HRM council to get first look at updated regional growth plan

CITYnews halifax / By Mark Hodgins

A special meeting of Halifax council is happening Tuesday morning, with just one item on the agenda. A first look at a new regional plan for the municipality.

The regional plan establishes long-range, region-wide planning policies outlining where, when, and how future growth and development should take place between now and 2031.

In 2020, just before the pandemic hit, council initiated a review of the regional plan, which has been in its current form since 2014.

A special meeting of council today will give councillors a chance to discuss staff’s updated regional plan.

The new plan, among other things, addresses changes the province made last year introducing new minimum planning requirement regulations.

The staff report on the new plan recommends councillors give first reading and then schedule public consultation on the changes.

You can find the full report on the city’s website. Today’s meeting gets underway at 10 a.m.