Certified Land Use Professionals | Zoning & Planning Services Stamford

Planning & Zoning

This is where we bring it all together – integrated project planning, permitting, engineering, surveying services – to transform your land use ideas into reality.

A Comprehensive Approach

Planning for major projects is overseen by a land use professional certified by the American Institute of Certified Planners. Our comprehensive approach enables you to optimize your goals by creatively balancing project requirements, physical constraints and the regulatory process while considering schedule, cost, politics, and neighbor impact.

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Planning & Zoning Services

We help you transform your land use ideas into reality with these planning services:

Site Evaluation and Planning

Subdivision Planning
Master Plan Amendments
Open Space Planning
Cluster Housing
Conservation Developments

Land Planning for Large Estates

Zoning Consultation
Zoning Text Amendments
Zone Changes
Special Exceptions
Variances to the Zoning Board of Appeals
Inclusionary Zoning for Affordable Housing / Below-Market-Rate Housing

Feasibility Studies

Assist Appraisers with Evaluations
Highest and Best Uses
Zoning Options
Constraints and Opportunities

Planning Partnership

Introducing 41° North Land Use Advisors

In 2026, Redniss & Mead established 41° North Land Use Advisors in partnership with Michele Cronin, AICP. 41° North operates as an independent boutique planning and zoning practice based in Greenwich, Connecticut. This collaboration reflects a longstanding professional relationship and a shared approach to complex land use work, providing clients with integrated planning perspective and access to trusted engineering and surveying resources when appropriate.

Together, the firms bring complementary expertise to complex, highly regulated projects.

What our clients are saying

Our company, an owner of valuable forest and development land, has used Redniss & Mead with great satisfaction for two generations of our management. This includes land use planning, surveying and mapping, guiding and supporting applications to Town and State land use agencies, civil engineering for residential infrastructure and direction of reconstruction of a 90-year old dam. The teams we have worked with are intelligent, efficient, reliable and informed on engineering and regulatory issues. The surveys, plans and exhibits they prepare demonstrate the highest standard of competence. As spokesmen before regulatory agencies and witnesses in litigation, they are persuasive and respected by the tribunals, and their teams have worked effectively with lawyers, scientists, foresters and other engineers on complex projects

Anonymous

Greenwich, CT

Since 1975 I have utilized Redniss & Mead for various projects and would not hesitate to recommend them for surveying, civil engineering and planning projects, large or small. Not only to have professional expertise, but they know how to work respectfully and effectively with public officials, other professionals, and entrepreneurs. They know how to get your project to the finish line in a timely and cost effective manner. I have also been greatly impressed with Redniss & Mead’s community spirit, integrity and character as demonstrated by their pro-bono work over decades for nonprofit organizations for which they have willingly provided services and advocated for in public forums.

Tom Osterman

Stamford, CT

I have worked with Redniss & Mead on many projects over the past ten years. They have always been great to have on the team as they are very knowledgeable regarding current code and have good relationships with the municipalities. I have always been satisfied with their work and would recommend them without hesitation for civil engineering, surveying and planning and zoning work.

Thor Magnus

President - Nordic Custom Builders - Cos Cob, CT

I’ve worked with Redniss & Mead for over twenty years; first as a Land Use Attorney with Cummings & Lockwood focusing on Connecticut and Fairfield County in particular, then as counsel to a family-owned land management company, and now on behalf of one of the largest developers in the Northeast. Redniss & Mead and specifically the people there have been trusted partners. Innovative thinking, top-notch designs, and invaluable local knowledge are some of the reasons I will continue to bring my toughest projects to them.