City Centre Plan
We're Updating the City Centre Plan
Community Engagement Underway! See materials from June 12 open house
Surrey City Centre is undergoing a bold transformation into an energetic metropolitan centre. In 2017 we created a plan to guide this transformation. Since then, significant growth and development has occurred. Over the last several years, we have been making updates to the plan to ensure a vibrant downtown. We created a Central Business District to concentrate new office development. We also made changes to prepare for a new SkyTrain station on the edge of City Centre. In recent years, housing has been a challenge in Surrey and beyond. Further updates are now needed to address this challenge before we complete the plan.
New Housing Legislation and the Plan
In November 2023 the Province passed legislation to increase the supply of housing in BC. The legislation affects the City Centre Plan in two ways:
Introduces Transit Oriented Areas (TOAs) – The legislation identifies TOAs within 800 m of existing and future SkyTrain stations. In these TOAs, there are minimum height and density standards and changes to parking requirements.
Introduces Small-Scale Multi-Unit Housing (SSMUH) - Outside the TOAs the new legislation expands the type of housing allowed in single family and duplex zones.
The City Centre Plan is being updated to reflect these new changes.
Learn more about the legislation and the changes to the City Centre Plan under Updates.
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Take Survey
We want to hear from you as we continue to update the City Centre Plan. Learn how provincial housing legislation will affect City Centre and what it means for you.
Survey closes June 30, 2024.
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