Vancouver Island Land Use Plan
The Vancouver Island Land Use Plan represents the first time that comprehensive land use planning had been done on a regional scale in B.C. The planning concluded years of public debate over critical land use issues on Vancouver Island.
The impetus for the Vancouver Island Land Use Plan was the creation of the Commission on Resources and the Environment (CORE) in 1992 followed by the B.C. government's endorsement of the commission’s proposed Land Use Charter, with its requirements for environmental, social and economic sustainability.
Subsequent to CORE Commissioner Stephen Owen's report, Vancouver Island Land Use Plan, submitted in February 1994, the B.C. government announced the Vancouver Island Land Use Decision in June 1994.
Due to the novelty of that regional land use planning decision, implementation of Vancouver Island Land Use Plan’s final recommendations took time. In 1995, the B.C. government endorsed a final set of boundaries for new Goal 1 protected areas, and in 1996, made a decision on special feature (Goal 2) protected areas.
In December 1997, the B.C. government released three reports (which were key to implementation) for public review:
- Resource Management Zones for Vancouver Island
- Planning Framework Statements for Vancouver Island’s Special Management Zones
- Planning Framework Statements for Vancouver Island’s Marine Planning Units
Public feedback on each of these reports led to a number of changes and the final outcomes were incorporated into the Vancouver Island Summary Land Use Plan (2000).
- Vancouver Island Summary Land Use Plan (2000) (PDF, 1.4MB)
- Map 1: Vancouver Island Location Map (PDF)
- Map 2: Vancouver Island Land Use Plan Area (PDF)
- Map 3: Ecological Classification of Vancouver Island (PDF)
- Map 4: Vancouver Island Forest Cover (PDF)
- Map 5: Minerals and Energy (PDF)
- Map 6: Selected Fish and Wildlife Resources (PDF)
- Map 7: Pre Decision Land Use Patterns (PDF)
- Map 8: Land Use Designations (PDF)
- Map 9: Regional Planning Priorities (PDF)
- Map 10: Visual Resources in Special Management Zones (PDF)
- Figure 1: Components of Strategic Plan Development for Vancouver Island (PDF)
- Vancouver Island Summary Land Use Plan Appendix (PDF)
