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Projects & Plans Long Range Planning Intermunicipal Planning
The City of Beaumont, City of Edmonton and Leduc County are actively working together to address growth along their shared boundaries.
Beaumont collaborates with its neighbouring municipalities to coordinate planning around their shared boundaries to achieve more sustainable and livable communities.
Agreements between municipalities guide planning for future land use and activities.
The Intermunicipal Planning Framework [pdf] was approved in February 2020 through a Memorandum of Agreement by the councils of:
The City of Beaumont is currently preparing Intermunicipal Collaboration Frameworks (ICFs) and Intermunicipal Development Plans (IDPs) with the City of Edmonton and Leduc County. These plans and frameworks will guide planning decisions in the areas around shared municipal boundaries, coordinate shared services and enable continued cooperation between municipalities, while meeting provincial requirements.
The Intermunicipal Planning Framework remains in effect until the IDPs and ICFs are signed.
Planning initiatives will include public engagement opportunities where appropriate.
The Intermunicipal Planning Framework is a three-party agreement between the City of Beaumont, City of Edmonton and Leduc County.
The City of Beaumont and City of Edmonton are preparing an Intermunicipal Collaboration Framework (ICF) and Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP) to guide planning, development and shared services, around their shared boundary.
The City of Beaumont and Leduc County are preparing an Intermunicipal Collaboration Framework (ICF) and Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP) to guide planning, development and shared services, around their shared boundary.
An Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP) is a shared plan between neighbouring municipalities that explains how land near their borders will develop and be used over time. Municipalities use the IDP to coordinate development in a mutually beneficial way, and to avoid development in one municipality that negatively impacts the other. It includes policies on future land use, infrastructure and transportation systems, environmental matters, and dispute resolution and plan administration.
An Intermunicipal Collaboration Framework (ICF) is a tool to facilitate cooperation and cost sharing between neighbouring municipalities to efficiently provide municipal services to residents. An ICF outlines the services to be provided that benefit residents in both municipalities that are parties to the framework.
Shared services can include the following areas:
An ICF focuses on how the two municipalities will work together to deliver services that benefit both parties, and how costs will be shared.
An IDP is a plan to guide land use and growth, infrastructure and transportation systems focused on areas along municipal boundaries.
Both ICFs and IDPs help municipalities resolve conflict and coordinate shared initiatives.
By developing an IDP and ICF together, municipalities establish a shared vision and set of agreed-upon policies to avoid land use conflicts, improve efficiency, and support fair and transparent collaboration on regional initiatives. As of April 1, 2025, the former members of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region Board are required by the Alberta Government to complete ICFs and IDPs by November 30, 2027. Municipalities can opt out of completing IDPs if both parties agree it is not necessary, but if one party deems that it is required, it has to be completed by the deadline.
The Intermunicipal Planning Framework is a three-party agreement between City of Beaumont, City of Edmonton and Leduc County.
The City of Beaumont will have separate IDP and ICF agreements with the City of Edmonton and Leduc County.
The Intermunicipal Planning Framework was approved by a memorandum of agreement between the three municipalities’ Councils. The Beaumont-Edmonton and Beaumont-Leduc County IDPs are statutory plans that will be approved by each Council as bylaws.
The IDP focuses on the area near shared municipal boundaries. The specific areas that are included are decided by agreement between the municipalities and their Councils.
It will not prevent current land uses from continuing or compel any action by landowners.
The IDP is a high-level policy document that will direct long-term land use development. Beaumont’s own planning bylaws – like the Municipal Development Plan, Area Structure Plans, and the Land Use Bylaw – will still guide how land can be used and developed, but they will have to align with the IDP.
No, the IDP does not change current zoning but it will affect how land can be rezoned in the future. The IDP includes general land use designations that will shape other land use plans at the municipal level, which in turn guide subdivision and rezoning approvals.
The IDP has no direct implications for property taxes within the plan area. Property taxes are determined separately by each municipality and are based on assessment of the property in its current state. Read more on property taxes and assessments >>
Properties that were annexed into the City of Beaumont effective January 1, 2017 will continue to be subject to the annexation order regarding taxation and assessment until they are subdivided or redistricted. Consult your accounting or legal advisor if this applies to you.
The IDP and ICF development project will be completed primarily by existing staff resources and the project cost for each agreement is shared between the City of Beaumont and City of Edmonton and between the City of Beaumont and Leduc County.
The City of Beaumont is working with the City of Edmonton and Leduc County separately to develop ICFs and IDPs with each municipality. For each project, administrative staff from each municipality are working together to prepare draft documents. Once the ICF and IDP are complete, municipal councils will independently consider their approval. As a statutory plan, the IDP will be adopted as a bylaw following three readings and a public hearing.
The IDP will be implemented in multiple ways including intermunicipal referral of planning and development proposals, alignment of new land use plans with the IDP, mechanisms for dispute resolution, and other opportunities for collaboration and cooperation identified in the plan.
Each municipality is responsible for approving planning and development applications on land within its boundaries. The IDP will provide specific instances where a development application will be referred to the other municipality for consideration and comment.