Contact: Desmond Corley

The Land Use Administration (LUA) section of the Planning and Development Services Department reviews and processes applications for rezoning, major and minor subdivisions, Special Use Permits (requiring elected body approval), Planning Board review items, and UDO (Unified Development Ordinances) text amendments. We also maintain an inventory of topographic maps, zoning maps, and aerial photographs (current & historic). If you are planning to develop land in Winston-Salem or Forsyth County, you can contact the LUA team at (336)747-7064 to discuss your request.
Please use the following links to navigate through the Planning web site:
Address & Street naming - Information on address assignment and street naming process
Applications - Applications for all requests that are processed by the LUA team
Citizen's Guide to Evidentiary Hearings before the City Council (for a Special Use Permit) [pdf/3p] - Information and steps
Forms/Handouts/Checklists/Fees - Handouts and forms used to explain various development processes
IDT Plans digital submission portal link
Monthly Planning Board Items - Information on development requests being heard by the Planning Board
Rezoning Process Handout [pdf/19kb/2p] - Information about the rezoning process
Sketch Plan Meetings [pdf/82.3kb/1p] - Information on weekly informal development review meetings.
Subdivisions - Information regarding major and minor subdivisions
UDO - UDO (Unified Development Ordinances) for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County.
Voluntary Agricultural District - page maintained by Forsyth County
Walkertown UDO - UDO (Unified Development Ordinances) for Walkertown.
Winston-Salem Northern Beltway - Interactive map of proposed beltway corridor.
Zoning Archive - Contains information on zoning cases beginning in 2000
Zoning Petition for a Special Use Permit [pdf/1pLegal] - must be notarized
Revised 2/6/2019