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Shaping Guelph: Official Plan Review

Official Plan Review

The City is working to review and update its Official Plan to conform to changes to Provincial legislation and policies by July 1, 2022.

Guelph’s Official Plan (OP) is a legal planning document that establishes a vision for the future of the municipality and provides policy direction to manage future land use patterns and growth. An OP covers:

  • How land can be used, whether it should be used for houses, industry, offices, commercial, parks, natural areas or a mix of uses;
  • What services, like roads, sewers, parks and schools are needed; and,
  • When, and in what order, parts of the municipality will grow.

Revisions to the Official Plan will ensure Guelph conforms and is consistent with:

  • Recent amendments to the Planning Act,
  • Recent amendments to the Clean Water Act,
  • The Provincial Policy Statement (2020), and
  • A Place to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (2019).

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Who's Listening

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Jason Downham, Planner

Plan2051@guelph.ca

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Melissa Aldunate, Manager, Policy Planning and Urban Design

Plan2051@guelph.ca

Phases

Phases overview
Phase 1: Special Council Meeting to Initiate the Official Plan Review
Special Council Meeting to Initiate the Official Plan Review
Phase 2: Conversations about proposed Official Plan policy directions
Conversations about proposed Official Plan policy directions
Phase 3: Conversations about proposed changes to the Official Plan
Conversations about proposed changes to the Official Plan
Phase 4: Final decision on changes to the Official Plan
Final decision on changes to the Official Plan

Special Council Meeting to Initiate the Official Plan Review

November 9, 2020 5:00 AM - December 12, 2020 5:00 AM

Events

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