Subdivision and Development Appeals: Crowsnest Pass

Current Appeals

For a list of current appeals and hearing dates being reviewed by the Chinook Intermunicipal Subdivision and Development Appeal Board, please visit the Oldman River Regional Services Commission website (current appeals are listed in the right hand side window of the site).

Historical Subdivision and Development Appeal Decisions

Development Permit #	Decision	Notice of Decision
DP2025-015	Denied	SDAB Notice of Decision DP2025-015
DP2025-016	Upheld	SDAB Notice of Decision DP2025-016
DP2024-321	Denied	SDAB Notice of Decision DP2024-321
DP2023-TH006	Denied	SDAB Notice of Decision DP2023-TH006
DP2023-059	Denied	SDAB Notice of Decision DP2023-059
DP2023-027	Upheld	SDAB Notice of Decision DP2023-027
DP2023-TH013	Denied	SDAB Notice of Decision DP2023-TH013
DP2023-122	Upheld	SDAB Notice of Decision DP2023-122
DP2023-063	Upheld	SDAB Notice of Decision DP2023-063
DP2023-TH023	Upheld	SDAB Notice of Decision DP2023-TH023

Appealing a Decision

What can be appealed?	Who can file an appeal?
Development permit - approval, refusal or conditions of approval	The Development Permit applicant Citizen or group that feels they are impacted by the decision And adjacent landowner for a variance or discretionary use (a development permit for a use that is listed as a permitted use in a district typically cannot be appealed by an adjacent landowner)
Enforcement order or "stop order"	The person to whom the stop order was issued (typically the landowner)
Subdivision or conditions of subdivision	The applicant Government department to which subdivision was referred School board if an application is related to school reserve land (Adjacent landowners cannot appeal a subdivision approval)

How do I file my appeal?

You will have to file your appeal either with the Municipality's Subdivision and Development Appeal Board (SDAB) or with the Province's Land and Property Rights Tribunal.

The Land and Property Rights Tribunal (formerly Municipal Government Board) hears subdivision and development appeals where there is a provincial interest. Otherwise, the appeals are heard by the Municipality's SDAB.

The Tribunal hears appeals Subdivision Authority decisions where the land that is the subject of the application is:

within Alberta’s Green Area
'adjacent' to or contains a body of water
- 'adjacent' means contiguous or would be contiguous if not for a railway, road, utility right of way, or reserve land
adjacent to or contains (either partially or wholly) land identified on the Listing of Historic Resources or public land set aside for use as historic resource
the subject of a license, permit, approval or other authorization granted by the Natural Resources Conservation Board, Energy Resources Conservation Board, Alberta Energy Regulator, Alberta Energy and Utilities Board or Alberta Utilities Commission
the subject of a license, permit, approval or other authorization granted by the Minister of Environment and Protected Areas
within the following distances:
- 1600 metres of a provincial highway
- 450 metres of a hazardous waste management facility
- 450 metres of the working area of an operating landfill
- 300 metres of the disposal area of any landfill
- 300 metres of a wastewater treatment plant
- 300 metres of the working area of a non-hazardous waste storage site

Some of these distances may be varied in writing by a provincial government department, in which case the SDAB will hear the appeal.

The Tribunal also hears appeals of development authority decisions where the land that is the subject of the application is:

the subject of a license, permit, approval or other authorization granted by the Natural Resources Conservation Board, Energy Resources Conservation Board, Alberta Energy Regulator, Alberta Energy and Utilities Board or Alberta Utilities Commission
the subject of a license, permit, approval or other authorization granted by the Minister of Environment and Protected Areas

If none of these conditions are met, you will file your appeal with the Municipality's SDAB.

SDAB Appeal Form

Land and Property Rights Tribunal Appeal Form

Subdivision and Development Appeal Board

Just like in the courts, decisions on subdivisions and certain development permits can be appealed to the Subdivision & Development Appeal Board (SDAB). The Subdivision and Development Appeal Board (SDAB) is authorized to render decisions on appeals resulting from decisions that were made by the Subdivision Authority and the Development Authority in accordance with the Land Use Bylaw, provincial land use policies and statutory plans. The Subdivision and Development Appeal Board meets as needed when there is an appeal. The Subdivision and Development Appeal Board is made up of four members of the community and one member from Council.

The SDAB hears and determines appeals for:

Decisions of the Development Authority
Decisions of the Subdivision Authority, and
Stop Orders issued by the Development Authority

To file an appeal with the Subdivision and Development Authority, go to https://portal.laserfiche.ca/o8468/forms/Development_Appeal

Land and Property Rights Tribunal

To file an appeal with the Land and Property Rights Tribunal, go to https://www.alberta.ca/subdivision-appeals.aspx

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