Official Community Plan Targeted Update

Learn more about the Official Community Plan (OCP) update at Let's Talk Richmond Official Community Plan Update.

Youth Artwork Contest
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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.

Phase two involves drafting strategic directions that are informed by background research and the engagement feedback in Phase one. Community members will be engaged in late spring 2025.

Phase three involves drafting clear policies that are informed by the strategic directions. The new OCP bylaw will be prepared for Council consideration with a Public Hearing at the end of 2025.