Official Plan
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The city’s draft of its new Official Plan (OP) presents an overall positive, and at times ambitious, vision for our city’s evolution over the next few... more
By Shawn Menard
May 26, 2021
Mayor Jim Watson &
Members of Ottawa City Council
Ottawa City Hall
110 Laurier Ave. West
Ottawa ON K1P 1J1
Dear Mayor Watson:
FCA Request to delay... more
By AlexCullen
March 2, 2021
The City's website "engage Ottawa" (https://engage.ottawa.ca/the-new-official-plan) divides the draft Official Plan into 21 topics, each with a one pager and... more
February 2, 2021
As President of the Kanata Beaverbrook Community Association, my initial reaction to Jan Harder’s “client relationship leaders” (CLR) project is that it puts... more
By NeilJThomson
June 4, 2015
Dear Friends,
Today the Ontario government introduced new planning rules to ensure that growth and development occur in a way that supports economic... more
By Yasir Naqvi
March 5, 2015
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Eastern Municipal Services Office
Rockwood House
8 Estate Lane
Kinsgston, Ontario K7M 9A8
Attention: Andrea Gummo
Re... more
January 26, 2014
Dear Ottawa residents,
The Greenspace Alliance of Canada’s Capital remains a leading advocate of greenspace preservation and expansion in the National Capital... more
June 18, 2013
It certainly isn’t as simple as Councillors or the Planning Department being “in the pocket of the developer.” There seems to be a combination of things that... more
By Jay Baltz
May 29, 2013
Dear Councillor Doug Thompson & Councillor Scott Moffatt,
re: April 9 Rural Public Meeting on City Initial and Draft OP Proposals: Summary & As-It-Was... more
April 16, 2013
Dear Mayor and Councillors,
At the Manotick public meeting it was clear that Ottawa's proposed Official Rural Plan is a bureaucratic strategy that fails to... more
April 15, 2013
Jim.Watson@ottawa.ca
April 23,2013
Dear Mayor Watson,
I received your response to my letter of April 9, 2013, urging you and City Council to “prohibit new... more
By liriostrobus
April 12, 2013
Bring on the debate!
Bob Bricklebank is right, It’s time fix the mess that is amalgamation by bringing the zoning bylaws inline with the Official Plan because... more
By James OGrady
September 22, 2012