Community Area Structure Plans (CASP)

A Community Area Structure Plan (CASP) is a statutory policy document that Council adopts to provide direction on the future land use, transportation network, infrastructure and servicing concepts for a designated plan area.

The first of the five stages in the planning process in Airdrie. A CASP is required prior to the redesignation of rural, greenfield and/or urban holding lands for large-scale urban development.

In Airdrie, a CASP is required to follow policy direction outlined in the Airdrie City Plan and the AirdrieONE Sustainability Plan.

The City of Airdrie requires a CASP to be adopted by Council prior to the adoption of a Neighbourhood Structure Plan (NSP), land use designation or subdivision approval in newly developing areas.

Administration has prepared a PREPARATION GUIDELINE (PDF) for CASP applications. This has been recently updated to include new plans and policies. The CASP APPLICATION FORM (PDF) contains the initial application requirements for the submission of an applicaton for a CASP.

Under review CASP applications:

• West Hills Community Area Structure Plan Expansion

Approved:

• Chinook Winds CASP
• Coopers Town CASP
• Davy Creek CASP
• East Points Industrial CASP
• Luxstone Park Estates ASP
• Northeast CASP
• Northwest CASP
• South Airdrie CASP
• Southeast CASP
• Southeast Yankee Valley Boulevard CASP
• Southwest CASP
• West Airdrie CASP
• West Hills CASP

There are several communities in Airdrie that do not have a CASP associated with them. These communities have been categorized and organized as either east or west of Highway 2.

• Non-CASP Area East
• Non-CASP Area West

 What is a Community Area Structure Plan?

A Community Area Structure Plan (CASP) is the first of the five stages in the planning process in Airdrie. A CASP is required prior to the redesignation of rural, greenfield and/or urban holding lands for large-scale urban development. A CASP identifies the general use of land, transportation and utilities concept.

The stages in the land development process within the City of Airdrie are shown below.

1. CASP approval
2. NSP
3. Land use districting (zoning) approval
4. Subdivision approval
5. Construction (development permits &/or building permits)

Once an NSP has been approved, the lands will be rezoned. Following rezoning, the individual lots are created through subdivision and then construction of the new neighbourhood will commence.

Developers solicit feedback from the public on proposed plans throughout the process via open houses, websites, etc. The final stage you can get involved is at the public hearing stage. It is important that you take the opportunity to participate in shaping how our community grows.