| Measure | Township of Langley, City of Langley and Province of BC, read 5 October 2026 |
|---|---|
| Township, a qualifying lot | Up to 4 homes; up to 3 on lots of 280 m² (3,014 sq ft) or less. Zoning in force since 18 November 2024 |
| A Township lot qualifies only if | It is inside the Urban Containment Boundary, on both municipal water and sewer, not heritage-designated, outside a Transit-Oriented Area, and 4,050 m² (1 acre) or smaller |
| Share of lots that qualify | About 55% of single-family and duplex lots, roughly 15,000: Walnut Grove 99%, Murrayville 98%, Fort Langley 22%, Brookswood 15% (Township staff, June 2024) |
| A lot that doesn’t qualify | A house plus one secondary suite or one accessory dwelling unit |
| Langley City | Zoning Bylaw No. 3300, adopted 9 March 2026: the R1 zone takes four to six homes per lot, as houses, plexes, suites, garden suites and carriage homes |
| Parking, Township | One space per unit, at least two per lot |
The rule is the Province’s; the map is the water and sewer lines. The Township lets a qualifying lot carry up to four homes, but only where the lot is on both municipal water and sewer inside the Urban Containment Boundary. That is why Walnut Grove and Murrayville, built out on full services, qualify almost lot for lot, while most lots in Brookswood and Fort Langley do not: Township staff gave servicing as the main reason a lot fails. They counted about 55% of the Township’s single-family and duplex lots, roughly 15,000 properties, as eligible.
In Walnut Grove or Murrayville, the lot under an older house may now carry up to four homes, with a development permit and one parking space per unit. In Brookswood, where the market already splits between older houses and rebuilds (a median $1,304,000 for houses built before 1990 against $2,209,000 for those built since 2012), most lots stay at a house and a suite, so for most Brookswood owners the choice is still a rebuild or a suite, not a fourplex.
The City adopted its new zoning bylaw on 9 March 2026, and its single-family zone now takes four to six homes per lot: houses, plexes, secondary suites, garden suites and carriage homes. Around the SkyTrain stations, the Transit-Oriented Area rules apply instead, with their own minimum heights and densities.
If your Township lot qualifies, your buyers include people who want the land for more than one home. Check the conditions against your lot before you price it, and if it qualifies, say so in the listing.
| Lot | Homes allowed |
|---|---|
| Qualifying lot of 280 m² (3,014 sq ft) or less | Up to 3 |
| Qualifying lot over 280 m², up to 4,050 m² (1 acre) | Up to 4 |
| Lot that doesn’t qualify | A house plus one secondary suite or one accessory dwelling unit |
A lot qualifies only if all of these hold: it is inside the Urban Containment Boundary; it is connected to both municipal water and sewer; it has no heritage designation by bylaw; it is not inside a Transit-Oriented Area; it is no larger than 4,050 m²; and it is not in a zone whose minimum lot size is larger than that. Parking is one space per unit, with at least two per lot. Since 27 April 2026 the Official Community Plan has put these projects in a development permit area, so a small-scale multi-unit project needs a development permit unless it meets one of the exemptions.
| Community | Share that qualifies |
|---|---|
| Walnut Grove | 99% |
| Murrayville | 98% |
| Fort Langley | 22% |
| Brookswood | 15% |
| Township overall | About 55%, roughly 15,000 lots |
Staff gave municipal water and sewer as the main reason lots fail, which is why the fully serviced neighbourhoods qualify almost lot for lot. The count is of lots that could, not homes that will be built; take it as a map of what is allowed, not a forecast.
The City’s Zoning Bylaw 2025, No. 3300, was adopted on 9 March 2026. Its R1 single-family zone takes four to six homes per lot, as single detached houses, plexes, secondary suites, garden suites and carriage homes, in line with the provincial law. Lots in the Transit-Oriented Areas around the SkyTrain stations follow those areas’ own rules, where provincial law also bars residential parking minimums.
The Province requires local governments to allow at least three homes on lots of 280 m² or less and four on larger lots, and six near frequent bus service, defined as a bus at least every 15 minutes on average from 7am to 7pm on weekdays and 10am to 6pm at weekends. The Province exempts some land, and the Township’s conditions follow those exemptions: servicing, lot size, heritage and transit areas.
In the Township, if the lot is inside the Urban Containment Boundary, on both municipal water and sewer, not heritage-designated, outside a Transit-Oriented Area and no larger than 4,050 m² (1 acre): up to four homes, three on lots of 280 m² or less, with a development permit. In Langley City the R1 zone allows four to six.
Mainly servicing. Township staff counted 15% of Brookswood’s single-family and duplex lots as eligible and gave a lack of municipal water and sewer as the main reason. A lot that doesn’t qualify can still have a house plus a secondary suite or an accessory dwelling unit.
Go through the Township’s conditions in order: inside the Urban Containment Boundary, on both municipal water and sewer, no heritage designation, outside a Transit-Oriented Area, and 4,050 m² or smaller. The Township’s small-scale multi-unit housing page sets them out, and the Township can confirm a specific lot.
One space per unit, with at least two per lot.
Not to a lot over 4,050 m² (1 acre), and not to land outside the Urban Containment Boundary.
Fraser Valley Real Estate Board MLS® August 2026 package, released 2 September 2026; sub-area and twelve-month figures from the board’s database, read 5 September 2026. Benchmarks are the board’s index price, never an average. Analysis: Hamish Ross.
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