New Westminster Updates

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Originally Posted by madog222

Draft 2025 OCP update is viewable under the June 2nd council workshop slides. Big changes both inside and outside of the legislated TOD zones including .

https://pub-newwestcity.escribemeetings....nda&lang=English&Item=23&Tab=attachments

Land use designation map here, too detailed to post as an image, best kept as a pdf: https://pub-newwestcity.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=22117

Looking at the land use map, I have to admit to being disappointed. They're doing a version of the grand bargain and still mostly limiting towers to areas they already exist. Meanwhile there's a lot of SFH areas - they've even got it divided between where houses vs townhouses are allowed.

Sure there are more areas that will allow low and midrise buildings - but how many developers have been willing to build midrise? It's usually low or highrise they build.