The Community Development Department provides staff support to the Planning Board, Zoning Board of Adjustment, Conservation Commission, and Windham Economic Development Committee. We also oversee the building permit and code enforcement process.

We encourage residents to contact us with any questions or concerns that they may have, or for more information on the Town's zoning and other requirements. Below, are numerous links to items related to our Department, which we hope will be of assistance to you.

• Department Organizational Chart 
• Free Notary Service Available

Department Forms/Applications:

• Sign Permit Application (3/15/16 update)
• Temporary Sign Permit Application (3/15/16 update)
• Fence Permit Application (3/15/16 update)
• Lot Merger Regulations/Application
• Restrict Covenant Agreement - Accessory Apartments (1/30/15 Updated)

Workforce Housing Information

• Workforce Housing Eligibility Form
• Workforce Housing 2015 Purchase Limits
• Workforce Housing Analysis (2011)

 

Department Fees: 

• Community Development Department Fees (4/18/16 Updated)
• Procedure for the Computation of Impact Fees for the Windham Public School District Report and Presentation (4/29/15 Adopted)
• Procedure for the Computation of Impact Fees for Public Safety (1/7/15 Adotped)

Helpful Resources

• Best Management Practices: Housing and Space Guidelines for Livestock
• Manual for Best Management Practices for Agriculture in NH June 2011
• UNH Cooperative Extension Webpage
• USDA NRCS Web Soil Survey

Available to the public: 

If you are looking for information regarding land use and land development in New Hampshire and in the Windham community, you may want to visit the Windham Community Development Department. The Department possesses an archive of books, pamphlets, fact sheets, maps and other resources that are available for public viewing upon request. Topics Include:

• Historical Zoning Maps of Windham
• Tax, Trail, and Water Resource Maps
• Transportation & Land Use Studies
• Aquifers, Watershed Protection, Water Quality, Wetlands, & Shoreland Materials
• Flood Plain Materials
• Conservation Topics
• Stormwater Information
• Various Land Use Topics 

Types of Developments located in Windham

• Elderly Housing Developments
• Residential Condominium Developments (12/31/15 update)
• Open Space Subdivision Developments (12/31/15 update)

A full list of materials available for viewing is available at the following links: 

• Approved Planning Board Plans: Site Plans and Subdivisions (3/1/16 update)
• Planning Library (6/1/16 update)
• Map Resources (3/1/16 update)
• 2013 Road Map with Classifications

All materials may be viewed at the Department during regular business hours 8am-7pm M and 8am-4pm T-F. We are open the last Saturday of the month, 9am-noon (if holiday weekend, moved to Saturday prior).

"Windham's Economic Development Strengths and Weaknesses" October 2, 2014 Public Presentation

You can watch the public presntation on WCTV here or view the power point presentation.

You can read the Economic Development Self-Assement Tool Reports from Northeastern University Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy

• 2014 Results
• Comparison of 2008 and 2014 Results
• 2008 Report Results

Groundwater Resources & You! March 6, 2014  Public Forum

You can watch the public forum on WCTV here

NH DES Presentations - Pierce Rigrod and Brandon Kernen