Boston Planning Agency Adds New Language Access Rules Boston Planning Agency Adds New Language Access Rules Emily Judem/GBH News Boston Planning Agency Adds New Language Access Rules Boston’s planning agency is rolling out a new set of rules to ensure residents who don’t speak English well or at all can participate in public meetings about proposed developments. Under the new policy, slated to go into effect early this year, the Boston Planning and Development Agency will require that those meetings and relevant materials be interpreted in the popular languages of the city’s various neighborhoods. The BPDA has previously provided language translators on a case-by-case basis when specifically requested or deemed necessary.