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What's Building in Your Neighbourhood?

Jun 04, 2015

Curious about development activities in your neighbourhood? The What's Building in My Neighbourhood tool on the City website can give you information on development applications in Nanaimo.

With the tool you can search applications by neighbourhood, application type, application date, street address, file number and bylaw number.

Subscribe to be notified of development activities in your neighbourhood. You will be emailed when new applications are posted in your neighbourhood; status changes and updates are posted to applications you are subscribed to; updates to drawing and reports are added; and notices are posted. Choose to be notified of individual application updates, daily summaries, weekly summaries, or monthly summaries. You can also view your subscriptions online and customize to see only applications you are interested in.

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The following applications are available to view in the tool:

  • Board of Variance
  • Development Permit
  • Development Variance Permit
  • Land Use Contract or Covenant
  • Liquor License
  • Rezoning
  • Temporary Use Permit

Each application will include:

  • Location
  • Type, description and status of application
  • Relevant dates
  • Drawings and reports
  • Notices
  • Applicable policies and regulations
  • A map

For more information and to subscribe, check out What's Building in My Neighbourhood on the City website.

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