Highlights of the Year

The Agricultural Land Commission achieved the following key results in 2004/05:

1. The Commission received 541 applications. 100 were to exclude land from the Agricultural Land Reserve, 46 to include land, 324 for subdivision or non-farm use within the ALR and 71 applications of other types. This represents a 17 per cent increase in the number of applications from the previous year.
2. The Commission was involved in the review of 52 local government plans and by-laws of various types, including 31 official community plans and 11 zoning by-laws.
3. First Nations have been provided with powers and obligations similar to those of local governments made possible by amendments to the Agricultural Land Commission Act and the Agricultural Land Reserve Use, Subdivision and Procedure Regulation.