The final draft CPP By-law is now available and linked below.

Final Draft City-Wide Community Planning Permit By-law - June 22, 2026

The final draft of the Community Planning Permit (CPP) By-law is now available for public review. The final draft includes formatting updates and minor revisions to the interim draft CPP By-law that was posted on Connect Peterborough on June 5, 2026. The final version incorporates changes made in response to community feedback received since the initial draft by-law was released in January 2026.

The final draft CPP By-law will be presented to Council, sitting as General Committee, for consideration on June 22, 2026 and final approval on June 29, 2026.

CPP By-law - TextCPP By-law (Complete Consolidation)

A copy final draft CPP By-law is linked below. You may view the complete consolidated document, including all sections and schedules, or access individual sections separately.

• City of Peterborough Community Planning Permit By-law (complete consolidation). *Please note: the items in the Table of Contents are not linked. For ease of navigation, please use the bookmarks pane available in your PDF viewer.
• Section 1: Definitions
• Section 2: Administration
• Section 3: Interpretation
• Section 4: General Provisions
• Section 5: Parking
• Section 6: Central Area Precincts
• Section 7: Mixed-Use Corridor Precincts
• Section 8: Neighbourhood Precinct
• Section 9: Employment Precincts
• Section 10: Institutional Precincts
• Section 11: Open Space Precincts
• Section 12: Transition Precinct
• Section 13: Site Specific Provisions

CPP By-law - Schedules and Appendices

A copy final draft CPP By-law Schedules and Appendices (PDF file) and interactive mapping are available via the links below.

• Schedules and Appendices - PDF version
• Schedules and Appendices - Interactive Mapping
• Appendix 3: Affordable Housing Threshold and Cash-in-lieu of Facilities, Services and Matters

Summary of What We Heard (Comment and Response Table)

A comprehensive summary of the written public submissions, organized in alphabetical order by name, and received by the City regarding the draft Community Planning Permit (CPP) By-law is available below. This comment-and-response table includes written comments received from the initial draft release on January 19, 2026, through to Friday, June 5, 2026.

• Summary of What We Heard (Comment and Response Table)

Facilities, Services and Matters Reserve By-law

A copy of the draft Facilities, Services and Matters Reserve By-law, being a by-law to regulate the use of money collected as cash-in-lieu of in-kind Facilities, Services and Matters for applicable Class 2 or Class 3 Community Planning Permits, is also available in the link below.

• Draft Facilities, Services and Matters Reserve By-law

Draft CPP By-law Documents - January 2026 version

• Draft Community Planning Permit By-law - Text
• Draft Schedules and Appendices

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.