Planning

• Part B.1 – Northeast Area Neighbourhood Plan
• Part B.2 – Inner City Neighbourhood Plan
• Part B.3 – Transitional Area Neighbourhood Plan
• Part B.4 – Regina Downtown Neighbourhood Plan
• Part B.5 – Eastview Neighbourhood Plan
• Part B.6 – Cathedral Area Neighbourhood Plan
• Part B.7 – North Central Neighbourhood Plan
• Part B.8 – Core Area Neighbourhood Plan
• Part B.9 – Fleet Street Business Park Secondary Plan
• Part B.10 – Former Diocese of Qu’Appelle Neighbourhood Plan
• Part B.11 – Lakeview/Albert Park Neighbourhood Plan
• Part B.12 – General Hospital Area Neighbourhood Plan
• Part B.13 – Warehouse District Neighbourhood Plan
• Part B.14 - Westerra Neighbourhood Plan
• Part B.15 - Tower Crossing Secondary Plan
• Part B.16 - Southeast Regina Neighbourhood Plan
• Part B.17 - Coopertown Neighbourhood Plan

• Coopertown
• Chuka Creek Business Park
• East Victoria
• Fleet Street Business Park
• Fairways West
• Greens on Gardiner
• Harbour Landing
• Hawkstone
• Kensington Greens
• Lakeridge Addition
• Rosewood Park
• Skyview
• Skywood
• Somerset
• The Creeks
• The Towns
• Tower Crossing Phase I
• Westerra

Where a neighbourhood plan applies to a proposed new residential or commercial area, it sets the stage for more detailed planning such as concept plans and rezoning.

There are currently no neighbourhood plans under review or being considered by the Regina Planning Commission, City Council or Province of Saskatchewan.

Concept plans generally apply to smaller site areas, such as development phases within an overarching neighbourhood plan area or infill or redevelopment site, and set the stage for more detailed planning: rezoning and subdivision.

There are currently no concept plans under review or being considered by the Regina Planning Commission or Council.

For more information, contact planningdept@regina.ca.

The phrase ‘infill development’ is sometimes used interchangeably with ‘intensification’. While they are related, they are a bit different. Infill is generally any development that occurs within existing areas, while intensification results in more residential units or an increase in area of commercial, institutional or office resulting from the new development.

For example: if you demolished one single family dwelling within an established area and replaced it with another single family dwelling it would be considered infill. If you replaced it with a fourplex it would be considered an infill project that results in intensification as there are more units than there were originally.

Intensification is important as it supports sustainability in our community by:

• Maximizing use of existing infrastructure, including pipes, roads and parks.
• Supporting use of existing facilities, services and amenities, such as fire stations, libraries, recreation and schools.
• Fostering access to more and better options for moving around our community.
• Providing opportunity to integrate housing options for people of all ages and stages of life into our established neighbourhoods.
• Revitalizing neighbourhoods.

Downtown Serviceability Study

• This study assessed the capacity of the water, wastewater and storm water systems in the City’s downtown and determined how the systems could accommodate the addition of 5,000 residents, all in conformance with the current Regina Downtown Neighbourhood Plan.

Transportation Master Plan (TMP)

• This comprehensive, multi-modal transportation policy and planning document is shaping Regina’s transportation system for the next 25 years to support the mobility needs of its residents, businesses and visitors.
• The TMP helps support intensification through policies that would see the City elevate the role of transit by focusing intensification and higher order transit along urban corridors.

Downtown Neighbourhood Plan

• This plan was developed to effectively guide future growth and strategic investment into infrastructure, development and urban design for the next 20 years.

Comprehensive Housing Strategy

• The strategy seeks to align programs and assets with current and future housing needs, to coordinate with the new policies and programs of the Province of Saskatchewan and to determine where the best areas are to stimulate and regulate the housing market.
• This strategy informs other programs, such as the Housing Incentives Program.

Intensification Levy Project

• A development levy, a type of Servicing Agreement Fee, will be charged for development within established areas that results in a higher demand on services than was required for the development that existed previously. This fee funds infrastructure upgrades needed to support this growth.
• This fee can be charged when the number of residential units on a site is increased, a building is converted from one use to another, or the area of floor space of commercial, institutional, office or industrial developments is increased.

Infill Housing Guidelines

• City Administration is reviewing the infill guidelines report developed by a consultant to ensure that future regulations on infill development provide a diversity of housing options while meeting the needs of the community.

Laneway and Garden Suite Pilot Project

• Laneway and garden suites are becoming an increasingly popular option for housing that has several benefits, including increased housing choice, affordability, diversity, opportunities to age in place, share housing among family members and gain rental income.
• The City has initiated a Pilot Project to test these guidelines within the City’s established neighbourhoods and has selected six proposals to participate.
• The objective of the Laneway and Garden Suites Guidelines/Pilot Project is to allow for laneway and garden suites that respect the character and quality of Regina’s established neighbourhoods.

Neighbourhood and Corridor Sequencing Plan

• Neighbourhood and Corridor Plans are land use plans that provide specific land use, urban design and infrastructure investment policies consistent with the OCP for a defined geographic area within the city.
• Several Neighbourhood Plans need to be updated while other areas of the city do not yet have a neighbourhood plan. This initiative will determine the order for developing plans to address local needs and opportunities for intensification.

Regina Revitalization Initiative

• Redevelopment of the former railyards and Taylor Field site represents a once in a lifetime opportunity to bring thousands of new residents to the City’s core which would drastically increase the intensification rate.

Zone Forward

• This project will rewrite the City’s current zoning bylaw to bring it in conformity with the OCP. Modernizing existing zoning regulations should remove some of the existing regulatory barriers for redeveloping infill sites.

Underutilized Land Study

• The Study looks at regulatory, environmental, social and economic barriers to private sector redevelopment of various types of underutilized sites throughout Regina. 
• The Study recommends specific actions the City can take to improve the viability of redeveloping these lands, including improvements to existing regulatory processes and financial incentives (see Underutilized Land Improvement Strategy).
• An Underutilized Land Strategy is currently in the works to implement the Study's recommendations over the short, medium and long term (see Underutilized Land Improvement Strategy in upcoming projects).

Water and Wastewater Master Plans

• The Water and Wastewater Master Plans will guide investment in these two major infrastructure systems to support growth in new areas as well as development within the existing city.

Neighbourhood Plans

• Beginning in 2019, the Planning Department will start preparing new plans for existing neighbourhoods and corridors which will include identifying specific sites that are suitable for intensification.
• Once approved, these plans will provide greater certainty to residents and local developers on where and how intensification will occur.

Underutilized Land Improvement Strategy

• Following the completion of the Underutilized Land Study, this strategy will seek to address barriers and capitalize on opportunities to foster development of vacant or underutilized sites within the existing city.