Draft City-Wide Community Planning Permit By-law

A copy of the draft CPP By-law and interactive mapping is now available for public viewing via the links below.

• Draft Community Planning Permit By-law - Text
• Draft Schedules and Appendices
• Draft Interactive Mapping
• Peterborough CPPS - User Guide
• Updated Financial Feasibility Assessment Report
• Link to Online Survey

Current Community Engagement Opportunities

Your feedback on the Draft By-law is critical to help inform the Final By-law that will be presented for Council approval in May 2026.

Email us any detailed comments about the draft CPP By-law at PlanPTBO@peterborough.ca or click the mapping icon to the right to submit any mapping-related feedback.

We are reviewing feedback received on the draft by-law and a revised version of the by-law will be released by late May, 2026 allowing additional public review. We will make available a comprehensive table responding to all comments received and Council will formally consider the revised by-law and a final recommendation report by late June, 2026.

How to Get Started / CPPS User Guide

This User Guide is intended to help readers understand and navigate the draft CPP By-law. It provides a general overview on how to:

• Navigate the By-law;
• Use the interactive mapping to determine the proposed precinct for a property; and,
• Interpret development standards for residential uses.

This guide is for orientation purposes only and is not exhaustive.

A New Way to Regulate Development in the City of Peterborough

As the City of Peterborough continues to grow, the City must modernize how development is regulated to better align with the vision of the Official Plan and to integrate the community’s evolving priorities.

The City is developing a City-wide Community Planning Permit System (CPPS),Community Planning Permit By-law, and necessary enabling policies in the Official Plan. This project builds on discussions with the community held during Fall 2024 and Winter 2025 relating to the Planning for the Future of Our Strategic Growth Areas project, and the engagement approach will align with Rounds 4 to 7 of that project.

The CPPS will replace the City’s Zoning By-law and regulate how land is used, and create a framework for development and redevelopment approvals for all lands within the City. The CPPS is a land use planning tool which combines three current development approval processes (Zoning By-law Amendments, Minor Variances and Site Plan applications) into one single application and approval process. The resulting CPP By-law, will ultimately provide development regulations that align with the Official Plan’s vision for new development and redevelopment.

This project stems from the work completed on the City’s Strategic Growth Areas to support these priority areas of growth. Visit Planning for the Future of our Strategic Growth Areas to learn more about that project.