FAQs

A Secondary Municipal Plan is a policy document that provides guidance for future development within a specific neighbourhood. It is designed to address the unique vision, character, and conditions of this neighbourhood through planning tools such as urban design guidelines.

The City of Fredericton released a call for proposals earlier this year and through this process, we awarded the project to The Planning Partnership. As part of their team, they have brought specialists in heritage, municipal servicing and transportation, which include members from ERA Architects, CBCL, and Trace Planning & Design. The professional planners from the City of Fredericton Community Planning Department will work in collaboration with the team from start to finish. 

The Town Plat has been historically used as the overarching community name for the relatively flat and mostly residential blocks between Regent Street and Smythe Street, reaching as far north as George Street and as far south Dundonald / Beaverbrook Street. Other neighbourhood names such as Rabbit Town, St. Anne’s, and Queens Square are included within these boundaries. For this process, we wanted to address these neighbourhoods holistically as well as the areas beyond that are intrinsically connected to it. The term South Core was used in the Imagine Fredericton Municipal Plan specifically for this reason, and we felt that it was most appropriate to carry that forward.

There are many inputs to decision-making through the process including input from City staff, elected officials, property owners, residents and business operators. The first three phases of the project are framed around Design Studios where The Planning Partnership comes to Fredericton for multiple days to gather this input on the work as it evolves. The team will provide regular updates on “what we are hearing” and the influences on directions being explored for design guidelines and new planning policy for the South Core.