Every five years, the City is required to update the plan that sets out its priorities and principles for land use and zoning.  The people of Windsor have told the City how to grow!

Planning Advisory Committee Meeting - 5:00pm Thursday March 11, 2010 in Council Chambers

New Report

• Summary of Moving Forward Phase and Moving Forward Synthesis Report (PDF, 0.6 MB)

The report provides a summary of Phase II: “Moving Forward”, of the Official Plan Review and identifies the “Advancing Windsor’s Vision” phase and the completion of the Official Plan Review.

For additional information about these reports or the March 11, 2010 Planning Advisory Committee meeting, please contact 311.

Council Meeting - 6:00pm Monday March 8, 2010 in Council Chambers

Updated Reports

• Land Needs Analysis Report (PDF, 1.6 MB)
• Commercial Land Use Policy Report (PDF, 2.6 MB)
  

The Land Needs Analysis Report and the Commercial Land Use Policy Report have been updated in response to additional public consultation sessions held on January 22, 2009 and August 26, 2009. Administration is recommending that Council receive these two background reports for information.

For additional information, please contact 311.

Moving Forward Reports:

• 25-Year Population and Housing Projections (PDF, 504 KB)
• 20-Year Employment Projections and Employment Land Needs Analysis (PDF, 265 KB)
• Commercial Demand and Supply Analyses (PDF, 18 MB)
• Residential Intensification Analysis (PDF, 2 MB)
• Natural Areas Policy Review (PDF, 16 MB)

Looking Back, Moving Forward … Advancing Windsor's Vision

The City of Windsor has completed "Looking Back", the first of three phases of the Official Plan 5-Year Review. The Looking Back work program was comprised of research and analysis that identified, described and discussed the existing conditions, trends and known challenges that face Windsor. The analyses of existing studies and recent legislative changes along with stakeholder discussions, statistical analyses and field surveys were included in a series of Looking Back Summary Reports and a Looking Back Synthesis Report, as follows:

• Legislation
• Social Conditions
• Economic Conditions
• Natural Environment
• Infrastructure
• Transportation
• Built Form

The Looking Back phase of the review has identified 124 issues raised by the people of Windsor and five areas of further study that are required by the Province of Ontario in order for Windsor’s Official Plan Review to meet the requirement for a comprehensive official plan review.

These five additional reports need to be completed during the Moving Forward phase of the review and will result in proposed policy changes that will be implemented during the Advancing Windsor's Vision phase. It is expected that the completion of the additional studies and policy updates for the 124 issues will result in Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing’s acceptance of Windsor’s Comprehensive Official Plan 5-Year Review.

For general information, call 311. To learn more about the Planning Department itself please visit the Planning Department homepage.