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Official Plan Review

Project Update: Official Plan 5-Year Review Adopted by Council

Staff Report PBS.25.040 was presented at the June 23, 2025 Council Meeting. This report informs Council that all recommendations made at the May 12, 2025 Council Meeting have been incorporated into the latest Draft Official Plan 5-Year Review. At the meeting, Council voted 7-0 to adopt the proposed changes and authorize Staff to submit the Official Plan to Grey County for final approval. 

View By-law 2025-35     View Notice of Adoption

Staff have prepared a tracked changes version illustrating all the text modifications from the original Official Plan, and a clean version that incorporates all the text changes, along with all schedules and appendix maps. 

Updated Official Plan Document - Tracked Changes Version

Updated Official Plan Document - Clean Version

Official Plan Mapping

On this page: 
1. Background Information
2. Phase 1 Information
3. Phase 2 Information

Phase 2 of the Official Plan Review project is now underway. Phase 1, completed in 2022, considered high-level action items, including the vision, guiding principles, goals and objectives. Phase 2 allows a closer look at critical topics that emerged through this process to develop policies to guide future land-use decisions in the Town.

Comments and feedback throughout the project can be shared directly with the Official Plan project staff at any time through the contact form below.

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Background Information

In 2022, the Town of The Blue Mountains began the process of updating its Official Plan. When complete, the Official Plan will guide all future land-use decisions in the Town, including residential, commercial, and other forms of development. Policies are being developed to consider how to manage growth, housing, density and intensification standards, protection of the environment, how agricultural and natural features will be protected and more. As required by the Planning Act, the Official Plan must be reviewed and updated every five years.

What is an Official Plan?

Watch our short explainer video to learn how the Official Plan impacts you and your neighbourhood! 


Phase 1

Phase 1 of the Official Plan Update was completed in 2022, which included high-level action items, including the Official Plan vision, guiding principles, goals and objectives. Growth management and changes to housing, density, height, and character, were also developed.


Phase 2 

Phase 2 of the Official Plan Review takes a closer look at topics related to the natural environment, climate change, source water protection, rural/agricultural lands, parks, and open space, servicing, commercial/employment lands, transit and transportation, and downtown area building heights.