The Draft Official Community Plan
After hearing from more than 6,000 people, the City of Victoria has prepared a draft Official Community Plan. The plan provides direction for growth and change in Victoria over the next 30 years to move towards a more sustainable community. Council, staff, the business community and citizens will refer to the Official Community Plan for guidance on decisions such as where to locate housing and businesses, when to repair and replace the city’s aging infrastructure, and how the city will respond to climate change.
The draft Plan focuses future population growth and new housing in the downtown and urban core area and throughout neighbourhood villages and town centres. Focusing density in these areas allows for services and daily needs to be provided within a short walk from home and supports a community where people are less reliant on cars.
The new Official Community Plan is expected to go to public hearing in early 2012.
• Draft Plan Summary [PDF 1,423 KB]
• Full Draft Official Community Plan [PDF 11,125 KB]
Download by Part
• Part 1 – Introduction [PDF 1,423 KB]
• Part 2 – Policy Directions [PDF 6,725 KB]
• Part 3 – Implementation [PDF 3,997 KB]
• Part 4 – Appendices [PDF 1,201 KB]
Download by Section
• Table of Contents [PDF 1,022 KB]
• Section 1: Plan Overview [PDF 72 KB]
• Section 2: Purpose Scope and Linkages [PDF 1,041 KB]
• Section 3: Vision Values and Goals [PDF 1,055 KB]
• Section 4: Context and Challenges [PDF 1,142 KB]
• Section 5: Regional Context Statement [PDF 1,066 KB]
• Section 6: Land Management and Development [PDF 2,067 KB]
• Section 7: Transportation and Mobility [PDF 2,537 KB]
• Section 8: Placemaking [PDF 1,134 KB]
• Section 9: Parks, Recreation and Culture [PDF 1,549 KB]
• Section 10: Environmental Management [PDF 1,479KB]
• Section 11: Infrastructure [PDF 2,255 KB]
• Section 12: Climate Change and Energy [PDF 1,064 KB]
• Section 13: Housing and Homelessness [PDF 1,235 KB]
• Section 14: Economy [PDF 1,583 KB]
• Section 15: Community Well-Being [PDF 1,052 KB]
• Section 16: Food Systems [PDF 1,063 KB]
• Section 17: Emergency Management [PDF 1,506 KB]
• Section 18: Plan Administration [PDF 1,047 KB]
• Section 19: Local Area Planning [PDF 1,058 KB]
• Section 20: Neighbourhood Directions [PDF 3,722 KB]
• Section 21: Adaptive Management [PDF 1,064 KB]
• Section 22: Monitoring and Environment [PDF 1,047 KB]
• Section 23: Implementation Framework (to be completed) [PDF 1,011 KB]
Download Appendices
• A. Development Permit Areas (to be completed)
• B. Heritage Conservation Areas (to be completed)
• C. Development Permit Approval Information Areas (to be completed)
• D. Glossary of Terms [PDF 1,042 KB]
• E. Index (to be completed)
Download Maps
• Map 1: Urban Place Designations [PDF 574 KB]
• Map 2: Local Area Planning Phasing [PDF 476 KB]
• Map 3: Functional Street Classification [PDF 295 KB]
• Map 4: 25 Year Transit Future Network [PDF 437 KB]
• Map 5: Greenways Network [PDF 449 KB]
• Map 6: Cycling Network [PDF 442 KB]
• Map 7: Heritage Landmarks (to be completed)
• Map 8: Parks, Open Space and Public Facilities [PDF 519 KB]
• Map 9: Sensitive Ecosystems [PDF 449 KB]
• Map 10: Major Water Mains [PDF 442 KB]
• Map 11: Major Sanitary Sewers [PDF 451 KB]
• Map 12: Major Storm Sewers [PDF 444 KB]
• Map 13: Economic Structure [PDF 546 KB]
• Map 14: Seismic Hazard [PDF 475 KB]
• Map 15: Neighbourhoods [PDF 457 KB]
• Map 16: Burnside Urban Place Designations [PDF 309 KB]
• Map 17: Downtown and Harris Green Urban Place Designations [PDF 139 KB]
• Map 18: Fairfield Urban Place Designations [PDF 282 KB]
• Map 19: Fernwood Urban Place Designations [PDF 172 KB]
• Map 20: Gonzales Urban Place Designations [PDF 207 KB]
• Map 21: Harbour Urban Place Designations [PDF 409 KB]
• Map 22: Hillside-Quadra Urban Place Designations [PDF 125 KB]
• Map 23: James Bay Urban Place Designations [PDF 254 KB]
• Map 24: Jubilee Urban Place Designations [PDF 132 KB]
• Map 25: North Park Urban Place Designations [PDF 94 KB]
• Map 26: Oaklands Urban Place Designations [PDF 113 KB]
• Map 27: Rockland Urban Place Designations [PDF 138 KB]
• Map 28: Victoria West Urban Place Designations [PDF 339 KB]
• Map 29: Development Permit Areas (to be completed)
• Map 30: Heritage Conservation Areas (to be completed)
• Map 31: Development Approval Information Areas (to be completed)
