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Rockdale Planning Commission

The Rockdale Planning Commission conducts public hearings, receives studies and reports from staff, reviews requests, and makes recommendations to the Rockdale County Board of Commissioners (BOC) and the City of Conyers concerning the matters brought before them.

The Planning Commission reviews recommendations from the Department of Planning & Development and prepares recommendations on the following requests:

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Meeting Schedule

Planning Commission Hearing Dates 

Rockdale County Planning and Development 

Planning Commission Meeting Location & Time:  

Assembly Hall 901 Main Street, Conyers, Georgia 30012 @ 6:00 p.m. 

Thursday, February 8, 2024 

  • Application Due Date: December 1, 2023 
  • Board of Commissioner’s Zoning Public Hearing: February 22, 2024  
  • Board of Commissioner’s Voting Session: March 12, 2024 

Thursday, March 14, 2024 

  • Application Due Date: January 5, 2024 
  • Board of County Commissioner’s Zoning Public Hearing: March 28, 2024 
  • Board of Commissioner’s Voting Session: April 23, 2024 

Thursday, April 11, 2024 

  • Application Due Date: February 2, 2024 
  • Board of Commissioner’s Zoning Public Hearing: April 25, 2024 – CANCELLED  
  • Board of Commissioner’s Voting Session: May 14, 2024 

Thursday, May 9, 2024 

  • Application Due Date: March 1, 2024 
  • Board of Commissioner’s Zoning Public Hearing: May 23, 2024 
  • Board of Commissioner’s Voting Session: June 11, 2024 

Thursday, June 13, 2024 

  • Application Due Date: April 5, 2024 
  • Board of Commissioner’s Zoning Public Hearing: June 27, 2024 
  • Board of Commissioner’s Voting Session: July 23, 2024 

Thursday, July 11, 2024 

  • Application Due Date: May 3, 2024 
  • Board of Commissioner’s Zoning Public Hearing: July 25, 2024 
  • Board of Commissioner’s Voting Session: August 13, 2024 

Thursday, August 8, 2024 

  • Application Due Date: June 7, 2024 
  • Board of Commissioner’s Zoning Public Hearing: August 22, 2024 
  • Board of Commissioner’s Voting Session: September 20, 2024 

Thursday, September 12, 2024 

  • Application Due Date: July 5, 2024 
  • Board of Commissioner’s Zoning Public Hearing: September 24, 2024 
  • Board of Commissioner’s Voting Session: October 8, 2024 

Thursday, October 10, 2024 

  • Application Due Date: August 2, 2024 
  • Board of Commissioner’s Zoning Public Hearing: October 24, 2024 
  • Board of Commissioner’s Voting Session: November 12, 2024 
Planning Commission Members

The Planning Commission is made up of five members. All five members must be residents of unincorporated Rockdale and are appointed by the BOC. Three of the members initially appointed to serve on the Planning Commission shall serve for a term of three (3) years each, and the other two members initially appointed to serve on the Planning Commission shall serve a term of four (4) years each. Thereafter, each person appointed to serve on the Planning Commission shall serve for a term of four (4) years each, the intent being to have staggered terms for membership on the Planning Commission. Each person appointed to be on the planning commission shall serve for the term the member was appointed for unless the person dies, resigns, or is otherwise disqualified from serving or removed from said position. 

No member of the Planning Commission will be eligible for more than two (2) consecutive terms.

Appointments shall expire on July 1 in the last year of the term. 

As of April 2025- 

County Appointees: 

1). Ernestine Stovall-Goolsby   Appointed 4/8/2025
                                                                   Expire 7/1/2028
                                                                  Three-year initial term; then four 

2). Angelique McClendon   Appointed 4/8/2025
                                                           Expire 7/1/2028
                                                           Three-year initial term; then four 

 

3). Danny Forrester                 Appointed 4/8/2025
                                                           Expire 7/1/2028
                                                           Three-year initial term; then four 

 

4). John Lee Peterson, Jr.     Appointed 4/8/2025
                                                           Expire 7/1/2029
                                                           Four-year term 

 

5). Marlessia Yancey             Appointed 4/8/2025
                                                           Expire 7/1/2029
                                                           Four-year term 

2025 – Rockdale appoints 3 from terms expiring in 2028 
2025 – Conyers appoints 2 from terms expiring in 2025 REMOVED 
2025 – Rockdale appoints 2 from terms expiring in 2029 
2027 – Conyers appoints 2 from terms expiring in 2027 REMOVED 

Planning & Development

Rockdale County Planning & Development
1117 West Avenue SW,
Conyers, GA 30012
Phone: (770) 278-7100

Office Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday

Office Hours:  Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 


Code Enforcement

Rockdale County Code Enforcement
2570 Old Covington Highway
Conyers, GA  30012 (map)
Phone:  770-278-7103 

Report a Code Violation  


Contact Us

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businesslicense@rockdalecountyga.gov

Building Permits
buildingpermit@rockdalecountyga.gov

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Permit Inspections
inspections@rockdalecountyga.gov

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