As mentioned in previous updates, at their regular meeting on July 21st, Council endorsed in principle the North Bluff Road Corridor Plan and authorized staff to prepare the materials needed to amend the City’s Official Community Plan (OCP) to include the proposed North Bluff Road Corridor land use designations and development policies.   

Land Use  

• The highest densities (shown in red in Figure 2.0) are concentrated in a mixed-use node that spans from North Bluff Road to Thrift Avenue and between Martin and George Streets, with Johnston Road forming a continuous high-density commercial area where the high-density mixed-use areas within the core are proposed to support buildings ranging from 16 to 22 storeys.  
• Medium-density mixed-use areas (shown in orange in Figure 2.0) are planned around Peace Arch Hospital to support health-related services and respond to anticipated growth. The medium-density mixed-use areas are proposed to support 6 to 15 storeys. Building heights reflect this structure, with the tallest built forms (15 storeys) located near the municipal boundary, where North Bluff Road interfaces with South Surrey’s Semiahmoo Town Centre Plan Area. This development approach supports a variety of building types, including wood-frame, mass timber, and concrete construction, and provides a gradual transition to adjacent lower-density residential neighbourhoods.  
• Medium-density residential areas (shown in yellow in Figure 2.0) are planned east of Peace Arch Hospital and west of Martin Street to support housing, health-related services, and accommodate future growth, respectively. 
• Institutional and Utility (shown in purple Figure 2.0) areas are intended for development to support more hospital-related and civic uses, along with retaining existing utility uses such as the White Rock Substation and Water yard Facility, within the Study Area. 
• The Park designation (shown in light green in Figure 2.0) outlines the location of new and existing parks and open spaces within the Study Area. 

Additional information can be found in the  full report by City staff. 

December 17, 2024

At their meeting on December 9th, Council endorsed the North Bluff Road Corridor Study & OCP Review Report and directed staff to prepare and post a Request for Proposals based on the project scope. 

On June 12, 2023, Council directed staff to prepare a project scope report for the North Bluff Corridor Study. Since that time, new provincial legislation has come into effect that requires the City to update the OCP before December 31, 2024. The report proposes a combined North Bluff Corridor Study & OCP Review (Provincial updates) 2025 project scope and process, that will allow both the Corridor Study and the mandated OCP review work to be completed by the end of 2025. This approach also structures the entire project into processes that are ‘independent but concurrent’ to the Corridor Study, with an anticipated completion date of early December 2025. 

Additional information can be found in the  full report by City staff and appendix A –  proposed expansion study area.