Q&A Webinar: Bill 23 and changes to Ottawa city planning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrZV3imf1ao La version française suit Wednesday, November 23 7:00pm-9:00pm Join on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86979807781 Webinar ID: 869 7980 7781 Passcode: 429514 The most sweeping city planning decisions in a generation...
1555 Shea & 5500 Abbott: Zoning By-Law Amendment and Plan of Subdivision
La version française suit The City of Ottawa has received a Zoning By-law Amendment and Plan of Subdivision application for 1555 Shea Road and 5500 Abbott Street East. The owner wants to develop a residential subdivision including 286 detached homes, 324 townhomes,...
NOTEBOOK: How Provincial changes to the Official Plan will affect Stittsville
La version française suit On Friday, November 4, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing approved Ottawa’s Official Plan, making 30 changes to the version City Council approved in 2021. These changes will impact growth in Stittsville and across the City of...
TRANSCRIPT: Councillor Glen on Ontario’s approval of the Official Plan
La version française suit A transcript of Councillor Glen's interview on Monday, November 7 on CBC Ottawa Morning. You can listen to the interview here or read the transcript below. HALLIE COTNAM: On Friday, the Ontario government announced that it had finally signed...
NOTEBOOK: Ten reasons you should care about Ontario’s new housing legislation
La version française suit Last week the provincial government introduced a massive piece of legislation called Bill 23, the “More Homes Built Faster Act” that will change how planning and development works in Ontario. Here’s an overview of ten ways Stittsville will be...
NOTEBOOK: Bill 23 makes it even harder for cities to fix the infrastructure gap
La version française suit This week, the provincial government introduced Bill 23, another round of legislation that will massively change planning and development across Ontario, including Ottawa. The legislation's goal is to achieve construction of 151,000 new homes...
Planning Committee considers 1837 and 1849 Maple Grove Road proposal June 23
La version française suit The Zoning By-Law amendment proposal from Mattamy Homes at 1837 and 1849 Maple Grove Road will go to Planning Committee on June 23. The application would rezone the properties to permit Mattamy’s construction of 90 townhomes on four private...
Committee approves spending plan for affordable housing
La version française suit The City’s Planning Committee today approved a spending plan for more than $33.7 million – in part to create new affordable housing through partnerships with housing providers, and in part to stabilize existing projects currently under...
NOTEBOOK: Changes are needed to the 6310 Hazeldean development proposal
La version française suit At the beginning of May, the City received an application for a zoning by-law amendment at 6310 Hazeldean Road, a vacant piece of land just west of Carp Road and north of the Crossing Bridge neighbourhood. The developer, Hazeldean...
6310 Hazeldean Road: Zoning By-Law Amendment
Our office hosted a virtual public information session for this application on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. You can watch a video of the meeting below. https://youtu.be/ncEMw2jwefI The City of Ottawa has received zoning by-law amendment application from Hazeldean...
1364-1370 Stittsville Main Street: Site Plan Control Application
Our office hosted a virtual public information session for this application on Thursday, May 19, 2022. You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/eDEvBfshp9M The City has received a Site Plan Control application for 1364, 1368, and 1370 Stittsville...
MAY 2: Pre-construction meeting for development at 6015 Fernbank
Construction is beginning soon on a development at 6015 Fernbank Road, where Taggart is building a new housing subdivision. Our office, in coordination with Taggart, is hosting a virtual public pre-construction meeting on Monday, May 2, 2022 at 7:00pm via Zoom. Tartan...
Site Plan Application for new CEPEO elementary school at 755 Cope Drive
The City has received a Site Plan Control application from Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario (CEPEO) to build a new French public elementary school at 755 Cope Drive in the Fernbank community. The site for the school was established in the Fernbank...
Q&A: Are homes being built on the land west of Timbermere?
La version française suit Several residents have asked about land west of Timbermere, and whether or not it is being developed for a new neighbourhood. The quick answer: There is no current proposal for development, but it is land that has been identified as a...
TRANSCRIPT: Councillor Glen on Ontario’s new housing legislation
La version française suit On March 30th, the Province of Ontario unveiled the first part of its plan to address rising home costs, taking aim at home construction approval delays at the municipal level as a cause for increased home prices. Councillor Glen was recently...