With its dramatic hillside setting overlooking the Fraser River, the Central Neighbourhood Plan represents the first completed neighbourhood in Mission’s designated Silverdale urban growth area. Reflecting the development of a more complete and walkable urban, mixed-use community, we are proud of our continuing work in guiding the strategic growth of Mission as part of a more sustainable region.
Client
City of Mission and Polygon Homes
Date
2018-2023
Location
Fraser Valley | Mission, BC
Website
engage.mission.ca/cnp
Services
Community Planning
Urban Design
Land Development
Public Engagement
Scale
1,800+ acres | 10,470 homes
Spanning over 1800 acres of second-growth forest, the vision for the Central Neighbourhood Plan is predicated on sensitively integrating growth through principles of sustainability towards fostering a more complete urban community within Silverdale.
The Plan provides for the phased development of a sustainable, mixed-use community structured according to a series of walkable neighbourhood centers, connected network of public parks and trails, offering a full range of housing forms estimated at 10,470 homes with a projected population of 24,400.
Designed to leverage the hillside’s natural features and defining views, the Plan provides for a series of socially-diverse, mixed-use urban neighbourhoods linked together through a network of public parks – setting aside over 40% of the lands as part of the Silverdale Legacy Forest Park – and accessed by a multi-modal transportation network of traffic-calmed streets, tree-lined pathways and forest trails.
Placemark continues to build on this legacy with designs that celebrate all that Fraser Valley living has to offer.
Process + Entitlements
OCP | ZONING | PUBLIC CONSULTATION
2020
2022
Silverdale Comprehensive Planning Area Master Infrastructure Strategy
Silverdale Central Neighbourhood Plan
Leading the vision for Silverdale, Paul Fenske and his team at Placemark continue their long-standing collaboration with Polygon. This partnership builds on the expertise and design legacy Paul established during his tenure at Ekistics (2000-2022) ensuring seamless continuity for the community's future.
The intellectual property of EKISTICS extends from 2018-2022 and cannot be used, adapted, copied, or published without the express written consent of EKISTICS.
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