
Land Needs Assessment
The County of Wellington has prepared a draft of the County-wide Land Needs Assessment. The assessment was completed in accordance with the Provincial Land Needs Assessment Methodology issued under the Growth Plan, 2019.
The purpose of the Land Needs Assessment is to determine if the County of Wellington and its member municipalities have an adequate supply of designated land to accommodate forecasted population and employment growth to 2051. The draft Land Needs Assessment identifies which communities need to:
- identify excess lands;
- re-designate future development lands; and/or
- expand urban areas
Please note that this report does not make recommendations on which specific lands may be added to urban areas identified as having a need. The location options for urban boundary expansions and re-designation requests will be evaluated during Phase 3.
Phase 2 Municipal Comprehensive Review Report: Land Needs Report - Final (August 29, 2022)
Phase 2 Municipal Comprehensive Review Report: Land Needs Draft Report (March 31, 2022)
Public Information Centre Presentation - December 13, 2021
Public Information Centre Presentation Recording - December 13, 2021
Public Information Centre Meeting Summary - December 13, 2021
Final Phase 1 MCR Report: Urban Structure and Growth Allocations
The Final Phase 1 Report provides detailed background and rationale for a County urban structure and proposed growth allocations to our member municipalities to 2051.
Final Phase 1 MCR Report: Urban Structure and Growth Allocations
Final Phase 1 MCR Report: Guelph-Eramosa - Settlement Area Table A-3 Table 3 - UPDATE
Public Information Centre Presentation - June 23, 2021
Public Information Centre Meeting Summary - June 23, 2021
Municipal Servicing Analysis
Wellington County has undertaken a Municipal Servicing Analysis of municipal servicing capacity for each local municipality in support of the County's ongoing Municipal Comprehensive Review Process. The analysis evaluates the existing water and wastewater capacities of the area municipalities.
As required under the provincial land use planning framework, growth should be directed to existing 'settlement areas' that have available or planned servicing capacity to accommodate future development. The findings of this memorandum are intended to inform the County's ongoing growth management work regarding where future growth should be allocated.
It should be noted that the information contained in the Municipal Servicing Analysis is reflective of a specific point in time. Interested parties should contact their local municipality for the most current servicing capacity information.
Final Municipal Servicing Analysis
Growth Management Overview
Growth management is an integrated process to determine where and how population and employment growth will occur to promote healthy, compact and complete communities, while incorporating planning, servicing and financing considerations.
Below is a growth management overview that has been prepared to provide a review of the growth management framework set out in the provincial Growth Plan as it applies to Wellington County.