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Project Lunenburg Comprehensive Community Plan

Jan 2019

Project Lunenburg was a process for creating a Comprehensive Community Plan and reviewing and updating the Town’s planning documents. UPLAND was hired by the Town to guide this major two-year process that defined community goals and aspirations, and charted a course that got community efforts moving in the same direction, contributing to a shared vision for the future. 

The Town’s previously existing Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law were adopted in 1996 and periodically updated as required. While these documents guided the development of the community, they were limited in their ability to influence aspects of the community beyond land uses and new building development. 

Council and the community took a more holistic look at the future of Lunenburg so that decisions about parks and public spaces, utility investments, arts programming, public buildings, streetscaping, transportation infrastructure, architectural design, collaboration, and land use all supported a shared vision.

Community input was at the core of Project Lunenburg, with over 400 people participating in the formative stage of the process, including 150 attending a workshop on housing. The consultation was delivered online, through outreach, with interviews, and monthly public meetings on key topic areas. As the community focused on one topic at a time, the topics were supported with a Discussion Paper providing background information and broader context, and a What We Heard Report that summarizes the community input. 

The final outcomes for the Comprehensive Plan included guiding objectives, spatial plans, priorities for implementation, with the formal adoption of the MPS and LUB occurring in July 2021. 

The Town currently has a Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law that were adopted in 1996 and periodically updated as required. While these documents do guide the development of the community, they are limited in their ability to influence aspects of the community beyond land uses and new building development.

Council and the community are now taking a more holistic look at the future of Lunenburg so that decisions about parks and public spaces, utility investments, arts programming, public buildings, streetscaping, transportation infrastructure, architectural design, collaboration, and land use all support a shared vision.

Community input was at the core of Project Lunenburg, with over 400 people participating in the formative stage of the process, including 150 attending a workshop on housing. The consultation was delivered online, through outreach, with interviews, and monthly public meetings on key topic areas. As the community focused on one topic at a time, the topics were supported with a Discussion Paper providing background information and broader context, and a What We Heard Report that summarizes the community input.

The final outcomes include guiding objectives, spatial plans, priorities for implementation, and will be followed by an updated MPS and LUB.

Lunenburg-CCP-002
Clients: Town of Lunenburg
Location: Lunenburg, NS
Service areas: Comprehensive Planning, Land Use Planning, Municipal Plans, Urban Design
Start date: Jan 2019
Finish Date: Jul 2021
Collaborating: Turner Drake, CBCL, Wendy Shearer
Project Lunenburg comprehensive community plan nearing completion Jul 2020
6-storey buildings to be allowed in parts of Lunenburg Sep 2021