Esquimalt offers opportunities for residential, commercial, and industrial development and has a growing commercial sector
Regulations and requirements for:
- Development Permits
- Development Variance Permits
- Official Community Plan Amendments
- Rezoning
- Subdivision and Servicing
- Board of Variance Applications
Forms:
- Building plan request form
- Fillable property information request letter
- Interactive property information map and property zoning map
- Download a Development Permit Application and Application Checklist
- Download a printable or a fillable Green Building Checklist
Download fillable Development Permit Guideline checklists:
- DPA 1 - Natural Environment
- DPA 2 - Hazardous Conditions
- DPA 3 - Enhanced Design Control Residential
- DPA 4 - Commercial
- DPA 5 - Business
- DPA 6 - Multi-Family Residential
- DPA 7 - Energy Conservation & Greenhouse Gas Reduction
- DPA 8 - Water Conservation
- DPA 9 - English Inn
- DPA 10 - Esquimalt Town Square
- DPA 11 - West Bay
- DPA 12 - McLoughlin Point
- Development Guidelines for DADUs
Relevant Bylaws
- Development Application Procedures and Fees Bylaw (No. 2791)
- Zoning Bylaw (No. 2050)
- Parking Bylaw (No. 2011)
Useful resources for:
- Designing density: multi-family design guidelines for social health
- Detached accessory dwelling units (DADU); carriage houses
- Commercial and industrial development
- Residential development
- Development in environmentally sensitive areas
- BC Energy Step Code Builder Guide
View our development tracker for map-based information