Work continues on the Town of High River's Land Use By-law review.

Melissa Ayers with McElhanney Consulting says they began the process by talking with the town and doing public consultations about the broad principles to be incorporated in the by-law and what are some of the concerns that could be raised.

"One of the first things that we heard over and over is that the Town is really interested in having high quality development, that's high quality buildings, high quality public space, a lot of trees and really an emphasis on walkability and sustainability," Ayers says.

She says one thing they're looking at is the form that buildings, parks and connecting spaces take, rather than what they'll be used for.

"Use change over time but buildings don't," she says. "So the philosophy is around is we put a lot of emphasis and support into creating a really high quality built form, as the uses change the form, and the interaction between the spaces still is really a high quality one."

She says one of the things they heard about was the need to make the by-law easier to read and understand and so they're looking at consolidation some of the land use designations down from 28 to about six or seven.

There will be further chances for consultation on the by-law before it goes to council near the end of the year.