Land Use Planning Policy & Guidance
The B.C. government is modernizing land use planning in British Columbia. It is led in partnership with Indigenous governments, and with engagement of communities, local government, industry and other stakeholders. Policy and guidance materials to support modernized land use planning will be provided here as they become available.
Current Policy and Guidance
New guidance for provincial and Indigenous government land use planners who intend to work in collaboration in developing land use plans to meet community and government goals and objectives:
- Modernized Land Use Planning: A Guide to Effective Stakeholder Engagement - 2021 (PDF, 3.3MB)
- Modernized Land Use Planning: Best Practices for Writing Plan Content – Goals, Objectives, and Strategies - 2021 (PDF, 1.9MB)
- Modernized Land Use Planning: A Guide to Giving Legal Effect to Land Use Plan Content - 2021 (PDF, 0.9MB)
Updated guidance for completing socio-economic and environmental assessments (SEEAs) for modernized land use planning:
Guidance for establishing, amending, or canceling land use objectives through a legal order under the Land Use Objectives Regulation (LUOR) for the purposes of the Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA):
Archived Policy & Guidance
Archived materials are provided for reference.
- Synopsis of the New Direction for Strategic Land Use Planning - 2006 (PDF)
- New Direction for Strategic Land Use Planning in B.C. - Initiating Planning Projects and Developing a Business Case: Policies and Procedures - 2007 (PDF)
- New Direction for Strategic Land Use Planning in BC - Amending Strategic Land and Resource Plans: Policy and Procedures - 2007 (PDF)
- Guidelines for Socio-Economic And Environmental Assessment (SEEA): Land Use Planning and Resource Management Planning - 2007 (PDF, 0.7MB)
- Sustainable Resource Management Planning - A Landscape-level Strategy for Resource Development - 2002 (PDF)
- Sustainable Resource Management Planning Standards Guide - 2004 (PDF)
- Resource Analysis Guide to Sustainable Resource Management Planning - 2004 (PDF, 1.8MB)
- Writing Resource Objectives and Strategies: A Guide to Preparing Effective Resource Management Plans - 2004 (PDF, 3.6MB)
- LRMP: A Statement of Principles and Process - 1993 (PDF)
- Public Participation Guidelines - 1993 (PDF, 5.4MB)
- Diamond LRMP - A Model Report - 1995 (PDF, 6MB)
- Policy for Local Government Involvement in Land and Resource Management Plans -1996 (PDF)
- Integrated Land Use Planning for Public Lands in British Columbia - 1997 (PDF)
- Provincial Monitoring Framework For Strategic Land Use Plans - Working Draft - 1999 (PDF)
- Landscape Unit Planning Guide - 1999 (PDF)
- Regional Landscape Unit Planning Strategies: A Provincial Summary Report of the 1999 Revisions (PDF)
- Landscape Unit Planning 2000 Annual Update - Report (PDF)
- Landscape Unit Planning Guide Template Pilot Projects (PDF)
- Landscape Unit Planning Guide Training - A Summary of Participant Response (PDF, 2.5MB)
- Landscape Unit Planning Question and Answers (PDF)
