by Team Stittsville | Jan 17, 2024 | Development, Information
The Planning and Housing Committee today received two land-survey reports showing Ottawa has ample lands to support growth projections set out in Ottawa’s Official Plan. The Official Plan categorizes Ottawa’s urban area as either built-up area or greenfield area,...
by Glen Gower | Oct 28, 2023 | Development, Notebook
La version française suit Surprising but welcome news from the provincial government this week: The Minister of Housing is reversing changes the province made to our Official Plan last fall. Last year, I wrote about how those changes would work against Council’s...
by Glen Gower | Apr 16, 2023 | Development, Notebook
La version française suit (image credit: Brent Toderian) / (source de l’image : Brent Toderian) On April 6, the Ontario government unveiled their latest proposals to update provincial planning legislation, including a new Provincial Policy Statement and Bill 97 (the...
by Team Stittsville | Mar 17, 2023 | Development
La version française suit The City of Ottawa is starting consultation on the development of a new Zoning By-law with the release of seven discussion papers, available on the City’s Engage Ottawa page starting on March 6. These papers address key issues relating to the...
by Glen Gower | Dec 8, 2022 | Notebook
La version française suit At the start of Wednesday’s 7-hour City Council meeting, every councillor had five minutes to share some “opening remarks” to colleagues at the start of the new term. I shared three priorities for Stittsville: Revitalizing...
