Index of articles regarding the Saanich Official Community Plan (OCP) and the “decoupled” Local Area Plans (LAPs)

Saanich and a lobbying organization for development and real estate discussed decoupling the Local Area Plans from the Official Community Plan in the spring of 2022 – CRD Watch Homepage

The development lobby proposed decoupling the Saanich Local Area Plans from the Official Community Plan. They got what they wanted 2 years later. – CRD Watch Homepage

FOI Request to BC Transit yields information about the UDI event: “Pathways to Progress: Uniting Land Use and Transit Strategies for Sustainable Growth” which took place the same day that Saanich adopted its new Official Community Plan and rendered its Local Area Plans legally non-binding. – CRD Watch Homepage

Citizens Protest the Likely Imminent Disabling of the Saanich Local Area Plans – CRD Watch Homepage

Through the Looking Glass: How Saanich Politicians and Staff are in the Process of Disabling the Local Area Plans Without the Public Realizing it. – CRD Watch Homepage

Dialogue between Councillor Plant and Saanich Staffer Reveals how the Local Area Plans (LAPs) are Being Nullified in the New Proposed Official Community Plan (OCP) for the District: – CRD Watch Homepage


Saanich’s Draft OCP Does not Protect Natural Environment. – CRD Watch Homepage