Zoning & land use across Nova Scotia

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49 of 49 municipalities in Nova Scotia have an adopted bylaw on zoning & land use on file. Each row links the municipality's answer page and, where transcribed, the full text of the document.

MunicipalityAdopted documentKey factsVerified
Amherst
Town
Town of Amherst Land Use By-Law (LUB) P-2 2025
+1 more
adopted 2026-03-17
2026-06-05
Annapolis
County municipality
Annapolis County Land Use Bylaw — Effective April 23, 2024
adopted 2024-04-23
2026-06-05
Annapolis Royal
Town
Land Use By-law (December 2020) 2026-06-05
Antigonish
County municipality
Land Use By-law — Central Antigonish Plan Area
+2 more
2026-06-05
Antigonish
Town
Town of Antigonish Land Use By-law
+1 more
adopted 2020-05-07
2026-06-05
Argyle
District municipality
Land Use By-law — Municipality of the District of Argyle
adopted 2020-06-23
2026-06-05
Barrington
District municipality
Barrington Land Use By-Law (as amended to April 25, 2023)
+1 more
adopted 2023-04-25
2026-06-05
Berwick
Town
Subdivision Bylaw (No. 106) 2026-06-05
Bridgewater
Town
Land Use By-Law (Bridgewater)
+1 more
adopted 2014-11-10
2026-06-05
Cape Breton
Regional municipality
Land Use By-law (CBRM, July 2023 consolidation)
+1 more
2026-06-05
Chester
District municipality
Municipal Land Use By-law (effective January 9, 2020)
adopted 2020-01-09
2026-06-05
Clare
District municipality
Land Use By-law No. 27 (#27-02-2012, July 18, 2012)
adopted 2012-07-18
2026-06-05
Clark's Harbour
Town
Land Use By-law — Town of Clark's Harbour 2026-06-05
Colchester
County municipality
Colchester Land Use By-law — Chapter 40
+1 more
adopted 2025-03-27
2026-06-05
Cumberland
County municipality
Cumberland Land Use By-law (consolidated to April 17, 2026)
+1 more
adopted 2026-04-17
2026-06-05
Digby
District municipality
Conway Area Land Use By-law
+3 more
2026-06-05
Digby
Town
The Building By-law No. 2023-04
+1 more
adopted 2024-02-06
2026-06-05
East Hants
District municipality
Land Use Bylaw P-500 (amended March 2024)
+2 more
adopted 2024-03-27
2026-06-05
Guysborough
District municipality
MODG Land Use Bylaw 2022
+1 more
2026-06-05
Halifax
Regional municipality
Land Use By-law Halifax Mainland
+2 more
2026-06-05
Inverness
County municipality
Plan Inverness — Land Use By-Law (effective September 11, 2025)
adopted 2025-09-11
2026-06-05
Kentville
Town
Land Use By-law — Town of Kentville (amended to 2023) 2026-06-05
Kings
County municipality
By-law 106 — Land Use By-law (amended to May 21, 2026)
+1 more
2026-06-05
Lockeport
Town
Land Use By-Law (with amendments)
+1 more
2026-06-05
Lunenburg
District municipality
Municipal-Wide Land Use By-law (MODL By-law 049A)
+1 more
adopted 2025-07-04
2026-06-05
Lunenburg
Town
Land Use By-law No. 985
+1 more
2026-06-05
Mahone Bay
Town
Land Use By-law
+1 more
adopted 2024-03-20
2026-06-05
Middleton
Town
Middleton Land Use Bylaw (No. 438)
+1 more
adopted 2018-11-15
2026-06-05
Mulgrave
Town
By-Law #02 — Land Use By-Law
+3 more
2026-06-05
New Glasgow
Town
Land Use Bylaw
+1 more
2026-06-05
Oxford
Town
Land Use By-Law (Bylaw P-2)
+1 more
adopted 2009-07-13
2026-06-05
Pictou
County municipality
Municipality of Pictou County Land Use Bylaw
+1 more
adopted 2025-05-05
2026-06-05
Pictou
Town
Towns of Pictou, Stellarton, and Trenton (Common) Land Use By-Law
+1 more
adopted 2024-09-23
2026-06-05
Port Hawkesbury
Town
Land Use By-Law
+1 more
2026-06-05
Queens
Regional municipality
By-law No. 24 - Amendment to Land Use Bylaw
+2 more
adopted 2025-11-25
2026-06-05
Richmond
County municipality
By-Law 053 — Subdivision (with Amendment) 2026-06-05
Shelburne
District municipality
Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law (Minister's Approval version)
+1 more
adopted 2025-06-25
2026-06-05
Shelburne
Town
Land Use By-law (2026 draft)
+2 more
2026-06-05
St. Mary's
District municipality
Appendix A — District of St. Mary's Zoning Map (2022-10-18)
+2 more
adopted 2022-10-18
2026-06-05
Stellarton
Town
Pictou, Stellarton & Trenton (Common) Land Use By-Law
+1 more
2026-06-05
Stewiacke
Town
Land Use Bylaw No. 553 (Consolidated)
+1 more
2026-06-05
Trenton
Town
Towns of Pictou, Stellarton, and Trenton (Common) Land Use By-law — 2025 edition
+1 more
2026-06-05
Truro
Town
Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law (2023 Community Plan)
+1 more
2026-06-05
Victoria
County municipality
Land Use Bylaw — Plan Victoria County (effective October 2, 2025)
adopted 2025-05-26
2026-06-05
West Hants
Regional municipality
West Hants Land Use By-law (Council-approved May 13, 2008; consolidated to May 13, 2026)
+2 more
adopted 2008-05-13
2026-06-05
Westville
Town
Land Use By-law — Towns of New Glasgow, Pictou, Stellarton, Trenton and Westville (Common LUB)
+1 more
2026-06-05
Wolfville
Town
Land Use Bylaw Schedule A - Zoning Map
+1 more
2026-06-05
Yarmouth
District municipality
Land Use By-law Schedule A — Zoning Maps (A–M, effective May 26 2025)
+2 more
adopted 2025-05-26
2026-06-05
Yarmouth
Town
Land Use By-law (Office Consolidation, amendments to May 5 2026)
adopted 2026-05-05
2026-06-05
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