Esquimalt offers opportunities for residential, commercial, and industrial development and has a growing commercial sector
Development Protocol
This Development Protocol is intended to provide Developers and Prime Contractors with the Township requirements and expectations for site preparation and construction activities, while preventing significant disruption or impacts to neighbouring residents, properties, businesses, infrastructure, and the natural environment. View the document
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