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What is a Neighbourhood Planning Program?

A Neighbourhood Planning Program is a term for a municipality's approach to planning at the neighbourhood level and can include how it is administratively structured, sanctioned and delivered, in addition to the actual planning process and community involvement practices.

Victoria's Neighbourhood Planning Review

The City of Victoria is reviewing its current neighbourhood planning approach to design and develop an integrated program for use in all Victoria neighbourhoods.

Two stakeholder meetings were held last year to identify the community's and development industry's neighbourhood planning issues. Transcriptions of the issues raised at these meetings are provided below.

• Issues Identification Transcription, June 13, 2007 - [PDF 179KB]
• Issues Identification Transcription, June 6, 2007 - [PDF 414KB]
• Issues Identification Compilation, Comment Forms - [PDF 61KB]

The City has also researched neighbourhood planning best practices used in Seattle, Vancouver, Winnipeg and Lethbridge.

This two-step analysis has resulted in a synthesis of the issues, opportunities and challenges associated with neighbourhood planning in Victoria, titled Neighbourhood Planning: A Discussion Paper.

Neighbourhood Planning: A Discussion Paper

Neighbourhood Planning: A Discussion Paper was presented to Victoria's Committee of the Whole in March.

The discussion paper:

• reviews how the City has historically undertaken neighbourhood planning
• identifies, from the perspectives of the community, development industry and various City departments, issues with the City's current approach to neighbourhood planning
• provides a case study analysis of how four municipalities (Seattle, Vancouver, Winnipeg and Lethbridge) approach neighbourhood planning, and
• outlines "lessons learned" and considerations that can provide important guidance and direction to reviewing and updating the City's neighbourhood planning program.

To view the discussion paper click here - [PDF 1.2MB].

Public Information Session

The public was invited to an information session to review and provide input on a discussion paper about neighbourhood planning in Victoria on Tuesday, April 29, 2008, from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. at City Hall. Comments from the public information session are available by clicking here - [PDF 170KB].

Resources

• Committee of the Whole Report: Public Feedback on the Neighbourhood Planning Discussion Paper, July 17, 2008 - [PDF 209KB]
• Committee of the Whole Report: Issues for Immediate Attention in the Renewal of the Neighbourhood Planning Program, July 17, 2008 - [PDF 142KB]
• Committee of the Whole Report: Reviewing the City's Approach to Neighbourhood Planning, March 6, 2008 - [PDF 71KB]
• Advisory Planning Commission Report: Neighbourhood Planning in Victoria Identifying the Issues, July 10, 2007 - [PDF 235KB]
• Presentation: The Future of Neighbourhood Planning - Information Gathering, June 6, 2007 - [PDF 2.6MB]
• Neighbourhood Plans and Related Publications

Contact Us

Cameron Scott
Senior Planner
City of Victoria
(250) 361-0534
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