Official Community Plan 2024 Update
2024 OCP Update
Learn more about the Official Community Plan (OCP) update at Let's Talk Richmond Official Community Plan Update 2024.
What’s Happening
The City is in the process of making important updates to its Official Community Plan (OCP). The OCP will guide the City’s growth for the next 25+ years.
The current OCP was approved in 2012. Since then, Richmond’s population and economy has grown and there is a need to address its evolving social and environmental factors. The overarching themes of the updates include resiliency, equity, adaptation and completeness with six target areas.
Phase one focused on:
- raising awareness
- gathering feedback from the community, identifying areas for improvement
- providing feedback on early ideas for each target area.
In phase two and three, City staff will draft policies and provide further opportunities for feedback in late Spring 2025. The new OCP bylaw will be prepared for Council consideration with a Public Hearing at the end of 2025.
How to get involved
Engagement for Phase one has concluded. Community members were encouraged to submit a photo of their favourite Richmond location and ask questions online through LetsTalkRichmond.ca/ocp2050, or attend a 'drop in' style Open Houses.
Target Areas of the Official Community Plan Update
The overarching themes to guide the Official Community Plan (OCP) update includes “Completeness, Resiliency, Equity and Adaptation” with the six targeted areas:
Project Timeline
The project is divided into three phases:
Resources
To learn more, visit Let's Talk Richmond Official Community Plan Update 2024.
To learn more, visit Provincial Housing Legislation Changes.
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