Official Community Plan Targeted Update
Learn more about the Official Community Plan (OCP) update at Let's Talk Richmond Official Community Plan Update.
Get Involved with Phase 2 Open Houses
Review the OCP draft strategic directions and share your feedback by dropping in at an open house in June and July 2025. See below for open house dates and locations.
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 have 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.
On May 26, 2025, Council endorsed phase two of the OCP Update. This phase involves draft strategic directions that are informed by background research and the engagement feedback in phase one. The draft strategic directions will guide the city’s growth for the next 25 years, ensuring a resilient, equitable, adaptable and complete community. Drop-in open houses will take place in June and July 2025. See below for open house dates and locations:
| Wed, Jun 18: 6:00-8:30pm Steveston Community Centre 4111 Moncton Street |
Wed, Jul 2: 4:30-7:00pm South Arm Community Centre 8880 Williams Road |
| Sat, Jun 21: 10:00am-9:00pm CF Richmond Centre (near Old Navy) 6551 No. 3 Road |
Thu, Jul 3: 11:00am-1:30pm Cambie Community Centre 12800 Cambie Road |
| Tue, Jun 24: 12:00-2:30pm and 6:00-8:30pm (staff presentations held at 1:00 and 7:00pm) Richmond City Hall Galleria 6911 No. 3 Road |
Wed, Jul 9: 4:30-7:00pm Thompson Community Centre 5151 Granville Avenue |
| Wed, Jun 25: 6:00-8:30pm Hamilton Community Centre 5140 Smith Drive |
The OCP display boards will be available for viewing in the City Hall Galleria during business hours from Wednesday, June 11 to Friday, July 18, 2025.
Youth Artwork ContestAttention all youth - have your artwork featured on the cover of (or inside) Richmond's Official Community Plan. Submit your artwork by Sun, Jun 8, 2025. For more information on how to participate, visit: LetsTalkRichmond.ca/OCPYouthArtContest
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 about phase one, visit Let's Talk Richmond Official Community Plan Update 2024.
Staff reports:
- Proposed Strategic Policy Directions – May 2025
- Phase One Public Engagement Summary and Phase Two (Next Steps) – February 2025
- Phase 1 Public Engagement Overview – August 2024
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