Electoral Areas Local Area Plans

WHAT IS A LOCAL AREA PLAN?

Local Area Plans are planning documents that provide greater detail on growth management for communities that are expected to experience change. These plans help shape growth in a way that contributes to more place-specific, well-designed, and livable complete communities.

Local Area Plans build upon the vision, objectives, and policy included with Draft Schedule A of the Official Community Plan for the Electoral Areas (Bylaw 4373) and guide growth in village and community hearts so that the qualities of these areas that people love and cherish are preserved and enhanced into the future.

DRAFT LOCAL AREA PLANS COMING SOON

A - Mill Bay

B - Shawnigan Lake

C - Cobble Hill

D - Cowichan Bay

D/E - Eagle Heights/ Koksilah Village

F - Honeymoon Bay/ Mesachie Lake/ Paldi

G - Saltair

H - Diamond

I - Youbou/ Meade Creek

Mill Bay - Stone Bridge	Cowichan Bay	Saltair
Shawnigan Lake	Eagle Heights/ Koksilah Village	Diamond - Trillium Park
Cobble Hill - Arbutus Ridge	Honeymoon Bay/ Mesachie Lake	Youbou/ Meade Creek

LOCAL AREA PLANNING PROCESS

COMPLETE COMMUNITIES

The CVRD has been successful in receiving two grants from the Union of BC Municipalities to prepare complete community assessments for all CVRD Local Area Plans.

Most complete communities have several key elements:

• Diversity of housing options
• Proximity of housing and employment to daily needs
• Transportation options
• Efficient use of infrastructure

In a regional district, complete communities could be seen as the hubs that are part of a connected network. The creation of more complete communities may enhance “hub areas” with a range of needed services and amenities.

Creating more complete communities works best when these elements are considered together. Assessing a community’s completeness through mapping and analyzing these key elements, and their relationship to each other can support advancing a community’s identified goals.