Planning

An “unprecedented” level of public engagement with the City of Ottawa’s new official plan will result in a second draft plan to be released this summer. City planners will also put together an interim report to review the public comments received from the original draft, to be released sometime this spring. ...

Rendered view of the proposed development at 33 Maple Grove Rd. in Kanata. (Via Lara McKendrick Architecture Inc.) I was glad to see general support from city councillors for a proposed pair of apartment buildings in Kanata, at 33 Maple Grove Rd. ...

Ottawa City Hall. The City of Ottawa has put its new draft official plan up for public input. Since 2003, a few years after the city we know today was created in amalgamation, Ottawa has had the same official plan. Since early 2019, the city has been working on creating a new plan from the ground up. ...

A billboard advertising the Trinity Station development at 900 Albert St. A senior city planning manager says while there will be more to come, Ottawa’s housing future is not in high-rises. (Photo/Devyn Barrie) With one million residents and counting, Ottawa is in a whole new league of cities. ...

Six city councillors are calling for major reforms to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB), the provincial oversight body for municipal planning. They say it undermines the city’s planning decisions and ability to create a healthy, sustainable city. Councillors Jeff Leiper, Tobi Nussbaum, Catherine McKenney, Mathieu Fleury, Riley Brockington and David Chernushenko signed a letter to Ontario Attorney General Yasir Naqvi and Minister of Municipal Affairs Bill Mauro, which outlined their concerns with the current system. ...

_ (press release) _ Ontario is undertaking a review of the scope and effectiveness of the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB), an important part of the province’s land use planning system. The OMB is an independent tribunal that makes decisions at arm’s length from the government on appeals and applications under a number of statutes, with most of its current caseload coming from the Planning Act. ...

Roscoe the dog says: “I’m usually a pretty happy guy. There are only a few things I get mad at. Squirrels. The Crate. _ And the lack of fenced-in dog parks in Ottawa.” _ Click on the image below to read more… ...

Capital Urbanism Lab Event: Placemaking and Capital Identity ** Thursday, June 11 2015, from 6 pm to 7:30 pm ** The National Capital Commission (NCC) is pleased to invite you to a conference on the theme of ** placemaking and capital identity ** , which will be presented by the Commission de la capitale nationale du Québec (CCNQ). ...