Agricultural Land Development

Tony Cooke has been corresponding with our Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) planner Martin Collins about Council's request to the ALC to remove some land from the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR). It's not clear how much land is in question, or which specific parcels are being considered, but Mr. Collins offered this advice:

"There will likely be no formal public information meeting. However, the public are encouraged to provide written comments to this office in the next several weeks."

The application may not be for the ALR land slated for development in the second draft of the OCP, but it would be great to find out what exactly the request is for. One would hope that we'd be finalizing the OCP before getting into the process of having land removed. If you have an opinion or want more information, e-mail Mr. Collins (Martin.Collins@gems9.gov.bc.ca).