Municipal Land Use Planning
Plan Victoria is a project to create a Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law for all areas of the Municipality of the County of Victoria. In 2018, the Provincial Government passed Bill 58, an amendment to the Municipal Government Act that requires every municipality to develop and adopt planning. Currently, the municipality of the County of Victoria has one plan area (Baddeck) and a plan related to large-scale wind turbines. Much of the Municipality currently remains unplanned. It is part of the Plan Eastern Nova project to create a Municipal Planning Strategy (MPS) and Land Use Bylaw (LUB) for all areas of the Municipalities of Antigonish, Inverness, Richmond and Victoria that currently do not have planning documents in place.
Existing Planning Documents
- Baddeck Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law
- Wind Turbine Development Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law
Project News
A Public Hearing was held October 17, 2024.
At the Second Reading, which followed the public hearing on October 17, 2024, council voted to delay approval of the documents until after the municipal election, with the understanding that the process needs to conclude by the provincial deadline in December 2024.
2024.10.15
UPLAND will be hosting two Public Information Sessions on Wednesday, October 16th in advance of the Public Hearing.
The Public Hearing on Thursday will be a formal meeting intended for Council to receive input “for” or “against” the proposed MPS and LUB. While there will be time for a brief summary of the documents, there will not be opportunity for detailed questions and answers. In contrast, the Public Information Sessions will be more casual meetings to allow people to learn about the proposed documents if they are still new to the Plan Victoria project and have not been able to engage with the team to date. The goal of these Public Information Sessions is to explain the planning process and answer questions about the proposed documents. They are not intended to be consultation sessions to discuss changes to the documents, but instead to clarify the content of the documents that are currently before Council.
There will be two sessions on Wednesday, October 16th:
2-4pm at the Englishtown Community Hall, 971 NS-312, Englishtown, NS
7-9pm at the St. John’s Anglican Church Hall, 36042 Cabot Trail Rd, Ingonish, NS
Public Hearing Scheduled for October 17th*
*Please note rescheduled date for the Public Hearing of October 17th at 1pm
2024.09.24
The Council of the Municipality of the County of Victoria is holding a Public Hearing on the “Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law” at Council Session to be held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 17th, 2024, located at 495 Chebucto Street, Baddeck, NS.
The object of this Public Hearing is to hear from the public before the “Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law” go to Second Reading. These documents would apply to all areas of the Municipality except for those already subject to the Baddeck Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law.
Copies of the “Land Use By-law” and the “Municipal Planning Strategy” may be inspected by interested persons at the Court House, 495 Chebucto Street, Baddeck, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, excluding Statutory Holidays or by visiting the Victoria North Regional Library, 36243 Cabot Trail, Ingonish, during regular library hours. They are also available to view and download below.
Updated Draft Documents Released
Updated Draft Documents Released
2024.09.16 (Maps Updated September 25th)
Updated Drafts of the Municipal Planning Strategy and the Land Use Bylaw, as well as the Zoning Maps and Generalized Future Land Use Map (see buttons below), for Victoria County are now available. Stay tuned for the Public Hearing date as the documents move through the formal adoption process.
2024.02.13
Updated Drafts of the Municipal Planning Strategy and the Land Use Bylaw for Victoria County are now available.
Fact Sheets
Planning documents can be daunting, so we created a series of Fact Sheets detailing the policy directions pertaining to the following key issues:
Share Your Feedback
We want your feedback on the updated draft documents! This will help inform any final changes before the documents go to Council to begin the formal adoption process in Spring 2024. The formal adoption process will include a Public Hearing.
To provide feedback on the drafts, you can:
To provide feedback on the drafts, you can:
- Use the online feedback form.
- Use the online zoning map to review the zoning proposed for your site.
- Email hello@planvictoria.ca
- Mail written submissions to:
UPLAND Studio
1489 Hollis Street, Level 2
Halifax, NS B3J 3M5 - Contact the project team at 902.423.0649
To guarantee your feedback is considered in the next draft, please submit your feedback by 11:59pm on March 31st, 2024.
Want to learn a bit more about the project and its goals? The video below gives an overview of the project, as well as some information about planning in Nova Scotia more generally.
Project Archive
What We Heard: Initial Engagement Summary
Take a read through the initial engagement summary for Plan Victoria and see what issues were top of mind for people in the Municipality. The feedback collected throughout this process informed the Draft Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use Bylaw.
To learn more about the Plan Eastern Nova project, planning more generally, and why it’s important, check out the project Home page.
Input from the public will be instrumental in determining the path forward – sign up for updates on the Home page to stay in the loop and learn about opportunities to share your thoughts.
Contact the project team if you have any questions:
