Category: Official Plan 2021

Development Adjacent to Rural Natural Features (OMB Decision, 2006) Settlement of the Alliance’s appeal of the 2003 OP (Dec 2006) Rideau Forest Phase 7 (2006-07)   For more information on Country Lot Estates, please visit: Rural settlement strategy (Mar 2007 – Jun 2008) Greenspace Alliance comments on last April’s proposals (Jul 2008) Greenspace Alliance comments to Council (Jun 2009) OMB Decision on Country Lots and Villages (Oct – Nov 2011) Almost

Joint Submission of the Greenspace Alliance of Canada’s Capital and the Friends of the Greenspace Alliance to Council on the Official Plan Amendment to be tabled June 10, 2009. This submission complements the previous submission of the Greenspace Alliance made to the Special Joint ARAC/PEC meetings on the Official Plan amendment held March 31 – April 3. It addresses the following issues: country lot subdivisions; the proposed expansion of the

PDF version Official Plan Review Comments by the Greenspace Alliance of Canada’s Capital To the Planning and Environment Committee, 24 November 2008 and the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, 27 November 2008 The Greenspace Alliance is submitting the following comments on the proposed amendments to the City’s Official Plan as reported to the meetings of the Planning and Environment Committee, 24 November and of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee on

On November 2, 2007 Al Crosby wrote to the GA list: “Hi Folks, Re: Planning Ottawa http://www.city.ottawa.on.ca/residents/public_consult/beyond_2020/index_en.html, I read the Rural Discussion Papers and White Papers associated with the Beyond Ottawa 20/20 initiative and extracted the 89 questions from the White Papers below. Someone else may want to use them to submit their answers. I must say, it looks daunting for a single resident to provide comments on such a

OMB Decision of December 22, 2010.

What was originally expected to be a 2-week hearing became a session lasting just 1 1/4 hour on September 19, 2011. Appeals by four developer Parties and the Greenspace Alliance were withdrawn. We are not aware of what, if anything, the developers received in return for withdrawing but here is what the Alliance settled for: the City’s Official Plan was amended to include a commitment to hold consultations with “impacted

December 5, 2011 By the time the OMB hearing on country lot estates (CLEs) and villages got underway on October 24, the only appeal left to adjudicate was the matter of Council’s imposition of a 5-year moratorium on new country lot subdivisions. All other issues had been dropped or settled. The Greenspace Alliance was admitted as a Party to this hearing, provided it would not put into question the very

November 5, 2011 — updated on December 5 and 28 Council in June 2009 (Official Plan Amendment 76) allowed an expansion of the Urban Boundary of 230 ha. Naturally, all the developers in town appealed. Parties to this portion of the hearings on appeals agreed to split the hearing in two phases: First to determine whether the boundary should be expanded and if so with how much; then where the

On July 31, 2008, on behalf of the Greenspace Alliance, Chris Szpak submitted detailed comments on staff’s Preliminary Proposals for the Official Plan Review.   Comments by the Greenspace Alliance of Canada’s Capital 31 July 2008 The Greenspace Alliance is submitting the following comments on the document, Official Plan Review: Preliminary Proposals produced by the City’s Planning, Transit and Environment Department (22 April 2008). We thank you in advance for

20 November 2008 Final staff recommendations regarding the Official Plan review and an Infrastructure Master Plan are on the agenda of special meetings of Planning and Environment Committee (PEC) on November 24 and of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee (ARAC) on November 27, 2008. Both meetings are held in the Champlain Room at City Hall and start at 9:30 a.m. Key areas covered include the urban boundary, intensification, rural settlement,