The Corporation of the City of Courtenay identified a need to streamline its development policies and process. In the City’s 2013 Strategic Priorities Report Members of Council and senior Staff expressed support for critically examining the development process and procedures to streamline development projects, and allow them to proceed in a way that meet the short- and long- terms interests of the community and applicants.
Aplin Martin Consultants Ltd. efforts where focused on providing a macro-level analysis of subdivision policy, process and procedures. This policy and process review was conducted as a high-level exercise designed to assess policy and procedural efficiencies in broad terms.