Envision St. John’s, prepared as a result of a comprehensive review, will replace the current St. John’s Municipal Plan (2003) and Development Regulations (1994). Envision was developed from an extensive consultation process and the comments of many interested citizens, community groups, property owners and businesses, with the direction of Council and the professional input of City staff.

During the review process, residents told us they want:

• a place where we enjoy a future of continued economic prosperity and diversity
• a home where citizens have a strong sense of identity embodied in their understanding and appreciation for their cultural, natural and built heritage,
• a city of active, healthy citizens, living in affordable, accessible, complete neighbourhoods, and
• a capital that attracts and welcomes investment, residents and visitors from the region, the province and the world.

The draft Envision Municipal Plan was tabled in Council in July 2014 for public review and a series of engagement events followed to share the draft and seek input. The draft Municipal Plan was updated and adopted-in-principle in July 2017 and was recently edited to ensure that all standards proposed in the new draft Development Regulations are enabled by the draft Plan. The documents and maps have been updated to April 2021 and have received a provincial release. They will be brought to Council for consideration of adoption.

Following public review of the draft Municipal Plan in 2014, City staff have been using it to write the draft development regulations. This document reflects a wide range of public interests and includes such items as revised land-use zones and lot sizes, new affordable housing forms, off-street parking, buffers between different land uses, public open space, floodplains, building heights, built heritage, agricultural lands, and more.

Take a look at the new 2021 Envision documents in the document library. Previous versions can be found in the working documents section.