Development Adjacent to the ALR
Richmond, BC · 2026
Our Role
Titrin led the environmental permitting package for a development bordering the Agricultural Land Reserve, preparing the Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) and Environmental Impact Assessment and coordinating environmental compensation modelling for submission to the municipality. We acted as the lead consultant and primary point of contact, working alongside environmental biologist partners and the City through review.
Outcome
The CEMP, impact assessment, and compensation modelling went to the City of Richmond as one package, so the project's environmental side was settled before municipal review.
Deliverables
- Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP)
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Environmental compensation modelling
- Coordination with environmental biologist partners
- Municipal submission package and review support
Development adjacent to the ALR, Richmond, BC
Building next to the Agricultural Land Reserve carries a higher bar than a typical site. Where a parcel abuts protected farmland and sensitive watercourses, the City expects a clear demonstration that construction will not erode soil, water, or agricultural capability next door, and that any unavoidable impacts are accounted for. The owner of this Richmond development engaged Titrin to lead the environmental side of that obligation and bring it together into one submission the municipality could act on. Titrin prepared a Construction Environmental Management Plan covering sediment and erosion control, protection of the ALR interface, and the practical measures crews would follow on the ground; an Environmental Impact Assessment characterising the site’s environmental values and the development’s likely effects; and environmental compensation modelling to quantify and offset residual impacts.
Delivered with environmental biologist partners and Titrin as lead consultant, the work pulled the agricultural-interface and habitat considerations into one coherent regulatory position. With years inside ALC and municipal review behind the file, Titrin scoped each contributor’s role up front and packaged the CEMP, assessment, and compensation modelling for the City of Richmond. That gave the development a solid environmental footing for municipal review, with one accountable contact, the Professional Agrologist on the file, from assessment through submission. It’s the kind of environmental and permitting work Titrin handles where a project meets the edge of the ALR.