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 were completed as an integrated package and submitted to the City of Richmond, giving the project a defensible environmental basis to carry forward through 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 in collaboration with environmental biologist partners, with Titrin as lead consultant, the work reconciled the agricultural-interface and habitat considerations into a single coherent regulatory position. Drawing on a regulator-informed perspective from years inside ALC and municipal review, Titrin scoped each contributor’s role up front and packaged the CEMP, assessment, and compensation modelling for submission to the City of Richmond. The result was an integrated, science-backed environmental package that gave the development a defensible footing for municipal review, with one accountable point of contact — the Professional Agrologist on the file — from assessment through submission. It is representative of the full-cycle environmental and permitting work Titrin delivers across Richmond, the Fraser Valley, and Metro Vancouver where projects meet the edge of the Agricultural Land Reserve.