Key Dates

Take Notice that the City of Peterborough has initiated the following application for an Official Plan Amendment pursuant to Sections 17 and 70.2 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13. The City of Peterborough will hold a Public Open House at the Miskin Law Community Complex, Multi-purpose Rooms A&B at 6:00p.m. on Wednesday, September 17th, 2025. This Public Open House is intended to give members of the public an opportunity to learn about the proposed amendments to the Official Plan and provide input before they are formally considered by the City of Peterborough's General Committee at the formal Public Meeting scheduled for Monday, October 27th, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, City Hall. Details related to the October 27, 2025 Public Meeting, including how to register as a delegate will be provided in a separate notice.

File: O2505

Affected Lands: City-wide

Applicant: City of Peterborough

The City of Peterborough is proposing to update Official Plan policies relating to the Strategic Growth Areas and to enable a city-wide Community Planning Permit System (CPPS). The purpose of the proposed Official Plan Amendment is to: 1) Implement Council’s motion from April 28, 2025, to remove building height restrictions and angular plane requirements within the Strategic Growth Areas; 2) Update policies that allow for alternative measures to reduce parking demand, including car-share and cash-in-lieu of parking policies; and, 3) Enable a city-wide Community Planning Permit System.

Additional information and materials relating to the proposed Official Plan Amendment, including information about preserving your appeal rights, may be obtained from the Planning, Development & Urban Design Division, City Hall, (8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday) at 705-742-7777. Contact Milan Nguyen at ext. 1494 (email: mnguyen@peterborough.ca) for File O2505. Because the proposed Official Plan Amendment relates to a city-wide policy, a key map is not included.

Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Time: Drop-in anytime between 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Location: Quaker Foods City Square, 215 Charlotte Street 

Drop by our booth at the Farmer's Market to discuss the city-wide Community Planning Permit System (CPPS) project. Residents and other interested parties are invited to drop-in at any time from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM to learn more about the project, ask questions and provide feedback to the project team. 

Tablets will be available to complete an online survey. Survey participants will have an opportunity to identify which aspects of development are important to them when it comes to managing low-rise and medium-rise residential development within neighbourhoods and high-rise residential and mixed-use development within the Strategic Growth Areas, such as the City’s downtown, Lansdowne Street corridor and Chemong Road corridor.

Join us on Zoom to explore the proposed City-wide Community Planning Permit System, and help shape community priorities that will guide development in the City of Peterborough, now and into the future. 

Join us to explore the proposed City-wide Community Planning Permit System, and help shape community priorities that will guide development in the City of Peterborough, now and into the future. Light refreshments will be provided. Details about the event are available below.