{"id":931,"date":"2023-07-02T18:05:13","date_gmt":"2023-07-02T22:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/landuseplanninginbc\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=931"},"modified":"2026-02-23T12:16:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:16:36","slug":"rural-overview","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/landuseplanninginbc\/chapter\/rural-overview\/","title":{"raw":"Overview","rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"raw":"The Rural Planning Case Study centres on the Bulkley Valley in the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako (RDBN).\u00a0 The case describes the historical development of the area as influenced by provincial resource development priorities.\u00a0 The application is about a proposal for a driveway to access a rural subdivision.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\"><strong>Case.\u00a0 \u2018Interface\u2019 Crown Lands in the Bulkley Valley\r\n<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<p class=\"textbox__content\">The Bulkley Valley case introduces learners to unique challenges of rural planning where Crown lands are highly valued for both their natural resources and recreational amenities.\u00a0 The Bulkley Valley has been shaped through three eras of provincial resource policy.\u00a0 From a land use perspective, one outcome is a landscape of overlapping jurisdictions with existing and potential conflicts.\u00a0 The case has specific regard for what is known as \"interface\" planning, which occurs in Crown lands immediately adjacent to townsites.\u00a0 These interface areas serve multiple interests and multiple uses arising from natural resource development, rural residential, recreational access, and Indigenous rights and title.\u00a0 The Bulkley Valley is located within the traditional territory of the Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en.\u00a0 Learners are encouraged to discuss ways in which rural land use planning can be improved.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\"><strong>Application.\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Access to Rural Subdivision<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\" style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">The Smithers Community Forest Society (SCFS) appealed the province\u2019s decision to permit a private land owner to access their property through an ecologically-sensitive area.\u00a0 The learner has been hired as a planning consultant by the SCFS to help the group to develop the strongest position to present at the hearing.\u00a0 The desired outcome is either refusing the application or finding an alternative route that can be supported by the Minister.<\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h2><strong>Learning modules that support this case study<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<h2><strong>Regional Land Use Planning<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">This module explains regional land use planning practice within and by the province of BC.\u00a0 The term \u201cregional\u201d describes land use planning at a large geographic scale.\u00a0 The need for land use planning extends far beyond urban boundaries into the remote regions where provincial parks, forestry, and mining take place.\u00a0 These areas also overlap almost entirely with the traditional territories of Indigenous peoples.\u00a0 In BC, 94% of the land base is public Crown land.\u00a0 Over 90% of these public lands are covered by regional land use plans.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<h2><strong>Approving Officers<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">When someone subdivides land, they are usually creating new lots from one or more parcels of land; that is, they are subdividing one parcel into multiple lots.\u00a0 All subdivisions in BC must be approved by an Approving Officer (AO).\u00a0 This module describes rural subdivision and the application and the approval process in rural areas.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<h2><strong>Access to Rural Subdivision:\u00a0 Legal Options<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">The rural planning case about access to a rural subdivision raises questions about options for legal recourse that may be available to people and organisations that oppose this particular decision.\u00a0 This module lays out some of these options in very general terms.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<h2><strong>Coastal GasLink Pipeline Conflict<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">The conflict between the Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en Nation and the Coastal GasLink pipeline has attracted national attention.\u00a0 This module provides a general description of the situation and highlights major sources of tension between Indigenous rights to govern land, government policies and priorities (e.g., environment versus economic development), corporate interests, and police.\u00a0 Content includes a description of the pipeline and of different perspectives of the pipeline, including TC Energy, Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en Hereditary Chiefs, and First Nations of the Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<h2><strong>Indigenous Title and Rights<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">This module explains the difference between Indigenous title and rights to land.\u00a0 The module also provides a summary of important Supreme Court decisions that recognise Indigenous title and rights to land.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<p>The Rural Planning Case Study centres on the Bulkley Valley in the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako (RDBN).\u00a0 The case describes the historical development of the area as influenced by provincial resource development priorities.\u00a0 The application is about a proposal for a driveway to access a rural subdivision.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\"><strong>Case.\u00a0 \u2018Interface\u2019 Crown Lands in the Bulkley Valley<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"textbox__content\">The Bulkley Valley case introduces learners to unique challenges of rural planning where Crown lands are highly valued for both their natural resources and recreational amenities.\u00a0 The Bulkley Valley has been shaped through three eras of provincial resource policy.\u00a0 From a land use perspective, one outcome is a landscape of overlapping jurisdictions with existing and potential conflicts.\u00a0 The case has specific regard for what is known as &#8220;interface&#8221; planning, which occurs in Crown lands immediately adjacent to townsites.\u00a0 These interface areas serve multiple interests and multiple uses arising from natural resource development, rural residential, recreational access, and Indigenous rights and title.\u00a0 The Bulkley Valley is located within the traditional territory of the Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en.\u00a0 Learners are encouraged to discuss ways in which rural land use planning can be improved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\"><strong>Application.\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Access to Rural Subdivision<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"textbox__title\" style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">The Smithers Community Forest Society (SCFS) appealed the province\u2019s decision to permit a private land owner to access their property through an ecologically-sensitive area.\u00a0 The learner has been hired as a planning consultant by the SCFS to help the group to develop the strongest position to present at the hearing.\u00a0 The desired outcome is either refusing the application or finding an alternative route that can be supported by the Minister.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<h2><strong>Learning modules that support this case study<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2><strong>Regional Land Use Planning<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">This module explains regional land use planning practice within and by the province of BC.\u00a0 The term \u201cregional\u201d describes land use planning at a large geographic scale.\u00a0 The need for land use planning extends far beyond urban boundaries into the remote regions where provincial parks, forestry, and mining take place.\u00a0 These areas also overlap almost entirely with the traditional territories of Indigenous peoples.\u00a0 In BC, 94% of the land base is public Crown land.\u00a0 Over 90% of these public lands are covered by regional land use plans.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2><strong>Approving Officers<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">When someone subdivides land, they are usually creating new lots from one or more parcels of land; 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