What’s an Official Community Plan?
The Official Community Plan (OCP) is the District’s most important planning tool. Its vision helps to influence the way our community grows and develops by guiding how land is used. Land use and development decisions influence all parts of our daily lives, how our community looks and feels as well as where we live, work and play.
As a broad policy framework, the OCP guides planning and decision making about the future of our community, and works together with more detailed strategic action and implementation plans, such as corporate and financial plans, our Town Centre Plan, the Transportation Plan, the Parks Master Plan, and others.
Click here for more on the Legislative Authority and Scope regarding an OCP.
Let’s Talk About Land Use
The first step towards the drafting stage of an OCP includes general descriptions for discussion purposes surrounding land use and Land Use Designations. (LUDs)
Based on feedback received from Council and the public engagement process in the summer and fall of 2016, staff has prepared the draft LUD maps and descriptions which were presented to Council in May 2017. These are aimed to stimulate conversations and understanding about future land use in Sooke, which will assist with better decision-making, informed by an established planning theory.
What are Land Use Designations (LUD)?
The purpose of a LUD is to ‘match’ the lands in a Plan Area to land use and other goals, objectives and policies set out by the community in the Official Community Plan to help guide current and future decision making.
Once again, the District of Sooke is seeking your input on the OCP, this time in regards to Land Use Designations. Please click on the following link to join us for engagement opportunities to make Sooke even more fantastic!
Tell us what you think (Please submit feedback and ideas by June 30, 2017 at one of the engagement opportunities or by emailing the fillable form to OCP@sooke.ca .)