The process of getting a development permit in the City of Vancouver has improved over the past year and is expected to continue to do so.
The city’s mayor says that efforts to speed up processing times for new permits have proved successful even as the City deals with a record level of development.
Single-storey laneway home permits can now be expediated within a week and further improvements are being implemented this fall.
These include:
The city’s mayor says that efforts to speed up processing times for new permits have proved successful even as the City deals with a record level of development.
Single-storey laneway home permits can now be expediated within a week and further improvements are being implemented this fall.
These include:
- a single point of contact to all projects;
- service-level agreements and committing to specific customer return times for permits for affordable housing and low-density housing projects, to ensure projects move forward in a timely way;
- setting time limits and separated queues to reduce lineups for permit applicants.