Application Sponsorship

The application sponsorship program is on hold for 2026/27.

Previously Sponsored Community-Benefit Applications:

2025/26

$2,282 – Campbell Bay Music Festival Society temporary use permit application fee to host the Longest Day Festival and a range of small-scale community workshops, group activities, and outdoor music events.
$4,882 – Salt Spring Farmland Trust rezoning application fee to permit the distribution (sale) of compost produced at the Burgoyne Valley Community Composter to customers beyond the Community Farm.

2024/25

$8,115 – Denman Conservancy Association (DCA) rezoning application fees to rezone four properties owned by the DCA from ‘Forestry’ to ‘Conservation,’ and to donate four densities to the Islands Trust Affordable Housing Density Bank.

2023/24

$4,400 – Pender Islands Housing Society development permit application fees to allow wording changes in the relevant Community Housing bylaw section, to comply with the Definitions in Bylaw 224.
$1,250 – Hornby Island Arts Council development permit application fees for building a new Arts Centre.
$1,000 – The Gulf Islands Galisle Affordable Rental Housing Society (Galiano Island) development permit application fees for the development of 12 units of affordable rental housing.

2022/23

$4,050 – TUP and DVP Galiano Community Arts facility
$1,900 – Fulford Community Hall Association Development Variance Permit fees to allow for placement of rainwater storage tanks and collection system.

2021/22

$715 – The Galiano Club for a development variance permit allowing for a storage shed to be built on the property which will support club initiatives including the Food Program.
$935 – Mayne Island Agricultural Society & Fall Fair for a development variance permit to allow for a covered entry to the front of the building now serving as the new Thrift Store.
$4,400 – Galiano Affordable Living Society (GALI) rezoning application fee for a 20-unit affordable housing project.
$1,100 – Mayne Island Agricultural Society and Fall Fair for Temporary Use Permit fee for a thrift store, archive, and museum storage within an existing dwelling, and for expanded outdoor fall fair uses.

2020/21

$1,100 – Mayne Island Early Childhood Society for Temporary Use Permit fee for operation of a temporary licensed daycare facility.
$5,500 – Mayne Island rezoning application fees to allow for a 10-unit affordable housing project.
$1,000 – Gabriola Housing Society’s rezoning application fee for a 24-unit affordable housing project.
$4,950 – Gulf Islands Galisle Affordable Rental Housing Society for rezoning application fee for a 12-unit affordable housing development.
$935 – Ruxton Island Property Owners Association for a development permit application for a 42 square meter emergency service equipment storage building.
$4,950 – Denman Housing Association [Denman Green] re-zoning application fee for a 20-unit affordable housing project.

2019/20

$2,035 – Salt Spring Island Community Services’ development permit and development variance permit fees for a 24‑unit affordable housing project

2018/19

$700 – Salt Spring Tennis Association’s rezoning application fee for an indoor tennis court
$4,950 – Denman Housing Association’s rezoning application fee for a 20-unit affordable housing development (withdrawn)
$4,400 – Gulf Islands Seniors Residence Association’s rezoning application fee for a 48-unit seniors affordable housing project