The Planning Division's current planning staff provides short range developmental planning functions, such as coordinating project review with other departments and public agencies, and processing requests for information from the public at the counter and over the phone. The current planning staff administers the provisions of the City's General Plan, Zoning Ordinance, Old Towne Design Standards, Southwest Redevelopment Design Guidelines, and various planned community texts. The current planning staff provides primary staffing to the Planning Commission, Design Review Board, Zoning Administrator, and Staff Review Committee. They also provide staff to the Plaza Design Collaborative and Orange Park Acres Planning Committee.

The Planning Division's advance planning staff provides long range land planning and zoning administrator services. Their responsibilities include maintaining the City's General Plan, providing inter-agency coordination of major development projects relative to transportation and air quality, and annexation coordination related to both the unincorporated islands as well as the City's 18,000 acre unincorporated sphere of influence.