B.C. Reg. 8/89
O.C. 87/89
Deposited January 20, 1989
This consolidation is current to March 25, 2025.
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Land Title Act

Application for Subdivision Approval Regulation

[Last amended March 30, 2022 by B.C. Reg. 76/2022]

Subdivision approval for land adjacent to controlled access highway

1   Where a plan of subdivision affects land adjacent to a controlled access highway as defined in the Transportation Act, the approving officer, in addition to the ground for refusal stated in section 85 (3) of the Land Title Act, may refuse to approve the subdivision plan if the approving officer considers that it does not provide access to the land in the subdivision, its remainder and the lands contiguous to the subdivided property, or lands dependent upon the subdivided property, or land dependent upon the subdivided property for its sole access by means of an adequate road allowance for a frontage road, service road or local street.

[am. B.C. Regs. 546/2004, App. s. 20; 76/2022, s. 6.]

Subdivision approval for land subject to an implementation agreement

2   Where a plan of subdivision affects land that is the subject of an implementation agreement under section 451 (2) [implementation agreements] of the Local Government Act, the approving officer may, in addition to the grounds for refusal stated in section 86 (1) (c) of the Land Title Act, refuse to approve the subdivision plan if the approving officer considers it does not comply with the implementation agreement.

[en. B.C. Reg. 6/99; am. B.C. Regs. 117/2018, s. 2; 76/2022, s. 3.]

Fee for subdivision plan examination by Provincial approving officer

3   The fee for examination of a subdivision plan under section 83 of the Land Title Act by a Provincial approving officer is the sum of

(a) $50, and

(b) $100 for each parcel, including a remainder parcel, that

(i) is created by the subdivision, and

(ii) lies wholly or partly within a rural area.

[en. B.C. Reg. 198/2015, s. 1.]

[Provisions relevant to the enactment of this regulation: Land Title Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 250, ss. 83 (3) and 86 (2).]