NOTEBOOK: Taking stock of Stittsville Main Street
About 40 people joined us on Saturday for the annual Jane’s Walk on Stittsville Main Street. It was part of the Ottawa Jane’s Walk Festival with dozens of free walking tours happening all over Ottawa (and many more happening around the world). This year’s walk focused...
May 26: Stittsville North (W2) future neighbourhood open house #2
La version française suit The second open house for the Stittsville North (W2) future neighbourhood development plan will take place on May 26 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at CARDELREC (1500 Shea Road). This drop in event will include information on the area’s existing...
37 Wildpine: Site Plan Control application
La version française suivra The City of Ottawa has received a Site Plan Control application from Latitude Homes to construct a four-storey apartment building with 93 dwelling units. The site is located at the end of both Wildpine Court and Ravenscroft Court: Four...
NOTEBOOK: Map of future transportation projects in Stittsville
La version française suit The City’s Transportation Master Plan (TMP) sets out how the city will plan, develop, and operate its walking, cycling, transit and road networks over the next few decades. It’s meant to reflect the City’s new Official Plan (2022) by...
6015, 6021 and 6041 Fernbank Road: Zoning By-law Amendment application
La version française suit The City of Ottawa has received a Zoning By-law Amendment application from Taggart and Tamarack for part of 6015, 6021 and 6041 Fernbank Road. The applicant wants to remove Urban Exception 2238 from the subject lands, in order to permit...
Construction info for 1412 Stittsville Main Street
La version française suit The development at 1412 Stittsville Main Street will include a three-storey, 18-unit apartment building with outdoor amenity space at the back of the building. A total of 18 parking spaces and 18 bicycle parking spaces are also provided at...
VIDEO: All about the Stittsville West urban expansion application
Originally published February 23, 2026 La version française suit You might have heard: Claridge wants to build new homes on 112 hectares of land just west of Stittsville. So they’ve applied to the City for an urban boundary expansion. In this video I explain what's...
What’s the latest on Stittsville residential development files? (February 2026)
La version française suit (Photo: Homes under construction in the Abbott's Run subdivision, February 2026) There are over two dozen residential projects in Stittsville that are in various stages of the approval and pre-construction process. Here’s the latest...
6111 Hazeldean Road: Site Plan Control application
La version française suit The City of Ottawa has received a Site Plan Control application from Grant Castle Corporation is for a new strip mall at 6111 Hazeldean Road. The site is located on the north side of Hazeldean Road, west of the Hazeldean Road and Stittsville...
Urban boundary expansion proposal: 6435 Fernbank Road and 6437 Flewellyn Road
La version française suit The City of Ottawa has received an application from Claridge Homes to amend the Official Plan to expand the Urban Boundary by including 6437 Flewellyn Road and 6435 Fernbank Road. The proposed expansion, known as the Stittsville West Urban...
2 Pretty Street: Request for proposals
La version française suit The City has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) to select not-for-profit housing providers to develop rental housing on three City-owned properties: 2 Pretty Street, 185 Hawthorne Avenue and 2548 Cléroux Crescent. This RFP is part of the...
NOTEBOOK: My comments to staff on the Hazeldean-Savage development
La version française suit Last week was the official deadline for comments on the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment for the proposed development at Hazeldean and Savage. Here are the comments that I provided to City staff. Resident parking A total of 148 resident...
1770 and 1820 Shea Road: Plan of Subdivision and Zoning By-law amendment application
La version française suit The City of Ottawa has received Plan of Subdivision and Zoning By-law Amendment applications for 1770 and 1820 Shea Road, located at the northwest corner of the intersection of Shea Road and Flewellyn Road. The proposal from Caivan is for a...
NOTEBOOK: Council approves (unanimously) Ottawa’s New Zoning By-law
La version française suit City Council unanimously approved the New Zoning By-law for Ottawa today. In my wrap up comments at Council, I likened Ottawa's New Zoning By-law project to an action-adventure movie featuring a spaceship on a long, long journey back to...
Q&A from Stittsville South (W-4) information meeting
La version française suit An information meeting was held in the fall for the future neighbourhood known as Stittsville South (W-4) and branded by Caivan as "Magnolia". This future community has been moving through the City’s development approval process for more...