Village Review Update - Drafting and Review

2023 is set to be an exciting year in the ongoing Village Plan Review. Planning staff are currently working on a 1st draft of the new Secondary Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law. These drafts will be reviewed internally before being presented to Council. We hope to present the 1st public draft of the documents in Spring 2023 (see timeline on the side bar for more details).

Once the 1st draft is presented to Council it will be publicly available for review and comment. We hope to have the draft documents available for comment for at least four weeks, with several public engagement events held during this period. The draft documents will also be presented to the Village Planning Advisory Committee during this time for their comments.

Staff will then prepare a report for Council to summarize the pubic and planning committee comments and discuss with Council to determine what changes are required to the draft documents.

If all goes according to plan, by Fall 2023 we hope to have a Final Draft prepared and brought to Council for approval and implementation by the end of the year. Please reach out if you have questions or comments regarding the Village Review: email: planning@chester.ca or phone 902-275-2599