{"id":17556,"date":"2025-01-16T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T17:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/hpo\/?p=17556"},"modified":"2026-02-11T09:41:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:41:28","slug":"best-practices-review-issue-10-area-of-significance-community-planning-and-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/hpo\/news\/posts\/2025\/01\/16\/best-practices-review-issue-10-area-of-significance-community-planning-and-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Practices Review Issue 10: Area of Significance: Community Planning and Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_section full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; full_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;bottom&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1759262500535{background-image: url(https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/hpo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/publications-banner.svg?id=17803) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221; min_height=&#8221;3em&#8221; el_class=&#8221;banner-section&#8221; el_id=&#8221;media-header&#8221;][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; el_class=&#8221;banner-overlay&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Overview<\/h2>\n<p><em>Published January 2025 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/subjects\/nationalregister\/publications.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Publications of the National Register of Historic Places<\/a> (NPS)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For preparers of New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places nominations and fellow SHPO staff.<\/p>\n<ul id=\"button-container\" class=\"banner-button\">\n<li><a class=\"p-2 mr-4 btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/hpo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/docs\/nps\/registration\/best-practices\/bpr-2025-01-16-community-planning-development.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section el_id=&#8221;media-summary&#8221;][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;1vw&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image source=&#8221;featured_image&#8221; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_shadow&#8221; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Excerpt from Introduction<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_message color=&#8221;warning&#8221; message_box_color=&#8221;warning&#8221; icon_fontawesome=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;]This publication compliments the guidance provided in National Register Bulletins by providing examples on specific topics.[\/vc_message][vc_row_inner el_class=&#8221;hpo-callout-text&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;hpo-intro-paragraph&#8221;]Nominations for historically significant commercial areas and residential neighborhoods often include <q>community planning and development<\/q> as an area of significance. Common reasons provided in these nominations include[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><q>It is the earliest part of the community to develop<\/q><\/li>\n<li><q>It is a well-established neighborhood<\/q><\/li>\n<li><q>It is the commercial center for the town<\/q><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In these nominations, significance in community planning and development is often attributed simply because planning activities or development took place. The period of significance described may span decades, yet lack adequate documentation to support such a broad date range. This issue of the <cite>Best Practices Review<\/cite> presents guidance, based upon National Register Bulletins and through examples, for applying community planning and development as an area of significance.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1758815062001{margin-bottom: 32px !important;}&#8221;][info-box-shortcode icon=&#8221;fa fa-solid fa-rectangle-list&#8221; title=&#8221;Table of Contents&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction<\/li>\n<li>What is Community Planning and Development?<\/li>\n<li>When Does Community Planning and Development Apply?<\/li>\n<li>Choosing the Right Criteria for Evaluation\n<ul>\n<li>Criterion A<\/li>\n<li>Criterion C<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Determining the Period of Significance<\/li>\n<li>Applying Community Planning and Development to Residential Areas<\/li>\n<li>Applying Community Planning and Development to Organic Growth<\/li>\n<li>Applying Community Planning and Development to a Single Resource<\/li>\n<li>A Strategy for Evaluating Many Potential Resources<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/info-box-shortcode][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section el_id=&#8221;end-spacer&#8221;][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;4vw&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_section full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; full_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;bottom&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1759262500535{background-image: url(https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/hpo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/publications-banner.svg?id=17803) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221; min_height=&#8221;3em&#8221; el_class=&#8221;banner-section&#8221; el_id=&#8221;media-header&#8221;][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; el_class=&#8221;banner-overlay&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Overview Published January 2025 on Publications of the National Register of Historic Places (NPS) For preparers of New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places nominations and fellow SHPO staff. Download PDF [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section el_id=&#8221;media-summary&#8221;][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;1vw&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221;][vc_column [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":243,"featured_media":17578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"dep-hpo-single.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[385,258],"tags":[445,412,422,545,442,464,435,108,111,282,465,18,463,466],"class_list":["post-17556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multimedia","category-publications","tag-areas-of-significance","tag-nr-bpr-nps","tag-community-planning","tag-nr-criteria","tag-criterion-a","tag-criterion-b","tag-criterion-c","tag-historic-district","tag-nps","tag-national-register-of-historic-places","tag-period-of-significance","tag-registration","tag-residential","tag-suburbs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/hpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/hpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/hpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/hpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/243"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/hpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17556"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/hpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19612,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/hpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17556\/revisions\/19612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/hpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/hpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/hpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/hpo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}