The communities of Coldbrook and Centreville are two of twelve urban Growth Centres in the Municipality of the County of Kings. Planning for the two communities has been instituted in the Kings County Municipal Planning Strategy since 1979, in which Council has established broad policies against which Council evaluates individual development proposals. Council applies this standardized planning approach to all Growth Centres. However, in 1992, Council included provisions in the Municipal Planning Strategy for planning at a more detailed level when and where necessary. 

Under the 1992 provisions, Greenwood and Kingston (1995 and 1997 respectively) underwent a major planning review and a Sector Plan was created for each of these Growth Centres. In 2001, P.A.C. in the course of setting priorities for Council’s long range planning activities identified Coldbrook as the next community for which detailed planning was warranted. 

When reviewing this list in 2002, Council requested that Centreville also be given priority. The result is a project whereby the two communities will jointly work on matters relevant to both communities.