NCPC’s Review Authorities
The Commission has approval authority for:
- Projects on federal land in Washington, DC
- Projects on District land within the Central Area
- Projects on land in Maryland purchased with Capper-Cramton funds
- Commemorative works in Washington, DC and its environs, on land administered by:
- The National Park Service
- The General Services Administration
- Transfers of jurisdiction in Washington, DC between:
- Federal agencies
- A federal agency and a District agency
- District agencies
- Master plans for federal land in the NCR
- Projects on federal land in those portions of Maryland and Virginia within the NCR
- Projects on District land in Washington, DC outside the Central Area
The Review Process
Typically, NCPC’s review has two to three review stages, as shown below. Each stage provides NCPC staff and the Commission with increasingly detailed information as the project develops, as well as any related environmental or historic preservation analyses progress. The Submission Guidelines page describe the information that needs to be submitted at each stage by project type.
Staff reviews projects for their consistency
with the Comprehensive Plan.