Horseshoe Bay Local Area Plan

Background

Horseshoe Bay, located at the western tip of West Vancouver, is a unique seaside neighbourhood sloping down to a commercial village situated along the waterfront. Its marine commercial character, casual ambiance, visitor attractions, and position as “Mile Zero” of the Sea-to-Sky Highway and “gateway” to Howe Sound provide the setting for a waterfront neighbourhood, village and destination frequented year-round by visitors and tourists.

At its meeting on March 11, 2019, Council directed staff to commence the Horseshoe Bay Local Area Plan (LAP) process to create a new LAP for the area in accordance with an approved Terms of Reference. Please see the Document Library located on the right for a copy of the Council Report and Terms of Reference.

Part of the Official Community Plan

The Horseshoe Bay LAP preparation process will involve working with local stakeholders and the community on issues and opportunities in a contextually-sensitive manner.

As the LAP will become part of the Official Community Plan (OCP), the preparation of the LAP will also consider neighbourhood-level responses to the District-wide objectives and policies identified in the OCP.

Planning Process

The four anticipated phases of the Horseshoe Bay local area planning process are illustrated in the diagram below:


Background

Horseshoe Bay, located at the western tip of West Vancouver, is a unique seaside neighbourhood sloping down to a commercial village situated along the waterfront. Its marine commercial character, casual ambiance, visitor attractions, and position as “Mile Zero” of the Sea-to-Sky Highway and “gateway” to Howe Sound provide the setting for a waterfront neighbourhood, village and destination frequented year-round by visitors and tourists.

At its meeting on March 11, 2019, Council directed staff to commence the Horseshoe Bay Local Area Plan (LAP) process to create a new LAP for the area in accordance with an approved Terms of Reference. Please see the Document Library located on the right for a copy of the Council Report and Terms of Reference.

Part of the Official Community Plan

The Horseshoe Bay LAP preparation process will involve working with local stakeholders and the community on issues and opportunities in a contextually-sensitive manner.

As the LAP will become part of the Official Community Plan (OCP), the preparation of the LAP will also consider neighbourhood-level responses to the District-wide objectives and policies identified in the OCP.

Planning Process

The four anticipated phases of the Horseshoe Bay local area planning process are illustrated in the diagram below:


  • Phase 1 engagement summary & progress report now available!

    6 days ago

    Thank you again to those who participated in Phase 1 Vision of the Horseshoe Bay Local Area Plan (LAP) process. A review of all public input has been completed.

    The full transcript of all Phase 1 community input, a summary of Phase 1 engagement findings, and a Council report are now available online.

    View Council report

    Pending Council direction, we anticipate moving forward to Phase 2 Options this fall. Please stay tuned by subscribing for project updates.

    We look forward to continuing working with the local community and stakeholders on the next phase of planning for Horseshoe Bay.

    Thank you again to those who participated in Phase 1 Vision of the Horseshoe Bay Local Area Plan (LAP) process. A review of all public input has been completed.

    The full transcript of all Phase 1 community input, a summary of Phase 1 engagement findings, and a Council report are now available online.

    View Council report

    Pending Council direction, we anticipate moving forward to Phase 2 Options this fall. Please stay tuned by subscribing for project updates.

    We look forward to continuing working with the local community and stakeholders on the next phase of planning for Horseshoe Bay.

  • Thank you for participating in the ImagineHSB visioning workshops!

    about 1 month ago

    Thank you to those who participated in the ImagineHSB visioning workshops!

    We heard a lot of positive feedback about the events and hundreds of great ideas were generated through the workshops on May 29, June 4 and June 8, 2019.

    Staff will now carefully review all public input to present to Council and seek directions on next steps.

    Please subscribe for project updates and feel free to browse through photos from the three workshops in the photo gallery. The workshop presentation, engagement boards and video are also available in the Document and Video Libraries.

    Thank you to those who participated in the ImagineHSB visioning workshops!

    We heard a lot of positive feedback about the events and hundreds of great ideas were generated through the workshops on May 29, June 4 and June 8, 2019.

    Staff will now carefully review all public input to present to Council and seek directions on next steps.

    Please subscribe for project updates and feel free to browse through photos from the three workshops in the photo gallery. The workshop presentation, engagement boards and video are also available in the Document and Video Libraries.