The application review process depends on the type of application.  To help applicants understand the various applications and their processes, these user guide pages provide most of the submittal and procedural requirements for each in an easy-to-use manner.

Authority to File Applications and Completeness Determination

• Authority to File Application

• Completeness Determination

Application Requirements and Procedures

• Sequencing of Two or More Applications

• Annexation

• Plan Amendment

• Rezoning

• Development Plan

• Site Plan

• Site Plan Amendment

• Preliminary Plat

• Final Plat

• Design Review Committee (DRC)

• Certificate of Appropriateness

• Variance

• Appeal of Administrative Decision

• Performance Agreement

• Vesting Extension

Online Application Submittal

Requirements by Department

• Engineering Department

• Building and Neighborhood Services

• Fire Department

• Landscape Information

• Landscape Tree and Plant List

• Assigned Planner Zones

Schedules and Fees

• Franklin Municipal Planning Commission/Administrative Schedule 2024

• Franklin Municipal Planning Commission/Administrative Schedule 2025

• Sureties Administrative Action Date and Deadlines Schedule
• Franklin Historic Zoning Commission and Design Review Committee Schedule 2024
• Franklin Historic Zoning Commission and Design Review Committee Schedule 2025

• Board of Zoning Appeals Schedule

• Fee Schedule for Application Submittals

Forms Library

• ***NEW***Owner Affidavit

• Detached Residential, 2-Family, and Small-Scale Townhome Structures Architectural Standards Affidavit 

• Public Notice Affidavit

• Board of Zoning Appeals Checklist

• Site Plan Checklist

• Pre-App Site Plan Checklist

• Final Plat Checklist

• Preliminary Plat Checklist

• Pre-App Preliminary Plat Checklist

• Rezoning Checklist

• Development Plan Checklist

• Pre-App Development Plan Checklist

• Neighborhood Organization Registration Form

• Neighborhood Meeting Form

• Public Notice Letter

• Records Request Form

Timelines, Expirations, and Vesting

• Process Timelines and Submittal Expirations

• Vesting

• Vesting Development Standards

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