This is the baseline issue — the record as first read from the public record; change tracking (New / Advanced / Approved / Withdrawn) starts with issue #2.
14 project records12 to 18 October 2026
City of Surrey development pipeline: baseline issue — the record as fetched 2026-10-13
Top of the week
The largest projects in this issue, by the figures in their own records. Every figure here also appears in the full list below, with its source.
Why it is on this shortlist: the largest application in this issue's own list; 822 dwelling units, 38 storeys. Source: Planning Report 7923-0297-00, p. 1
Week 1 — baseline: 14 projects on record. As fetched 2026-10-13. All 14 are listed below.
City of Surrey
The record read on 2026-10-13 carries 14 applications; every one is listed below, newest first, as an on-record item — not as new this week. This is the baseline issue: change tracking (new / advanced / approved / withdrawn) starts with issue #2.
Application No. 7926-0216-00 requests a Development Permit and Development Variance Permit for a 3,922 square metre industrial building at 12688 – 88 Avenue. The proposal includes a gross site area of 5,830 sq m, a net site area of 5,704 sq m, and a variance to reduce the minimum rear yard setback from 7.5 metres to 1.5 metres. The Planning & Development Department recommends that Council authorize staff to draft the Development Permit and endorse the Development Variance Permit for public notification.
Application No. 7926-0180-00 is a Development Permit for Form and Character for exterior renovations to existing multi-family residential buildings at 1821, 1851, and 1881 Southmere Cr E. The site is approximately 2.2 hectares and includes replacement of exterior cladding with fibre cement lap siding, installation of new PVC windows and sliding patio doors, balcony and terrace upgrades, and roofing improvements. The Planning & Development Department recommends that Council approve Development Permit No. 7926-0180-00 in a report dated September 21, 2026.
The applicant proposes a 12-storey mixed-use office and institutional tower at 10270 University Drive containing ground-floor commercial retail space, Simon Fraser University medical school, childcare and office space. The proposal includes a Development Permit and a Development Variance Permit that reduces the required parking rate for university use to 0.22 parking space per Full Time Equivalent student and allows parking on offsite SFU campuses. The Planning & Development Department recommends that Council authorize staff to draft the Development Permit and endorse the Development Variance Permit for public notification.
Application No. 7926-0090-00 seeks to rezone the site at 8692 164 Street from Comprehensive Development Zone to Quarter Acre Residential Zone to allow for the conversion of an existing garage into a secondary suite. The proposal features a net site area of 1,300 sq. m., a density of 0.33 FAR (Gross), and a 49 square metre secondary suite, with three parking pads provided on the existing driveways. The Planning & Development Department recommends that Council endorse the Public Notification to proceed for a Bylaw to rezone the subject site, with a report date of September 21, 2026.
Stage: staff report / public hearing · 230 units · 24 storeys
Dates: decision 2025-12-15
Application No. 7925-0315-00 seeks revisions to a proposed 24-storey residential building with 230 rental units, including below-market rental units, through a rezoning from R3 and CG-2 to MR10 and a Development Variance Permit. The proposal includes a Development Variance Permit for reduced setbacks and requires the applicant to enter into a Housing Agreement to secure the 230 residential units at varying rates of market and below-market rents for a period of sixty (60) years. The Planning & Development Department recommends that Council file Bylaw No. 21854 and endorse the Public Notification for the rezoning bylaw and the Development Variance Permit.
Application No. 7926-0234-00 is a Temporary Use Permit for a 12-metre cell-on-wheels telecommunication tower at 7911 - 128 Street. The site is approximately 1,933 square metres in area and the permit shall lapse on or before one year from date of issuance. The Planning & Development Department recommends that Council approve the permit to proceed to Public Notification.
Application No. 7926-0195-00 is a Development Variance Permit for a new single family dwelling at 12220 Gilley Street. The permit varies the maximum second storey floor area from 80% to 85%, the minimum offset from 20% to 15%, the maximum lot coverage from 40% to 41%, and the minimum rear yard setback from 7.5 metres to 5.5 metres for rear balconies. The Planning & Development Department recommends that Council endorse the permit to proceed to Public Notification, with the report dated September 21, 2026.
Application No. 7926-0181-00 is a liquor manufacturer licence amendment to extend the hours of liquor service within the existing tasting lounge at 3425 - 189 Street. The proposal changes liquor service hours from 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm daily to 11:00 am – 1:00 am Sunday to Thursday and 11:00 am – 2:00 am Friday and Saturday, with no change in person capacity. The Planning & Development Department recommends that Council support the amendment to proceed to Public Notification to solicit public opinion.
Application No. 7926-0136-00 is a Development Variance Permit for a 9.0-metre telecommunication tower on an industrial building at 7877 - 128 Street. The proposal varies the maximum height of a free-standing antenna system upon a building from 3.0 metres to 9.0 metres, with the principal building height listed as 8m and the site area as approximately 3,302 square metres. The Planning & Development Department recommends that Council endorse the permit to proceed to Public Notification, with the report dated September 21, 2026.
Application No. 7925-0408-00 is a liquor licence amendment for Par 4 Kitchen & Bar at 5580 - 152 Street to extend service hours and increase the capacity of the liquor primary service area. The proposal extends hours to 10:00 am to 1:00 am Sunday to Thursday and 10:00 am to 2:00 am Friday and Saturday, while increasing the liquor primary area capacity from 85 to 137 occupants and the overall premises capacity from 368 to 383. The Planning & Development Department recommends that Council support the amendments to proceed to Public Notification, with the condition that the applicant enters into a Good Neighbour Agreement with the City.
Stage: staff report / public hearing · 452 units · 6 storeys
Dates: decision 2026-07-30
Application No. 7925-0383-00 seeks to regulate the tenure of 452 rental dwelling units, including 90 below-market rental dwelling units, for a period of 20 years within a previously approved 6-storey apartment development at 10975 126A Street. The proposal requires a minor revision to the Housing Agreement to add a second lessee, while maintaining the restriction of 452 rental units (90 of which are below-market) to a rental tenure for 20 years from the date of occupancy permit. The Planning & Development Department recommends that a new Housing Agreement Bylaw be introduced and that Housing Agreement Bylaw No. 22079 be repealed once the new Bylaw receives final adoption.
Stage: staff report / public hearing · 226 units · 25 storeys
Dates: hearing 2026-07-27; decision 2026-07-27
Application No. 7925-0143-01 is a Development Variance Permit for a 25-storey mixed-use building at 7086 - 184 Street. The proposal includes a 4-storey podium, 3,616 square metres of ground and second floor commercial space, and 226 residential units, with a variance to reduce the minimum rear yard setback from 7.5 metres to 0.0 metres. The record is dated September 21, 2026, and the permit is currently at Third Reading.
Stage: staff report / public hearing · 822 units · 38 storeys
Dates: decision 2024-02-12
Application No. 7923-0297-00 is a Development Variance Permit for properties at 10073, 10083, 10089, and 10057 - 137A Street and 10054, 10064, 10074, 10080, and 10088 Whalley Boulevard. The permit varies the definition of bond in the Surrey Subdivision and Development Bylaw to include a Surety Bond for Servicing Agreement No. 7823-0297-00 associated with a mixed-use tower development at Third Reading. The report dated September 21, 2026, recommends that Council endorse the permit to proceed to Public Notification.
Development Variance Permit No. 7922-0283-00 seeks to vary the definition of bond in the Surrey Subdivision and Development Bylaw to include the use of a Surety Bond for the servicing agreement associated with the proposed 6-storey market rental project. The permit applies to six properties in the Guildford neighbourhood and requires the Surety to maintain a minimum A- level rating from A. M. Best Rating Services. The Planning & Development Department recommends that Council endorse the permit to proceed to Public Notification.
Council meeting agendas: not read, we collect it but its contents are not listed in this digest yet.
Planning staff reports: read in full.
Corporate staff reports: not read, we collect it but its contents are not listed in this digest yet.
Public notices: not read, we collect it but its contents are not listed in this digest yet.
Stage legend
Stage
What the record shows
Pre-application
A proposal put to the city before a formal application is received (date as published)
Application received
A rezoning/DP/permit application is on the municipal list (date as published)
Staff report–public hearing
A staff report has been tabled and/or a public hearing is scheduled or held
Approved
The source document records council/director approval, with or without conditions
Permit issued
A building permit appears in the permit report for this address
Stage not published
The source's own list carries no status line for this record
Method
Sources for this week: City of Surrey — planning reports (14 records); fetched 2026-10-13. Every item links to its source document; numbers and names are copied from it. Items in this digest are read from the application lists named above; the wider public record — agendas, staff reports, hearing notices, building permit reports, open data — is not yet read into items. Gaps this week: the council meetings feed is fetched but not yet read into items; the corporate reports feed is fetched but not yet read into items; the public notices feed is fetched but not yet read into items. Date basis: one source-level stamp — the source list is dated 2026-09-21, and every record inherits it.
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