Lasqueti trustees request island-wide subdivision analysis

The Local Trust Committee also voted to stop work on Bylaw No. 107 and seek a business case for the Official Community Plan review.

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The Lasqueti Island Local Trust Committee requested an analysis of subdivision potential across all Subdivision Districts, including lot-size data and build-out potential. [1]

The committee also requested that staff include a project charter and Draft Bylaw No. 108 in the agenda package for its earliest available meeting. [1]

The committee voted to proceed no further with Bylaw No. 107, cited as “Lasqueti Island Land Use Bylaw No. 78, 2005, Amendment No. 1, 2025”. [1]

The Planner said unintended outcomes had been identified under the proposed 64.74-hectare threshold, including the possibility that a slightly smaller parcel could have greater subdivision potential than a slightly larger parcel. [1]

The committee requested information from staff on what an Interests Framework with First Nations would look like to inform the Official Community Plan work project. [1]

The committee also requested that staff prepare a business case for the Official Community Plan Review Project and forward it to relevant committees and Trust Council for the 2027/2028 budget. [1]

Sources

  1. Lasqueti Island Local Trust Committee Minutes of Regular Meeting, July 6, 2026
    that the Lasqueti Island Local Trust Committee request staff to conduct an analysis of subdivision potential across all Subdivision Districts, and report back with lot size data and build out potential.

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