community Planning

Laying the Foundation

With sustainability always at the forefront, ISL’s Community Planning group addresses the challenges that come with change in urban, rural, and regional landscapes.

Our planners have extensive experience in the preparation of land use plans, bylaws, and growth strategies. Our services accomplish the integration of land use with infrastructure and the natural environment in a sustainable manner as a proactive approach to facilitating growth. Our clients benefit from interdisciplinary collaboration, where we combine our professional planning expertise with in-house public consultation, creative services, urban design, and engineering expertise, and the strong technical support of our GIS/Mapping group.

Our Service Areas

Land Use Plans, Policies and Bylaws

Land Use Bylaws
Municipal Development Plans and Intermunicipal Development Plans
Area Structure Plans and Area Redevelopment Plans
Neighbourhood Structure Plans, Area Concept Plans,and Outline Plans
Land use policy reviews, studies, research and new policy formulation
First Nations Community Plans
Growth management strategies and studies
Public consultation and communication
Regional Planning
Integrated Growth Management Plans
Regional land use plans, growth studies, and advisory services

Land Development Engineering

Land development feasibility and site selection studies
Site planning and urban design
Rezoning, subdivision, development permit, roadclosure, and plan amendment applications
Project coordination and client representation through approval and appeal processes
Review of plans for compliance with regional policy