Fraser Highway Employment Lands
Overview
The Township of Langley is developing a Fraser Highway Employment Lands Area Plan. The Plan will increase industrial land supply from rural land and provide employment opportunities for Township residents.
Updates
November 29, 2024
Read the What We Heard Report for information on Fall 2024 public engagement activities related to this Area Plan.
Background
On February 27, 2023, Township of Langley Council directed staff to prepare a Terms of Reference for a Fraser Highway Employment Lands Area Plan, which was approved on December 4, 2023.
The Metro Vancouver region has faced a significant decline in vacant industrial land supply over the last decade. This shortage of industrial land supply can be attributed to multiple factors, one of which is the loss of large industrial sites in core urban areas to higher density development, such as residential and mixed-use, in many Metro Vancouver communities.
The Fraser Highway Employment Lands, a corridor along Fraser Highway between 228 Street and 240 Street, are comprised of approximately 500 acres of lands that are not within the Agricultural Land Reserve. Thoughtful and strategic planning for these lands will ensure effective use of industrial sites, create employment opportunities for Township residents, and increase the non-residential tax base.
The Plan Area is also home to valued environmental assets, including several water courses that support wetlands and critical habitat areas. These environmental features will be considered and protected throughout the planning process.
Redesignating the lands within the Plan Area from Rural to Industrial will be contingent on Metro Vancouver Regional District Board approving an amendment to the Regional Growth Strategy - Metro 2050.
Timeline |
| This project is being undertaken from summer/fall 2024 through fall 2025 (expected), in four phases supported by public engagement. |
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Phase 1 – Planning principles and development concepts (July - September 2024) |
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Focused on background research, environmental fieldwork and an assessment of market trends and conditions. |
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Phase 2 – Vision and development options (October - December 2024) |
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>> We are here << Feedback provided in Phase 2 will help us draft a vision statement and planning principles. Throughout Phase 2, the draft vision and development concepts will be reviewed and refined to determine a preferred development option. |
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Phase 3 – Draft area plan and policy language (January - March 2025) |
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A draft area plan will be created based on the preferred development option, which will be refined through another round of community engagement. When ready, the Township will seek to amend the Regional Growth Strategy by redesignating land within the plan area from Rural to Industrial. This process may take up to six months to complete. |
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Phase 4 – Draft area plan (following Regional Growth Strategy amendment) |
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A Draft Land Use Plan will be prepared, refined and presented to Council for adoption. Phase 4 will begin once Metro Vancouver approves the Regional Growth Strategy amendment. |
Public engagement opportunities
Open House
Thank you to all those who attended the drop-in open house to learn more about this initiative and provided feedback.
Date: Tuesday October 22, 2024
Time: 5 - 8pm
Location: Church in the Valley, 23589 Old Yale Rd
View the open house information boards here. The feedback period is now closed.
Other information
- Council Report and Terms of Reference – December 4, 2023
- Metro Vancouver’s Regional Growth Strategy - Metro 2050
Questions
If you have specific questions about this initiative, email us at cpp@tol.ca
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