Policy 4.1.15 Delegation of Land Use Permits

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POLICY – 4.1.15 Delegation of Land Use Permits Page 1 
 
Policy: 4.1.15 
Approved By: Trust Council 
Approval Date: June 22, 2022 
Amendment Date(s):   
Policy Holder: Director of Planning 
 
DELEGATION OF LAND USE PERMITS 
Purpose 
To provide policy for local trust committee consideration of the delegation of the power to issue certain land 
use permits to staff. 
Principles  
1. Local trust committee delegation of the issuance of development permits to staff is intended to 
improve overall efficiency, reduce the number of items on local trust committee agendas and 
streamline processing of permits. 
2. Delegation may be warranted as the scope of determining the approval or refusal of permits is 
determined by consistency with guidelines adopted by local trust committees.  
3.  Delegation of the power to issue development permits to staff has been recommended by external 
reviews, and amendments to the Islands Trust Regulation now provide local trust committees with the 
authority to delegate the issuance of development permits to staff. 
4. The delegation of the issuance of development permits to staff by local trust committees should only 
be implemented where development permit area provisions are consistent with the criteria outlined in 
this policy. 
5. The delegation of the power to issue minor development variance permits to staff may be considered 
by future amendment of this policy and amendment of delegation bylaws. 
A. Definitions 
 
B. Policy 
1. Delegation by Bylaw 
1.1 Delegation of the power to issue development permits may only be implemented by 
the adoption of a delegation bylaw by a local trust committee. 
1.2 Delegation bylaws adopted by local trust committees should be substantially 
consistent with the bylaw template attached to this policy. 
1.3 A delegation bylaw should only delegate to staff the power to issue permits for 
development permit areas (DPA) that meet the criteria outlined in this policy. 
 

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1.4 A delegation bylaw should only delegate the authority to issue permits to the Director 
and in their absence to Regional Planning Managers. 
1.5 The staff person reviewing the application shall not also approve or refuse the permit. 
1.6 A delegation bylaw should not delegate authority to issue form and character 
development permits except where a local trust committee considers the guidelines to 
be sufficiently objective. 
1.7 A delegation bylaw should not delegate permits requiring variances unless the local 
trust committee has also delegated the issuance of minor development variance 
permits to staff. 
1.8 The bylaw must include the opportunity for the owner of the land subject to the 
decision to have the local trust committee reconsider the decision. 
2. Local trust committees should only consider delegation of issuance of permits to staff for 
development permit areas that meet the following criteria: 
2.1 The development permit area provisions are rela

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