Q1 2023: Residential Dwelling Approval Pipeline
La version française suit This week Ottawa's Planning and Housing Committee received the first Residential Dwelling Approval Pipeline report. This report covers activity in Q1 2023 (January, February, and March.) The pipeline provides an update on housing unit...
Tree clearing for Idylea subdivision (6015 Fernbank)
La version français suit A contractor will be removing trees along the western boundary of Tartan's Idylea subdivision lands at 6015 Fernbank Road. Crews will be removing dead, dying or hazardous trees within the linear park space adjacent to John Sidney Crescent,...
UPDATE: Site plan approved for 360 Bobolink
La version française suit City staff have approved the site plan for a mixed-use development at 360 Bobolink Ridge. The proposed development is called Blackstone Village and consists of two stand-alone six-storey apartment buildings, two six-storey mixed-use buildings...
1650 Shea Road: Site Plan Control and Plan of Condominium Application
UPDATE: City staff have approved the Site Plan Control application. La version française suit The City of Ottawa has received a Site Plan Control application to build 13 three-story buildings with back-to-back townhomes. The buildings will have 6, 8, or 10 townhomes...
RECAP: Help Protect Stittsville’s Wetlands – Community Meeting on June 26, 2023
La version française suit The community meeting, hosted on June 26 by Steve Klein and Janet Stavinga, was a great success with over 130 attendees. The objectives of the meeting were to: 1) present a summary of the research since the June 8th meeting hosted by...
Help Protect Stittsville’s Wetlands – Community Meeting on Monday, June 26
Originally published June 16, 2023 To build on the momentum of the Protecting Our Wetlands meeting on June 8, residents Steve Klein and Janet Stavinga will be hosting a special follow up meeting to discuss the formation of a community group dedicated to the protection...
585 Bobolink Ridge: Plan of Condominium
La version française suit The City of Ottawa has received an application for a Plan of Condominium for 585 Bobolink Ridge. The 1.19-hectare site is located at the northwest corner of Robert Grant and Bobolink where Tamarack has obtained Site Plan Control approval...
40 Frank Nighbor Place: Site Plan Control Application
La version française suit The City of Ottawa has received a Site Plan Control application to build a six-storey hotel at 40 Frank Nighbor Place, featuring a two-storey restaurant and 115 guest suites. There will be ten bicycle parking spaces, and 160 surface parking...
New Granary Grove Park: Concept Plans
La version française suit The City of Ottawa is looking for your feedback on the design of a new neighbourhood park. The new park is located within the Shea Village subdivision. Although it's currently called Granary Grove Park, the new park is yet to be named through...
RECAP: Protecting our Wetlands meeting
La version française suit Bill 23 and provincial government amendments to Ottawa’s Official Plan mean that natural areas near Stittsville like the Goulbourn wetlands may be threatened by future development. Changes to how wetlands are evaluated and protected could put...
Committee hears strategy to address Bill 23 impacts on the City’s heritage program
(Photo: Bayview Yards, a 2019 Heritage Awards recipient. Photo credit: City of Ottawa.) La version française suit The Built Heritage Committee today heard about impacts to the City’s heritage programas a result of recent changes to the Ontario Heritage Act (the...
UPDATE: 5618 Hazeldean application back at Planning Committee on June 7
UPDATE: City Council approved the revised application at its meeting on June 14, 2023. The Zoning By-Law amendment proposal from Minto for Phase 1 of their Abbott’s Run development at 5618 Hazeldean Road will be back at Planning & Housing Committee on Wednesday,...
NOTEBOOK: 5618 Hazeldean application sent back to City staff
La version française suit Today at Planning and Housing Committee, I introduced a motion to send the zoning by-law application for 5618 Hazeldean back to City staff so that they can work with the applicant to add approximately 0.5 hectares of commercial zone near...
Planning & Housing Committee considers Minto’s 5618 Hazeldean proposal on May 17
La version française suit. The Zoning By-Law amendment proposal from Minto for their Abbott's Run development at 5618 Hazeldean Road will be considered by Planning & Housing Committee on May 17. The property is located between Hazeldean and Abbott, immediately...
UPDATE: Ontario Land Tribunal Decision For 1981 Maple Grove
La version française suit. On April 18, 2023, the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) ordered the approval of the Draft Plan of Subdivision and Zoning By-law Amendment applications at 1981 Maple Grove Road. The appellant, Claridge Homes, and the City of Ottawa were in...