City of Surrey's 2021 - 2025 Financial Plan

PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT

Plans (“NCP”), Local Area Plans, zoning bylaw amendments and monitors the City’s growth management and Community Engagement strategies. The Division is also responsible for Social Planning, Agricultural Planning, Heritage Planning and demographic tracking and

growth forecasting. Community Planning also supports the Heritage Advisory Commission. The division provides graphic and mapping services for the department and supports the corporate Geographical Information Systems (“GIS”) services.

2020 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

INCLUSION

• Completed consultation for the Community Planning Engagement Framework for public consultation; • In partnership with BC Housing, secured a modular supportive site in Newton, thus establishing three of the five planned supportive housing sites to respond to needs of the homeless population; • Initiated the research and consultations toward the development of a Surrey Housing Needs Report; • Completed streamlined reviews and acceptance of specified BC Housing Building Projects to meet key homelessness reduction objectives; and • Completed accelerated inspections for emergency winter shelters.

BUILT ENVIRONMENT & NEIGHBOURHOODS

• Completed Newton Town Centre Plan and Redwood Heights NCP; • Completed Stage 1 Plan for Darts Hill NCP, Guilford Town Centre Plan and Semiahmoo Town Centre Plan; • Completed Background Studies for Fraser Highway SkyTrain Corridor; • Initiated plans for Fleetwood Town Centre Update and King George Corridor South; • Initiated process for Zoning By-law updates to allow Secondary Suites in Comprehensive Development Zones;

• Prepared and presented 242 planning reports to Council on development applications; • Approved the creation of 309 single family lots; • Received 576 development applications for rezoning, subdivision, development permits, development

variance permits, and Official Community Plan development;

• Launched the digital building permit intake and review process for single family building permits;

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