To visit the Annapolis District Planning Commission website, please click the following link: www.adpc.ca

The ADPC provides professional and technical planning, development and building inspection services to the general public and manages the web-based CLICK GIS project. Planning Services

• Advises town councils and their planning advisory committees (PAC's) on matters relating to planning and development.
• Prepares and administers the municipal planning strategies (town plans) and land use by-laws.
• Prepares policy and plans for councils toward sustainable and appropriate growth.
• Assists in preventing land use conflicts in Annapolis Royal, Bridgetown and Middleton.
• Preserves and protects land uses of a sensitive nature through research and policy implementation.
• Promotes protection and sustainable use of heritage properties through assistance to member towns and heritage property owners.

Development & Building Inspection

• Administers the subdivision by-laws, approving and registering town subdivisions.
• Implements regulations associated with municipal planning strategies through issuance of development permits, public information and developer assistance.
• Issues required permits for new buildings, demolition and renovations in accordance with local building by-laws and the National Building Code.

Public Website Information & CLICK WebGIS

In addition to planning maps and documents, on-line permit forms and business development information on its website, www.adpc.ca , the ADPC has created a web-based geographic information system (GIS) for the production, retrieval and exchange of environmental, municipal and provincial data. The project is free to the public. CLICK Web GIS delivers information on the towns of Annapolis Royal, Bridgetown and Middleton in subject areas such as: water, sewer, surface and underground storm infrastructure; subdivision, building inspection, zoning and floodplain information; civic address, parcel boundaries and building footprints; recreation assets, heritage structures and historic districts. Users may create their own thematic maps using information of their selection.

With contract support from the Western Valley Development Authority (WVDA), Industry Canada and the Smart Communities Project, assistance from Nova Scotia Community College - Centre of Geographic Sciences (NSCC-COGS) and GIS applications developers on staff, a powerful demonstration of applied municipal technology in support of sustainable development is being enabled.