The Eastern District Planning Commission
provides planning, subdivision and building inspection services in eastern Nova Scotia for the Counties of Antigonish, Inverness, Richmond, and Victoria and the Towns of Port Hawkesbury and Antigonish. The planners, development officers, building inspectors and support staff work toward developing a safe and healthy community for you and your family. For more information on the application and permitting processes see below.
Plan Area Notices
Plan Eastern Nova is a project to create a Municipal Planning Strategy (MPS) and Land Use Bylaw (LUB) for all areas of the Municipalities of Antigonish, Inverness, Richmond and Victoria Counties that currently do not have planning documents in place.
Plan documents have been approved for Antigonish, Inverness, Richmond and Victoria Counties. Check the Plan Documents page to view the documents and maps.
Check project news at the Plan Eastern Nova website.
Current Staff Reports
Cheticamp
| Development Agreement application from Charlamara Holdings Inc. for a resort development at PID 50271824 (36 Chemin De L’Anse Des Bois Maries, Petit Etang) View Document |
Inverness
| Application to enter into a concurrent rezoning and Development Agreement for the adaptive reuse and mixed-use residential development on Lot 47, Upper Railway Street, Inverness. View Document |
Antigonish County
| Application by Eigg Mountain Wind Inc., a wholly-owner subsidiary of Renewable Energy Systems Canada Inc. to amend the Wind Resource Overlay in the Plan Antigonish Land Use By-law to include 24 portions of privately owned land in Antigonish County to allow for the construction of 22 Wind Turbines. View Document View Document |
| Amendments to the Plan Antigonish Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law for the Municipality of the County of Antigonish in Response to New Provincial Setback Requirements for Utility Scale Wind Turbines and in response to an appeal before the Nova Scotia Regulatory and Appeals Board. View Document |
| Proposed Amendments to the Plan Antigonish Land Use By-law for the Municipality of the County of Antigonish in Response to New Provincial Setback Requirements for Utility Scale Wind Turbines View Document |
| Review of Flood Mapping within the West River Antigonish Harbour and Central Antigonish Plan Areas. View Document |
Richmond County
| Review of the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation Housing Design Catalogue and assess compatibility with the Richmond County Land Use By‐law and Secondary Plan Area Land Use By‐law. View Document |
West River Antigonish Harbour Plan
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1) Application on behalf of Riavan Investments Limited to enter into a Development Agreement for a 40–60-unit apartment complex on Lots 1A (PID 01248673) and 2 (PID 01286475) Lands of Riavan Investments Limited, Church Street Extension, West River, Antigonish County and
2) Application to rezone a portion of Lot 1 A ( PID 01248673) and Lot 2 (PID 01286475) Lands of Riavan Investments Limited, Church Street Extension, West River, Antigonish County from the Residential (R-1) Zone to the Local Commercial (C-1) Zone. |
| Application by Stephan Hilber and Andrea Rueedi to amend the West River Antigonish Harbour Land Use By-law by rezoning a portion of the property located at PID# 01231182 from Rural General (RG-1) to Tourist Commercial (TC-1). View Document View Addendum Report |