Tag: urban-planning
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Press Release: Vancouver’s Official Development Plan (ODP) can be repealed
Vancouver’s Official Development Plan can be amended or replaced, contrary to claims. An open letter (Aug 30, 2026) emphasizes the need for new approaches to affordable housing and critiques existing planning practices. This coalition of experts urges public participation for effective revision of the ODP, ensuring compliance with provincial legislation.
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Letter to Vancouver: Why Vancouver Must Re-think the Villages Plan
Download PDF at this link. June 18, 2026 To: City of Vancouver Mayor Sim and Councillors, Re: Housing Reset: Why Vancouver Must Re-think the Villages Plan 2026-06-02 Referral Report: https://council.vancouver.ca/20260602/documents/rr1.pdf We are Metro Vancouver urbanists, planners, architects, and UBC/SFU academics with decades of experience—some with development backgrounds—who have come together through HousingReset.ca to seek enduring…
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Letter to Vancouver on Broadway Plan mass rezoning, TOAs, housing, planning
In a continuation of efforts calling for a housing reset at all levels of government, a group of urbanists sent a joint letter on September 12, 2025, to City of Vancouver Mayor Sim and Councillors entitled “Broadway Plan Rezoning and Transit Oriented Areas Policy.” This precedes two major Council decisions in the coming days, a Public Hearing September 16 on…
