Below is some information on the issues that the Forum is looking into. If you would like more details or to discuss, please contact cdf@halfmoon-bay.ca

DL 1427 (Bayview Hills)

• Development website
• Coast Reporter – Volume of SCRD bylaw infraction fines hits new high, 17 Aug 2022
• Coast Reporter – Halfmoon Bay groups say communication lacking on Bayview Hills development, 6 Jul 2022
• Coast Reporter – SCRD bylaw officers investigating a development in Halfmoon Bay, 12 Apr 2022
• Letter to SCRD and MoTI requesting court order, 31 March 2022

DL 2394 (Truman Road)

• Development website
• Letter from residents to SCRD opposing development proposal, 3 Oct 2022
• Coast Reporter – Residents sound off on proposed 50-lot Halfmoon Bay subdivision, 20 Apr 2022

DL 6322 & 1485 (Wood Bay Heights)

• Development website
• Letter from MoTI, Proposed 7 lot Conventional Subdivision, DL6322 and DL1485, 6 Apr 2021
• Letter from MoTI, Proposed 6 lot Conventional Subdivision, DL1485, 6 Apr 2021
• Restricted Covenant on DL1485 (p.101), 21 Nov 2013

DL 4444 (Telus Wilderness Point)

• Development website
• CDF Issue Brief: Cawley Point Cabins DL4444 (Telus Wilderness Point) – Development Variance Permit Application, 12 Sept 2023
• Coast Reporter – Telus’ Cawley Point cabins variance review set for fall, 8 Aug 2023
• Coast Reporter – More Review on Telus Cawley Point cabins requested: SCRD directors, 21 Jul 2023
• Coast Reporter – Sechelt Council grants development permit for Telus Marina, 8 Mar 2023
• Coast Reporter – Telus set to break ground on restaurant, marina, community hub, 28 Oct 2022
• Coast Reporter – Telus welcomes B.C. teens to the company’s first summer camp, 20 Jul 2022
• Coast Reporter – Sechelt Approves Telus Living Development Permit, 22 Jun 2022
• Coast Reporter – Telus to spend $50 million on Sechelt Inlet Camp and Marina, 7 Oct 2021
• Coast Reporter – Plans in works for Telus children’s camp on Sechelt Inlet, 24 Jan 2020
• SCRD, DoS, Shishalh Nation – Sechelt Inlets Coastal Strategy, 15 Jun 1990

Issues Related to Land Development

• Email to SCRD on DL5416 Enforcement and Remediation, 12 Dec 2024
• CDF Issue Brief: Brooks Road DL5416 – Land Alteration, Jan 2024
• Submission to SCRD on concerns and solutions regarding land development, 14 Nov 2022

Stormwater Management

• Correspondence with MoTI on stormwater management related to DL2733, Redrooffs Road, Sept-Nov 2022

Ecosystem Protection

• CDF Issue Brief: Preserving Coastal Douglas-fir ecosystems in Halfmoon Bay, Mar 2023
• Kenyon Creek at Redrooffs Road, Environmental  Assessment, Jan 2023
• CDFCP – Conservation Planning in Coastal Douglas-fir Ecosystems: A Quick Guide for Local Government, 2022
  • SCRD is a member of The Coastal Douglas-fir and Associated Ecosystems Conservation Partnership and a signatory to their Statement of Cooperation
• Sunshine Coast Biodiversity Strategy , Ruby Lake Lagoon Society, 2012 
• SCRD Tree Cutting Bylaw, 1991 (limited to riparian areas and parts of the shoreline)
• SCRD, DoS, Shishalh Nation, Sechelt Inlets Coastal Strategy, 15 Jun 1990

Official Community Plan (OCP) Update (2024-26)

• Synopsis of Workshop on Green Bylaws for the Sunshine Coast, organized by CDF and SCCA, Nov 2024
• Report on Green Bylaws for the Sunshine Coast, ELC, University of Victoria, July 2024
  • Summary of Green Bylaws report, July 2024
• SCRD Documents & Reports Supporting the OCP Renewal Project, Dec 2023
• SCRD Official Community Plan Renewal Process, 2024-2026
• Sunshine Coast Interactive Planning Map (Map Help), Jun 2023
  
  • This interactive map, created with assistance from the SCRD, shows a variety of information about Halfmoon Bay which is relevant to the renewal of the Official Community Plan. Some guidance on using the map:
    1) Note that the ‘Project Area’ includes all private, crown, federal, municipal, First Nation and mixed ownership land. 
    2) Click on the Layers button (top of side bar on left) to modify the interactive map with a variety of information overlaid on Halfmoon Bay, including:
    
    • Property type and SCRD Electoral Area boundaries
    • Development Permit Areas
    • Streams, watersheds and aquifers
    • Biogeoclimatic zones such as Coastal Douglas-fir ecosystems (CDF, CDFmm)
• Halfmoon Bay Geotechnical Hazards Report, May 2013
• Halfmoon Bay OCP (Maps, Geotech Hazard Report), consolidated June 2009 (adopted 1990)
• Halfmoon Bay OCP (Maps, Geotech Hazard Report), adopted Nov 1990

SCRD Policies & Processes

• CDF-SCRD exchange on Development Approvals Process Review (PEP1), May 2023
• CDF input on draft SCRD policy for OCP amendments, Apr 2023
• Draft SCRD policy for OCP amendments, Mar 2023