New Official Plan

More on 613 Flats

Details available at Ottawa.ca/NewOP Interested in more information about the 613 Flats – please review some different ideas of how they could be built. Each of the below is a different form or typology for the 613 Flats concept. If you have feedback on these, please use the 613 Flats Feedback Form. Typology One Topology Two…

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Introduction to the Draft New Official Plan & 613 Flats

The city is looking for your input at Ottawa.ca/NewOP by February 17th, 2020. The City has developed 21 different one-page fact sheets to give people a general sense of the topics the OP will address. During the next couple of months, I will be highlighting these topics in the my weekly bulletin starting with the…

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Release of City’s draft New Official Plan

Today is the launch of the draft for the New Official Plan – the blueprint of what our city is striving to look like as we continue to grow – that will guide the physical development of Ottawa until 2046. I support the main concept of the 15-minute neighbourhood as being a priority. We need…

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Public Information Sessions on New Official Plan

Beginning on Tuesday November 3, residents can learn about the City’s new proposed approach to planning Ottawa’s future growth.  The City is hosting a series of public information sessions about one of the key cornerstones of the new Official Plan: the Transect approach, which means the City will plan by context, recognizing the specific needs…

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New Official Plan: Survey on 15 Minute Neighbourhood

The new Official Plan is a document that describes how the city will grow and has a goal to be the most liveable mid-sized city in North America. To achieve this goal, Five Big Moves were adopted to frame new Official Plan, including the concept of 15-minute neighbourhoods.  What do we mean when we say a 15-minute neighbourhood?…

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Feedback from New Official Plan Consultation Session

Executive Summary from the Project Coordinator, Planning Dept: On September 19th, 2019 over a dozen residents from a variety of communities in Bay Ward gathered to receive an introductory presentation on the 5 Big Moves of the New Official Plan and to engage in discussions to provide their feedback on these concepts. Each discussion group…

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New Official Plan – High Level Policy Directions

In accordance with Subsection 88 of the Procedure By-law, the Chairs of the Planning Committee and the Agriculture and Rural Affairs have called a Special Joint Meeting for Thursday, August 22, 2019 at 9:30 am, for the purpose of considering a report on the following: New Official Plan – High Level Policy Directions The report…

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