Heritage Planning Programs

The branch offers a variety of community heritage planning programs to encourage and assist local governments in conserving British Columbia’s heritage.  Please note that program availability is subject to change.  Contact your Regional Heritage Planner to find out which resources are currently available.

These programs are designed to assist communities in planning and developing self-sustaining heritage conservation programs:

• Community Heritage Context Planning
  Supports planning to identify and explain a community’s heritage context – the major factors and processes that influenced evolution.
• Strategic Planning Program
  Supports the preparation of a five to ten year strategy within which to plan, develop, implement and evaluate a community heritage program.
• Implementation Planning Program
  Supports the preparation of detailed plans outlining how a heritage strategic plan will be implemented.
• Community Heritage Registers Program
  Supports the development of community heritage registers [171kb] by local governments, consistent with the documentation standards of the BC Register of Historic Places.
• Conservation and Feasibility Planning Program
  Supports the preparation of conservation or feasibility plans for historic places officially recognized by a local government.