Alex Benzie, Renfrew County Planning Office
County of Renfrew Press Release
NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND PUBLIC MEETING
In the matter of Section 17 and 22 of the Planning Act, the County of Renfrew hereby gives NOTICE OF THE FOLLOWING:
i) Application to amend the County of Renfrew Official Plan.
ii) A public meeting regarding an application for an amendment to the County of Renfrew Official Plan.
Subject Lands The Official Plan amendment affects lands throughout the entire County, therefore a key map or description of the affected lands is not provided.
Public Meeting A public meeting to inform the public of the proposed Official Plan Amendment will be held on December 21, 2022 at 5:00 pm at the County of Renfrew Administration Building, 9 International Drive, Pembroke, ON K8A 6W5.
The meeting may be viewed on the County of Renfrew’s YouTube channel:
Participation can be in-person attendance at the meeting or virtually. Please contact Alex Benzie to schedule your participation.
Proposed Official Plan Amendment
The purpose of the proposed Official Plan Amendment is to update certain policies in Section 17, Implementation and Interpretation, in response to provincial planning direction and recent changes to the Planning Act. Amendments include new requirements for Site Plans and Complete Application; providing municipalities with the ability to mandate pre-consultation on planning applications; and providing municipalities with the ability to delegate the approval of temporary use by-laws and/or other zoning by-law amendments considered minor in nature, including the removal of holding zones.
Additional information regarding the Official Plan Amendment is available for inspection at the County of Renfrew Administration Building during regular office hours.
If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the County of Renfrew before the proposed Official Plan amendment is adopted by the County of Renfrew, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision of the County of Renfrew 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 Renfrew before the proposed Official Plan amendment is adopted by the County of Renfrew, 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 the 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, or for further information, you must make a written request to:
Alex Benzie, County Planner
County of Renfrew
9 International Drive
Pembroke, ON K8A 5S2
(613) 735-7288, ext. 490
[email protected]
NOTE: One of the purposes of the Planning Act is to provide for planning processes that are open, accessible, timely and efficient. Accordingly, all written submissions, documents, correspondence, e-mails or other communications (including your name and address) form part of the public record and will be disclosed/made available by the County to such persons as the County sees fit, including anyone requesting such information. Accordingly, in providing such information, you shall be deemed to have consented to its use and disclosure as part of the planning process.
Dated at the County of Renfrew this 1st day of November, 2022.
Alex Benzie
County Planner
