File No. D084124 – 853, 869 Hurontario Street & 7564 Poplar Sideroad Date of this notice: July 8, 2025
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING CONCERNING A PROPOSED OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT & ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT
TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Collingwood has received an application for an Official Plan Amendment and a Zoning By-law Amendment under Sections 17, 22 and 34 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P. 13, as amended.
AND TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Collingwood will hold a public meeting on Monday July 28, 2025, on or about 2:00 p.m.
Any members of the public may attend in person (Council Chambers, 97 Hurontario Street, Collingwood) or virtually via Zoom webinar to consider a proposed Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment. Written submissions can also be submitted to the Town’s contact noted below.
The public meeting will take place during the regular Council meeting. For those attending virtually, a link to the webinar will be included on the July 28, 2025 Council/Committee of the Whole agenda. Council and Committee of the Whole meeting agendas are located here: www.collingwood.ca/agendas-minutes
Location: Four parcels of land on the northeast corner of the intersection of Hurontario Street and Poplar Sideroad.
Legal description: 853, 869 Hurontario Street, 7564 Poplar Sideroad, and parcel with no municipal address within Part South ½ Lot 40 Concession 8, Nottawasaga as in RO515907, Collingwood
Area: 3.76 hectares
THE PURPOSE of the proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments is to site-specifically redesignate and rezone the subject lands to permit a mixed-use development consisting of eight commercial buildings with a mix of retail, restaurant, office, pharmacy, and grocery store uses including one (1) twelve-storey mixed-use apartment building with up to 165 dwelling units and/or retirement suites/units/rooms with underground and surface parking, and landscaped areas.
The proposed Official Plan Amendment would redesignate the subject lands from Highway Commercial and Residential (2004 Official Plan) to site-specific Mixed-Use Corridor Exception designations, as appropriate to facilitate the proposed development. The application was submitted when the Town’s 2004 Official Plan was in effect. Since the application was received, a new 2024 Official Plan has been approved for the Town that designates the subject lands as Mixed-Use Corridor I and II.
The proposed Zoning By-law Amendment would rezone the subject lands from the Highway Commercial (C5) Zone and Deferred Residential (DR) Zone to a Holding Mixed-Use Commercial Exception Zone (HX C4-X). The proposed C4-X Zone would permit uses including a food supermarket, pharmacy, retail commercial establishments, and prohibit auto-focused uses. It would also permit a mixed-use building with a maximum height of 12 storeys (42.5 metres) and a maximum of 165 dwelling units/suites/rooms in a specified location at the northwest corner of the development site. The proposed HX holding provision would place a condition on the subject lands to ensure sufficient municipal servicing capacity is available and a Site Plan is executed to facilitate the proposed development.
THE EFFECT of the proposed applications is to allow for a mixed-use development on the subject lands consisting of a range of low-rise commercial uses, including a grocery store and pharmacy, and one mixed-use high-rise apartment building with a maximum height of 12 storeys.
Any person may attend the public meeting when scheduled and/or make written or verbal representation either in support of or in opposition to the proposed Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendments.
If a person or public body would otherwise have the ability to appeal the decision of the Town of Collingwood to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at the public meeting or make written submissions to the Town of Collingwood before the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment are passed or refused, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.
If a person or a public body does not make oral submissions at the public meeting, or make written submissions to the Town of Collingwood before the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendments are passed or refused, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to do so.
Please note that the rights of third parties to appeal Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment decisions to the Ontario Land Tribunal have been restricted under the Planning Act.
The County of Simcoe is the approval authority for Official Plan Amendments in Collingwood. If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Council of the County of Simcoe in respect of the proposed Official Plan Amendment, you must make a written request to the Clerk, County of Simcoe Administration Centre, 1110 Highway 26, Midhurst, ON L9X 1N6 Email: [email protected] Telephone: (705) 726-9300.
If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Council of the Town of Collingwood in respect of the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment, you must make a written request to Planning Services, Town of Collingwood, P.O. Box 157, Collingwood, Ontario L9Y 3Z5 or via email to the contact noted below.
For more information about this matter, including information about appeal rights, contact:
Nathan Wukasch, Senior Planner
[email protected] or 705-445-1030 Ext. 3275
Monday to Friday between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Additional information and material regarding the proposed Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment are available to the public for inspection here: https://www.collingwood.ca/development-growth-economy/growth-planning-development-management-0/proposed-major-developments
If you are the owner of any land that contains seven or more residential units, please post this notice in a location that is visible to all residents.
Note about information you may submit to the Town:
Under the authority of Ontario’s Municipal Act, 2001 and the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA), all information including oral and written comments, provided for, or at a public meeting; public consultation; or other public process are considered part of the public record and may be posted on the Town’s website and/or made available to the public including names, addresses, phone numbers, emails or other personal information voluntarily disclosed.
