You are invited to attend a Public Open House concerning an update of the Official Plan for the City of Welland.
WHEN: Thursday, September 19, 2024
TIME: 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.
WHERE: Community Room, Welland Civic Square, 60 East Main Street, Welland
A Draft Official Plan is available to review. The purpose of the Open House is to inform interested parties of the updates the City’s Official Plan as well as provide an opportunity to comment.
The Official Plan is a document that guides both short and long-term growth and development. The City and a team of consultants led by SGL Planning & Design Inc. have worked on updating the Official Plan to ensure that growth in the community is appropriately accommodated in the context of the City’s unique history and character.
Key highlights of the update include:
• Strategic directions focused on creating vibrant, healthy communities, addressing climate change, and economic vitality.
• Acknowledgment of First Nations history and treaty lands.
• Updated growth management strategies, including revised population and dwelling forecasts and increased intensification targets to accommodate Welland’s projected growth.
• Emphasis on natural environmental systems, green spaces, and tree protection.
• Integration of art, culture, and design considerations to enhance quality of life.
• Promotion of active transportation and updated infrastructure policies.
• Conforming with provincial and regional policies.Planning and Development Services
To view the Draft Official Plan, please see the City’s Official Plan Webpage.
https://www.welland.ca/Planning/OfficialPlan.asp
To follow along on this process, visit Engage Welland for updates.
https://www.engagewelland.ca/city-of-welland-official-plan-update
Comments may be provided verbally and/or as a written submission. Written comments should be submitted prior to Friday, September, 20, 2024 by regular mail or e-mail to the
Planning Supervisor – Policy, Planning and Development Services, City of Welland, 60 East Main Street, Welland, Ontario L3B 3X4, or by email to officialplan@welland.ca
A statutory Public Meeting under the Planning Act is to be held at a future date to present further information and receive public comments. Notice of the statutory Public Meeting will be provided separately.
If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of Council of the City of Welland to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a statutory public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Welland before the proposed official plan is adopted, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.
If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a statutory public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Welland before the proposed official plan is adopted, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.
For more information about this matter, including information about appeal rights, contact the Planning Supervisor – Policy listed above or email officialplan@welland.ca.
Planning and Development Services is located on the second floor, Civic Square, and is open between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Nicolas Aiello,
Planning Supervisor – Policy
Dated: August 29, 2024
