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Land Use Plan Open Houses
Please join us for a series of public open houses on Port Metro Vancouver's Land Use Plan Update Process.
Taking place throughout the month of June, the events offer opportunities for participants to provide input and comments that will help inform this first phase of the process. The focus of the open houses will be to identify issues that matter most.
At the open houses, information on the five key themes (port growth and development; regional land use; local communities; environment; transportation and goods movement) will be presented, as well as the results from our stakeholder workshops held in April and May.
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Why is the Port updating its Land Use Plan?
In 2010 and 2011, Port Metro Vancouver led a strategic visioning process called Port 2050. Our goal was to engage representative parties with a stake in the future of the Port to help us create a vision for our shared future by exploring two key questions:
- What is good growth for the port and its stakeholders?
- What will the port look like in 20 and 40 years?
The outcomes of the Port 2050 process will guide future business priorities, shape new initiatives and ultimately transform every aspect of Port Metro Vancouver’s operations, beginning with the revision of our strategic vision and mission statements.
As one of the first steps towards implementing our strategic vision, we are embarking on a two-year process to update our Land Use Plan. The new Plan will articulate the Port’s policies on land use and development, and identify the types of uses appropriate on land and water across its jurisdiction.
Our objective
The objectives for the new Land Use Plan are to:
- Guide the physical development of the Port
- Provide direction to Port staff when reviewing development proposals
- Assist Port tenants in identifying areas to locate or expand their operations and investments
- Facilitate coordination of land use and transportation planning with external agencies
- Provide neighbouring residents with greater clarity about activities and uses that may occur on Port lands
- Communicate the Port’s intentions of growing in an environmentally, economically and socially responsible manner