by Glen Gower | Oct 28, 2023 | Development, Notebook
La version française suit Surprising but welcome news from the provincial government this week: The Minister of Housing is reversing changes the province made to our Official Plan last fall. Last year, I wrote about how those changes would work against Council’s...
by Glen Gower | Apr 16, 2023 | Development, Notebook
La version française suit (image credit: Brent Toderian) / (source de l’image : Brent Toderian) On April 6, the Ontario government unveiled their latest proposals to update provincial planning legislation, including a new Provincial Policy Statement and Bill 97 (the...
by Team Stittsville | Mar 17, 2023 | Development
La version française suit The City of Ottawa is starting consultation on the development of a new Zoning By-law with the release of seven discussion papers, available on the City’s Engage Ottawa page starting on March 6. These papers address key issues relating to the...
by Glen Gower | Dec 8, 2022 | Notebook
La version française suit At the start of Wednesday’s 7-hour City Council meeting, every councillor had five minutes to share some “opening remarks” to colleagues at the start of the new term. I shared three priorities for Stittsville: Revitalizing...
by Glen Gower | Nov 12, 2022 | Development, Notebook
La version française suit On Friday, November 4, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing approved Ottawa’s Official Plan, making 30 changes to the version City Council approved in 2021. These changes will impact growth in Stittsville and across the City of...
