Community Planning Permit System

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 about the Stone Road and Edinburgh Road area November 21 from 6:30-8:00 p.m. Register here.

• Review the open house boards and the information memo to learn more and then use the mapping tool below to explore the CPPS opportunities for the Downtown and Stone Road / Edinburgh Road.
• Take our short survey by November 30 to tell us your thoughts on the vision for both areas.

In person

Join us November 27 from 6-7:30 p.m. at Priory Park Public School for an in-person open house about the Stone Road and Edinburgh Road area . At the event, you will be able to share your feedback through various engagement exercises and hear more about the project through a presentation from staff and our consultants.

Thank you for coming out to our earlier open house 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.