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Community Planning Permit System

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About the project

The City of Guelph is developing a Community Planning Permit System, also called a CPPS, for two areas of the city: the Downtown and Stone Road / Edinburgh Road. The CPPS is a land use planning tool that combines Zoning By-law Amendments, Minor Variances, and Site Plan applications into a single application and approval process. Watch this video to understand what a Community Planning Permit System is and how we are considering using it in Guelph.

This tool helps make the application and approval process more efficient, allowing housing to reach the market more quickly, and delivers other important elements to build thriving communities such as affordable housing and diverse housing types, public facilities, parks and open spaces as well as infrastructure improvements to support the growth.

The CPPS will be designed to create a streamlined development process and a more flexible set of development standards. The permit system is one of eight initiatives outlined in the Housing Accelerator Fund Action Plan.

Downtown Stone Road and Edinburgh Road


How to participate

Community engagement for the CPPS is happening while the tool (CPP By-law) is being developed, this means that the engagement that happens during this project will contribute to creating the rules of development for the two areas.

Online

Join us for a virtual open house on January 14 from 6 - 8 p.m. on Zoom. You can register and join with this Zoom Link. Our project team will be sharing the proposed Community Permit Planning System and providing a chance to share your ideas for how it can be used in the Edinburgh and Stone Road area.

Thanks for joining us for our virtual open house on November 21, participating in the survey or pinning a comment to the map. These tools are closed for comment so that we can review the feedback we received and consider it in the development of the CPPS.

In person

Thank you for coming out to our open houses at Priory Park Public School or the in-person pop ups at the Shelldale Centre, the Guelph Farmers' Market, Victoria Road Recreation Centre and the Guelph Public Library.

Come back for updates and additional opportunities that will be posted here.

About the project

The City of Guelph is developing a Community Planning Permit System, also called a CPPS, for two areas of the city: the Downtown and Stone Road / Edinburgh Road. The CPPS is a land use planning tool that combines Zoning By-law Amendments, Minor Variances, and Site Plan applications into a single application and approval process. Watch this video to understand what a Community Planning Permit System is and how we are considering using it in Guelph.

This tool helps make the application and approval process more efficient, allowing housing to reach the market more quickly, and delivers other important elements to build thriving communities such as affordable housing and diverse housing types, public facilities, parks and open spaces as well as infrastructure improvements to support the growth.

The CPPS will be designed to create a streamlined development process and a more flexible set of development standards. The permit system is one of eight initiatives outlined in the Housing Accelerator Fund Action Plan.

Downtown Stone Road and Edinburgh Road


How to participate

Community engagement for the CPPS is happening while the tool (CPP By-law) is being developed, this means that the engagement that happens during this project will contribute to creating the rules of development for the two areas.

Online

Join us for a virtual open house on January 14 from 6 - 8 p.m. on Zoom. You can register and join with this Zoom Link. Our project team will be sharing the proposed Community Permit Planning System and providing a chance to share your ideas for how it can be used in the Edinburgh and Stone Road area.

Thanks for joining us for our virtual open house on November 21, participating in the survey or pinning a comment to the map. These tools are closed for comment so that we can review the feedback we received and consider it in the development of the CPPS.

In person

Thank you for coming out to our open houses at Priory Park Public School or the in-person pop ups at the Shelldale Centre, the Guelph Farmers' Market, Victoria Road Recreation Centre and the Guelph Public Library.

Come back for updates and additional opportunities that will be posted here.

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Map your feedback

24 days

Please use the map to identify places where there are new opportunities for a change in use, spots for potential improvement, and any innovative ideas you have for each area. 

To add a marker/pin:

1. Click on the plus sign in a black circle

2. Pick the colour and pin type that matches what you want to tell us about.

  • Opportunity Spot: Identify areas where you see potential for new opportunities for a redevelopment or change in land use.
  • Potential Improvement Spot: Highlight spots that could be improved or use an upgrade.
  • Bright Idea Spot: Identify areas where you have innovative ideas.
  • Something I love: Identify something you love about the area.
  • Something I don’t want to change: Identify something you want to stay the same as it is now.

3. Place the pin on the map where you want to tell us something by:  

  • On a desktop Grab the pin from the list of options and drag it onto the map to place it
  • On your mobile device, click the colour marker and move the map to place it and then click on "set this location"

4. Tell us why you are pinning it in the comment box. You can even upload a photo if you like.

CLOSED: This map consultation has concluded.
Page last updated: 16 Dec 2024, 07:56 AM