Depending on which jurisdiction you plan to develop your business, you may have different guidelines. Please reach out to development and planning teams to learn more.
The RDEK Development Services Department, under the leadership of Andrew McLeod and Sanford Brown, oversees the following services in the RDEK (click links for more information and contact information):
The RDEK has a public engagement page for all of our active or ongoing projects, so if you are looking for information on a current planning project, such as an OCP planning process, visit: engage.rdek.bc.ca
The Planning and Development Services Department is responsible for building permits, building inspections, subdivision applications and more.
Contact Bill Doroshuk, Approving Officer, (email) to discuss your development idea to determine permit requirements.
Building permits are required in order to construct, alter, repair or demolish a building or structure within the District of Invermere.
(Mr.) Kim Leibel
Manager of Building and Protective Services
250-342-9281 ext. 1226
inspections@invermere.net
Sierra Stump
Lands Manager
landclerk@shuswapband.ca
250-341-3678 Ext #1014
The Akisqnuk First Nation is in development of a land code to assume legal authority over its reserve land and put a long-overdue end to Indian Affairs’ time as landlord of the First Nation. Pending a successful community referendum the land code will legally replace the land management provisions of the Indian Act.
