Williamson County Urban Growth Boundary Study

In January 2021, Williamson County Mayor Rogers Anderson gathered the mayors, town managers and planning directors of the municipalities in the county and asked that we examine the Urban Growth Boundaries. This group formed an advisory committee consisting of the Planning Directors for each municipality and the County.  The advisory group developed the following guiding principles. 

1. Coordinated Growth Planning. Williamson County, the City of Brentwood, the City of Fairview, the Town of Nolensville, the City of Spring Hill and the Town of Thompson's Station will work together on future growth planning.
2. Planning Horizon. The horizon time for growth planning is twenty years, however, the County and municipalities will work together to identify phased growth areas in shorter time increments.
3. Future Growth. Each of the jurisdictions will utilize its own growth forecasts for its respective community in conjunction with other forecasts, including the University of Tennessee in conducting its growth planning.
4. Public Facilities and Fiscal Sustainability. Each of the jurisdictions will plan for future growth that it can serve with adequate and timely infrastructure and public facilities in a fiscally sustainable manner.
5. Regional Form. The County and Municipalities will work together to maintain and create a distinct form of compact urban and suburban development surrounded by rural development for the purpose of reinforcing the unique sense of place and high quality development within the county. 
6. Resource Protection. The County and Municipalities will work together to maintain and create a distinct form of compact urban and suburban development surrounded by rural development for the purpose of reinforcing the unique sense of place and high quality development within the county. 
7.Local Autonomy. The growth plan process will focus on growth boundary issues and coordination, while respecting the autonomy of each jurisdiction to meet the planning and community development needs within its community.
8. Local Planning. The growth plan will build on the long and successful traditions of planning conducted by the County and Municipalities, relying on existing plans and reports in conducting its growth planning where appropriate.
9. Intergovernmental Agreements. The County and Municipalities may supplement growth planning with consideration of cooperative approaches and agreements to assist in managing growth. 

Updates to this process will posted on the website.  The currently proposed UGB extension can be found here. The Urban Growth Boundary creates the ability for property to be annexed into the Town, it does not annex the property into the Town.