Posted On Friday January 06, 2023
TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to section 26 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13 as amended, the County of Wellington will hold a Public Meeting to discuss proposed Official Plan Amendment (OPA) No.120.
THE LAND SUBJECT to the proposed amendment applies to the entire County of Wellington.
THE PURPOSE of the proposed Official Plan Amendment is to revise the Wellington growth forecast by updating the population, household and employment forecasts to extend to 2051 and revise related text as a phase of the County’s municipal comprehensive review.
Public Meeting
The Public Meeting will be an opportunity to discuss OPA No.120, to ask questions of County Staff and identify additional planning issues that should be considered and is scheduled as follows:
Date: January 12th, 2023
Time: 10:30 am
Location: Administration Centre - 74 Woolwich Street, Guelph Ontario, N1H 3T9 (Council Chambers)
Written Submissions
Please send any written submissions to the County of Wellington Planning and Development Department by email at planwell@wellington.ca or by mail to the attention of Sarah Wilhelm, Manager of Policy Planning to the address below no later than January 11th, 2023. Please refer to file No. OP- 2020-01- 02 when responding.
IF A PERSON or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the County of Wellington before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the Council of the County of Wellington to the Ontario Land Tribunal.
IF A PERSON or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the County of Wellington before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.
IF YOU WISH to be notified of the adoption of the proposed official plan amendment, or of the refusal of a request to amend the official plan, you must make a written request to Mr. Aldo Salis, Director of the Wellington County Planning and Development Department (address below).
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION regarding this application is available for review on the County of Wellington website: www.wellington.ca/planwell
County of Wellington Planning and Development Department
Administration Centre 74 Woolwich Street, Guelph, ON N1H 3T9
Dated at the City of Guelph
This 15th day of December 2022
Aldo L. Salis, MCIP, RPP
Director, Planning and Development Department
County of Wellington