Inter-municipal Development Plan
Joint Sustainable Growth Study 2008-2060
To understand and better prepare for growth in the Leduc region, the City of Leduc and Leduc County developed a Joint Sustainable Growth Study.The purpose of this study was identify the growth pressures and land requirements for growth in the Leduc area, and to determine where growth would be most feasible based on such factors as infrastructure, sustainable growth principles and economic development pressures. This study will be used as background information to the Inter-municipal Development Plan process.
Intermunicipal Development Plans or IDP’s are statutory (in that they are enforced by provincial regulations), broad-based policy documents that are prepared by neighbouring municipalities. Their main purpose is to ensure that the development between two or more municipalities reflects the mutual and individual interests of the municipalities involved. Typically, they focus on the boundary area between rural and urban municipalities.
IDP’s may deal with the future land uses within the IDP area, and any other matter relating to the physical, social or economic development within the plan area. They must, however, include procedures for the implementation of the Plan, dispute resolution and amending the IDP.