Description of the Vancouver Plan

 

The Vancouver Plan includes new development building typologies applied throughout the city without applying neighbourhood-based planning principles or responding to local context.

The 230-page report effectively changes housing and development across the whole city

• Significantly increases higher density development across the city
• New regional designations for Major Transit Growth Corridors along existing bus routes
• Expanded transit development corridors and areas
• Development growth targeted near neighbourhood centres up to 12 storeys on side streets
• 12 -18 storeys close to stations with high towers +25 storeys on stations and major projects
• Multiplexes are allowed throughout RS and RT zones covering the rest of the city
• Little to no reference to neighbourhood character or heritage buildings
• Incorporates major plans such as Broadway Plan, Jericho Lands, etc.
• Overrides Community Plans and Visions
• Unrealistic growth promoting housing targets that are not based on transparent data evidence