Platform features
Shovel Ready Richmond brings the City's development sites, public projects and participation together in one place. This page lists what the platform does today, who each part is for, and the guide that explains it.
| Sample | Site A | Site B |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | Available | Under negotiation |
| City readiness | Developable | Under assessment |
| Zoning | Mixed use | Industrial |
| Outstanding items | 2 | 5 |
Line up the same public facts for two to four sites and share the comparison as a link.
Read the guide
Illustrative studyIn this study
About 2.1 acres. The pale blocks show the 4–5 storey Medium scenario to give a sense of scale.
Read more: Development siteThe property record describes the parcel as waterfront-adjacent, in the Marina Bay district.
Read more: Bay shorelineShows how a future project could connect to the shoreline. It is not part of any proposal.
Annotated site studies point out what matters, and link straight to the relevant part of the page.
Read the guideSend a question as a guest or with an account. Staff reply privately, and may publish a reviewed version.
Read the guideFilter by what you want to do or who you are. Every row links to the guide section that explains it.
41 features
| Feature | What it does | For | Access | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Map and list explorer | Browse published properties and development activity together on one map, or as a list on smaller screens. | Residents, Developers | No account needed | |
| Address and nearby search | Find records near an address or your current location, sorted nearest first within a chosen radius. | Residents, Developers | No account needed | |
| Filters, layers and sorting | Narrow results by availability, City readiness, neighbourhood, intended use and open public input, and keep the view in a shareable link. | Residents, Developers | No account needed | |
| Featured sites and collections | See the sites City staff have chosen to feature, in their order, and themed collections they publish. | Residents, Developers | No account needed | |
| Site comparison | Place two to four public sites side by side and copy a link that opens the same comparison. | Residents, Developers | No account needed | |
| Property pages | Read a site's availability, zoning, size, intended use and contacts on one page with section navigation. | Residents, Developers | No account needed | |
| Image galleries and public documents | View labelled images with their type and attribution, and open documents the City has made public. | Residents, Developers | No account needed |
Browse published properties and development activity together on one map, or as a list on smaller screens.
Find records near an address or your current location, sorted nearest first within a chosen radius.
Narrow results by availability, City readiness, neighbourhood, intended use and open public input, and keep the view in a shareable link.
See the sites City staff have chosen to feature, in their order, and themed collections they publish.
Place two to four public sites side by side and copy a link that opens the same comparison.
Read a site's availability, zoning, size, intended use and contacts on one page with section navigation.
View labelled images with their type and attribution, and open documents the City has made public.
| Feature | What it does | For | Access | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illustrative site studies | Annotated planning drawings that point out the features of a place, linked to the relevant section of its page. | Residents, Developers | Sample records | |
| Height scenarios | Compare the stored storey ranges for low, medium and high scenarios on one shared scale. | Residents, Developers | No account needed | |
| City readiness and outstanding items | See the City's readiness designation, when it was last reviewed, and which utility, entitlement, environmental or access items remain open. | Residents, Developers | No account needed | |
| Development activity and updates | Follow a public project through its stage, milestones and the updates the City publishes. | Residents, Developers | No account needed | |
| Development tracker | See every tracked development in one register with a six-stage bar from Proposal to Complete. Open a project to see what happened, who acted, decisions and directions, and who holds the next action. Filter by stage, neighbourhood or next responsible party, or switch to the labelled sample scenarios. | Residents, Developers | No account needed | |
| Recorded progress events | Staff record dated events such as submissions, referrals, hearings, decisions and directions, with the acting party and next action. Events appear on the public tracker only after publishing. | City staff | No account needed | |
| Related records | Move between a site, the public projects linked to it and any open participation opportunity. | Residents, Developers | No account needed |
Annotated planning drawings that point out the features of a place, linked to the relevant section of its page.
Compare the stored storey ranges for low, medium and high scenarios on one shared scale.
See the City's readiness designation, when it was last reviewed, and which utility, entitlement, environmental or access items remain open.
Follow a public project through its stage, milestones and the updates the City publishes.
See every tracked development in one register with a six-stage bar from Proposal to Complete. Open a project to see what happened, who acted, decisions and directions, and who holds the next action. Filter by stage, neighbourhood or next responsible party, or switch to the labelled sample scenarios.
Staff record dated events such as submissions, referrals, hearings, decisions and directions, with the acting party and next action. Events appear on the public tracker only after publishing.
Move between a site, the public projects linked to it and any open participation opportunity.
| Feature | What it does | For | Access | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Questions, feedback and surveys | Send a question or feedback, or answer a survey, on an opportunity the City has opened for public input. | Residents, Developers | Guest or account, set per opportunity | |
| Private tracking links | Check the status of a guest submission, read the City's reply and add information, without an account. | Residents | No account needed | |
| Add a guest submission to My Richmond | Move a submission you sent as a guest into your account, using its tracking link. | Residents | Account required | |
| Published questions and answers | Search the questions the City has chosen to answer publicly on an opportunity, and follow one for updates. | Residents, Developers | No account needed | |
| Accounts and My Richmond | Keep follows, submissions, replies and notifications together in one personal area. | Residents, Developers | Account required | |
| Following | Follow properties, projects, neighbourhoods and published questions, and see what changed since your last visit. | Residents, Developers | Account required | |
| Saved searches | Save an explorer search with its filters and reopen it later from My Richmond. | Residents, Developers | Account required | |
| In-app notifications | Receive notices in My Richmond when something you follow changes or the City replies, and choose which kinds you get. | Residents, Developers | Account required | |
| Email updates and replies | Optionally receive confirmations, City replies and follow updates by email as well as in the app. | Residents, Developers | Needs email delivery configured |
Send a question or feedback, or answer a survey, on an opportunity the City has opened for public input.
Check the status of a guest submission, read the City's reply and add information, without an account.
Move a submission you sent as a guest into your account, using its tracking link.
Search the questions the City has chosen to answer publicly on an opportunity, and follow one for updates.
Keep follows, submissions, replies and notifications together in one personal area.
Follow properties, projects, neighbourhoods and published questions, and see what changed since your last visit.
Save an explorer search with its filters and reopen it later from My Richmond.
Receive notices in My Richmond when something you follow changes or the City replies, and choose which kinds you get.
Optionally receive confirmations, City replies and follow updates by email as well as in the app.
| Feature | What it does | For | Access | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broker applications and profiles | Brokers apply for access, the City reviews the application, and approved brokers appear in a public directory. | Brokers, Developers | No account needed | |
| City-managed broker assignments | City staff assign approved brokers to specific properties, including a primary contact shown on the property page. | Brokers, City staff | City staff | |
| Property inquiries | Send an inquiry to the assigned broker from a property page; the broker replies and closes it from their workspace. | Developers, Brokers | — | |
| Proposed listing revisions | Assigned brokers propose changes to availability and marketing text, which take effect only after City approval. | Brokers, City staff | Approved, assigned brokers |
Brokers apply for access, the City reviews the application, and approved brokers appear in a public directory.
City staff assign approved brokers to specific properties, including a primary contact shown on the property page.
Send an inquiry to the assigned broker from a property page; the broker replies and closes it from their workspace.
Assigned brokers propose changes to availability and marketing text, which take effect only after City approval.
| Feature | What it does | For | Access | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Map-first property creation | Start a private property draft by searching an address, placing a point or entering coordinates, with a duplicate check. | City staff | City staff | |
| Property workspace | Edit every section of a property on one page; changes autosave privately until they are published. | City staff | City staff | |
| Location and parcel details | Record a confirmed point location and the parcel identifiers staff enter, with how the location was identified. | City staff | City staff | |
| Images, captions and classification | Upload or choose images, set the primary image and order, and record type, caption, alternative text and source. | City staff | City staff | |
| Availability and readiness management | Set availability, the readiness designation and the status of each readiness component, each recorded separately. | City staff | City staff | |
| Review, publication and archiving | Compare unpublished changes with the public version, then publish, discard, unpublish or archive with confirmation. | City staff | City staff; administrators publish | |
| Featured order and collections | Choose which sites are featured and in what order, and build collections that appear on the homepage. | City staff | City staff | |
| Activity and participation management | Create and update development activity, milestones and published updates, and open a project for public input. | City staff | City staff | |
| Public input inbox | Assign submissions, reply to participants, and keep internal notes that participants never see. | City staff | City staff | |
| Public versions and display decisions | Publish an edited public version of a question and answer, or record why a submission is not shown publicly. | City staff | City staff | |
| User and broker administration | Invite City staff, change roles and account status, and approve, suspend or decline broker applications. | City staff | City staff | |
| Record history | See who changed, published or curated a record and when, from the record's History section. | City staff | City staff |
Start a private property draft by searching an address, placing a point or entering coordinates, with a duplicate check.
Edit every section of a property on one page; changes autosave privately until they are published.
Record a confirmed point location and the parcel identifiers staff enter, with how the location was identified.
Upload or choose images, set the primary image and order, and record type, caption, alternative text and source.
Set availability, the readiness designation and the status of each readiness component, each recorded separately.
Compare unpublished changes with the public version, then publish, discard, unpublish or archive with confirmation.
Choose which sites are featured and in what order, and build collections that appear on the homepage.
Create and update development activity, milestones and published updates, and open a project for public input.
Assign submissions, reply to participants, and keep internal notes that participants never see.
Publish an edited public version of a question and answer, or record why a submission is not shown publicly.
Invite City staff, change roles and account status, and approve, suspend or decline broker applications.
See who changed, published or curated a record and when, from the record's History section.
| Feature | What it does | For | Access | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event showcase | A short public path for events, with featured sites, a link to take away and a restart that clears the comparison. | Residents, City staff | Some parts need configuration | |
| English and Spanish interface | Switch the shared interface, forms and guides between English and Spanish; content written by the City stays in its original language. | Residents, Developers, Brokers, City staff | No account needed |
A short public path for events, with featured sites, a link to take away and a restart that clears the comparison.
Switch the shared interface, forms and guides between English and Spanish; content written by the City stays in its original language.