About Pitt Meadows

Over 6,356 hectares, about 78% of Pitt Meadows, is in the Agricultural Land Reserve. Source: City of Pitt Meadows: Agricultural Viability Strategy (PDF, 2023)
The North Lougheed Area Plan covers about 50 hectares north of Lougheed Highway between Meadow Gardens Golf Course and Harris Road. Source: City of Pitt Meadows: North Lougheed

Local rules that affect excavation

Checked October 2026. Each point below links to Pitt Meadows’s own bylaw or web page. Bylaws change, so confirm with Pitt Meadows before work starts. General information, not legal advice.

Soil deposit and removal

Soil Deposit and Removal Bylaw No. 3000, 2024: no deposit or removal without a permit, an exemption or ALR compliance. Permit applications include a Drainage, Erosion and Sediment Control Plan from a qualified professional. Source: Bylaw No. 3000 (PDF)

Tree protection

Interim Tree Management Bylaw No. 3035, 2026: cutting or damaging a tree of 20 cm DBH or more needs a Tree Management Permit (ALR trees are exempt). A tree management plan is required if permit trees are on or within 5 m of the site. Source: Bylaw No. 3035 (PDF)

Streams

A Riparian Areas Development Permit is needed within 30 m of a stream’s top of bank, and “development” includes disturbance of soils. Source: City of Pitt Meadows: Development permits

Provincial and federal rules apply too

Municipal bylaws sit on top of provincial and federal rules: BC 1 Call locates and WorkSafeBC requirements on every dig, the Agricultural Land Commission for fill in the ALR, soil relocation notifications for some commercial and industrial sites, and the Water Sustainability Act and Fisheries Act near streams. Our Excavation permits checklist for BC projects links each one to its source.

PCE in Pitt Meadows

PCE is based in Langley and works across Langley and the Fraser Valley. Services we take on here:

Excavation in Pitt Meadows