Community Association Land Use Committee
The CALUC is a volunteer committee that researches community opinion on land use in our neighbourhood. The CALUC helps our neighbours engage in community planning by providing opportunities and processes to collect and forward residents’ comments to City Council. The CALUC reviews development applications & proposals for rezoning in the Fairfield and Gonzales areas, and hears and records public input on these matters. The CALUC has no decision-making authority over proposed developments, and all decisions are made by the city. Residents may also provide input by writing to City Council, attending Council meetings, as well as talking to City councillors. Community Meeting General Info
Upcoming Meetings
Next Meeting: November 24th cancelled, no proposals coming forward
Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
2025/26: November 24, January 26, February 23,
March 23, April 27, May 25, June 22, July 27
For information or to get on the agenda, please get in touch.
For all applications, once the proposed plans and a project summary have been received by the City, they will be posted on the Development Tracker and an online comment form is available to share comments. So please keep checking the Development Tracker on these and all applications for updates.
Update to CALUC process 2025
On October 2, 2025, OCP-2050 became the City of Victoria’s Official Community Plan which is to guide and regulate new development across the city. Together with other City policies, strategies and regulations, it will guide works undertaken by the City and has a strong connection to the City’s zoning bylaws.
A significant bylaw now within OCP-2050 is Delegation Bylaw (no. 24-045), giving “delegated authority” to city staff to approve, negotiate and administer certain matters without Council input. While provincial mandate prohibits Public Hearings for proposed housing falling within the OCP, the delegated authority bylaw expands that to mean that Council will not consider developments or most other matters that fall within the OCP.
Heritage structures will be handled somewhat differently. Heritage related rezoning applications go to the neighbourhood Community Association Land Use Committee (CALUC), as do all rezoning applications, but standalone heritage alteration permits or designations do not go to the CALUC as part of the application process. Further, rezoning, designation and registration require Council approval. Some heritage alteration permits are delegated to staff as per the Land Use Procedures Bylaw.
Development Proposals within OCP-2050:
The zoning bylaw within OCP-2050 is Zoning Bylaw 2018. Applications which meet the zones within the Plan will not be forwarded to the neighbourhood CALUC for consideration. While “Schedule P – Missing Middle Regulations” still exists, there are now few properties in the city to which these regulations might apply.
For developments with heights or density greater than the Plan’s new zones, a CALUC process would be required. This is expected to be rare, hence few CALUC community meetings may occur. Though developers may choose to seek community input on developments, it will not be mandatory if the project falls within current zoning.
For developments that do NOT require a CALUC process, there is no signage or notification required, but you can learn about the status of a property using VicMap and the Development Tracker.
VicMap is a map of properties in the city which enables you to view a wide range of data and download raw data directly from the map. Development Tracker is a tool to help keep you informed on developments. You can search for current and completed development applications by address and/or neighbourhood. You may also sign up for email updates on current and future development applications.
Advisory Design Panel (ADP) and Heritage Advisory Panel (HAP):
These panels continue to exist under OCP-2050. The panels meet monthly, are open to the public, and agendas are published on the City website.
The Advisory Design Panel provides advice on the design merits of plans as part of rezoning applications, development permits, and special projects referred to the Panel. Staff may refer applications involving architects, both delegated and those requiring Council approval, to the Panel as part of the application review process.
The Heritage Advisory Panel advises the Committee of the Whole on those heritage matters coming within the scope of the committee under the Local Government Act or that are referred to it by the Council.
Past Meetings
We are happy to receive emails on any proposal, at any time and we will include all such emails with our report to the City on the Community Meeting.
Visit the City of Victoria ~ Sustainable Planning & Community Development to find information and direction around development, zoning and Community Association Land Use Committees (CALUC)
The City of Victoria’s Terms of Reference for all CALUCs can be found here.
City of Victoria ~ Maps
To view all City of Victoria neighbourhoods on one map, visit this link.
Also see individual maps of: