Pre-Consultation for Planning Applications
To attract new investment and smart growth, the City offers a development approvals process that is conducive to business, responds to emerging investment opportunities, supports good land-use planning and promotes the public interest.
Pre-consultation meetings have been implemented to streamline the approval process and are required for these planning applications as per Bylaw No. 2007-43:
- Official Plan Amendment;
- Zoning Bylaw Amendment;
- Draft Plan of Subdivision / Condominium;
- Final Plan of Subdivision / Condominium;
- Site Plan Control;
- Consent*; and,
- Minor Variances
* For Consent and Minor Variance applications, the proponent must call to make an appointment for a Pre-consultation Meeting with Ted Stratford, Secretary-Treasurer of the Committee of Adjustment (ex 3274) or Tim Fisher, Planner (ex 3215).
MAKING THE APPOINTMENT
Pre-consultation Meetings are held bi-weekly. Please review the Pre-Consultation Guide and Request Form (link above) for meeting dates and submission deadlines.
Each application receives a total of 30 minutes. The applicant has 10 minutes to present the proposal and City Staff and agencies will have 20 minutes to ask questions and provide some initial comments.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT:
The Planning and Development Department will:
- Schedule the application on the next available agenda once all required information has been received.
- Send an email to the proponent confirming the Pre-Consultation Meeting date and time.
- Distribute the submission to the appropriate technical staff and agencies.
- Provide the proponent with a completed Development Application Pre-Consultation Form based on the comments received at the Pre-Consultation Meeting. The information on the form will identify the planning approvals required, application fees and necessary plans and supporting studies that will be required for each approval.
The Planning and Development Department will review the proposal with the proponent and complete the pre-consultation form which provides information concerning conformity with the Official Plan and Zoning Bylaw, any necessary variances and a list of the information (ie. plans, studies) required with the submission of the application.
For more information, please contact the Planning and Development Department at 613-546-4291 extension 3180.
