, and other interested stakeholders for Comprehensive Plan amendments.  The Plan Commission will evaluate requests at their meeting on the fourth Wednesday of March.

Written requests should be sent to:

Town of Cottage Grove
Attn: Clerk
4058 County Road N
Cottage Grove, WI  53527

Emailed requests may be sent to clerk@tn.cottagegrove.wi.gov.

For more information on the amendment process, see the Plan Amendments section beginning on page number 63 of the Visions and Directions volume linked below (actually the 64th page of the doucment including the title page).

What is the Comprehensive Plan?

The Comprehensive Plan outlines how the Town will grow and change over the following 20 years.  Any change of land use within the Town must conform with the purpose and policies of the future land use district the subject property falls within.  Limitations apply to changes of land use in the City of Madison's Potential Expansion Area (area A in Intergovernmental Agreement (Madison-Town of Cottage Grove)).

For change of land use procedures, please see Change of Land Use.

The Town of Cottage Grove Comprehensive Plan was adopted under Section 66.1001(4), Wisconsin Statutes, in two volumes, with one volume titled Conditions and Issues and the second volume titled Vision and Directions. The Town will regularly evaluate its progress towards achieving the recommendations of the Comprehensive Plan, and amend and update the Plan as appropriate.

Plan Documents

As adopted by the Town Board on January 20, 2025 under Town Board Ordinance 2025-01-20 Amending the Comprehensive Plan

• Conditions and Issues
• Visions and Directions
• Map 1 Jurisdictional Boundaries
• Map 2 Soil Suitability
• Map 3 Natural Resources
• Map 4 Existing Land Use
• Map 5 Deed Restrictions
• Map 6 Highway 12 18 and County AB Interchange
• Map 7 Highway 12 18 between CTH AB and CTH N
• Map 8 WisDOT US12 Corridor Study - Sheet 1
• Map 9 WisDOT US12 Corridor Study - Sheet 1
• Map 10 WisDOT US12 Corridor Study - Sheet 3
• Map 11 City of  Madison Future Land Use Map
• Map 12 City of Madison Yahara Hills Neighborhood Development Plan
• Map 13 City and Town Intergovernmental Agreement Map
• Map 14 Village of Cottage Grove Future Land Use Map
• Map 15 Dane County Farmland Preservation Plan Map
• Map 16 Future Land Use
• Map 17 Conceptual Business Park Development Plan