Back to SearchNotice of Statutory Public Meeting & Official Plan Amendment for Bronte Creek Meadows Area Specific Planning Project
Meeting Date: March 4, 2025
What is Proposed?
The City of Burlington is proposing amendments to the Burlington Official Plan, 2020 through an Official Plan Amendment (OPA). It will implement a revised vision and other area-specific policies for the Bronte Creek Meadows area to guide future development proposals for the property.
The Official Plan Amendment contains a proposed policy framework that provides direction for Bronte Creek Meadows (BCM) to be planned as a vibrant mixed-use, transit supportive, complete community inclusive of economic, social and environmental benefits. The amendment has been informed by the BCM Area Specific Planning Project and various inputs including Council direction, technical studies and public feedback gathered fall 2024.
Find information on the Bronte Creek Meadows Area Specific Planning Study at: www.getinvolvedburlington.ca/officialplan.
Proposed Amendment
The proposed Official Plan Amendment to the City of Burlington Official Plan (2020) will:
- Establish a community structure, informed by protected Natural Heritage features, organized in districts with a new transportation network.
- Establish appropriate targets and change the authorized land uses in Bronte Creek Meadows to allow for a mix of residential and non-residential uses.
- Provide policies relating to infrastructure, transportation, public service facilities, parks, public space, housing, land use compatibility, natural heritage and hazards and
- Outline requirements for further study, policies related to tertiary planning, phasing and monitoring, etc.
Statutory Public Meeting
You are invited to attend a Statutory Public Meeting under the Planning Act on Tuesday, March 4 to provide comments on the proposed Official Plan Amendment. No decisions about the proposal have been made yet. We are asking for your feedback to inform staffs’ future recommended amendment to the Committee of the Whole later this year.
Meeting Date: March 4, 2025
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Location: Online at www.burlington.ca/calendar or in-person at Burlington City Hall, Council Chambers, 2nd floor, 426 Brant St., Burlington, Ont.
Written Comments:
Any written comments about the proposed amendment can be mailed or emailed to the City’s Planning Policy team. Your comments will be considered by staff.
To submit written comments, or for more information, please contact:
Community Planning Department
P.O. Box 5013, 426 Brant St., Burlington, ON L7R 3Z6
newop@burlington.ca
Your written comments should be submitted by: March 18, 2025
How to participate in the Statutory Public Meeting
The proposed Official Plan amendment will be available for public review and comment on Wednesday, February 12, 2025. The amendment will be available at www.getinvolvedburlington.ca/officialplan. If you need an accessible or hard copy of the amendment, please email newop@burlington.ca to arrange pick-up.
How to Obtain the Staff Report
The staff information report contains a discussion on the proposed amendment. It will be available for public review on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. The report will present and seek feedback on the proposed amendment to all members of Council and the public. All feedback will inform staffs’ recommended amendment to Committee of the Whole later this year. The staff information report will be available at www.burlington.ca/calendar by searching for Committee of the Whole meeting on March 4. If you require a hard copy of the report, please email clerks@burlington.ca to arrange pick-up.
Speaking at the Statutory Public Meeting as a Delegation:
To speak at the Statutory Public Meeting, there are two options:
- Register to speak by noon on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. You can register in one of these ways:
- Complete the online delegation request form at www.burlington.ca/delegation;
- submit a written request by email to clerks@burlington.ca or
- phone 905-335-7600, ext. 7481.
- Register during the Public Meeting
- If you are attending the meeting virtually, register to speak by emailing clerks@burlington.ca. Include your information noted in the ticker tape that will be scrolling along the bottom of the live stream meeting webcast.
- If you are attending the meeting in person, you can register to speak during the meeting by following instructions provided at the meeting.
Speakers are limited to a maximum of 10 minutes each and are webcasted online.
If you have presentation materials, they must be submitted to Jo-Anne Rudy, Committee Clerk at Jo-Anne.Rudy@burlington.ca by noon, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 so they can be reviewed by all members of the Committee. The content of all submissions is considered public and will be posted to the City’s website.
To Watch the Statutory Public Meeting Online:
The live webcast can also be accessed on the City’s website at www.burlington.ca/calendar by searching for the meeting date for the Community Planning, Regulation and Mobility Committee and clicking the ‘Video - Live’ link.
Public Open Houses
In advance of the Statutory Meeting on March 4, 2025, consider attending a public open house to learn more about the Bronte Creek Meadows Area Specific Planning Project and the proposed Official Plan Amendment:
- In-person Public Open House – Wednesday, Feb. 19, 7 to 9 p.m. Tansley Woods Community Centre, Community Room 1
- Virtual Public Open House – Tuesday, Feb. 25, 7 to 9 p.m. Visit getinvolvedburlington.ca/officialplan for the virtual meeting link
Looking for more information?
For more information about the Bronte Creek Meadows Area Specific Planning Project, visit the City of Burlington’s Official Plan webpage: www.getinvolvedburlington.ca/officialplan.
You will find information on the proposed amendment and the upcoming public engagement meetings. The webpage contains additional material that has been prepared to inform the proposed amendment.
The draft amendment and supporting materials will be posted to the project webpage on Feb. 12, 2025.
If you wish to be notified of the decision on the proposed Official Plan Amendment, you must make a written request to Jo-Anne Rudy, Committee Clerk, City of Burlington, City Hall, 426 Brant Street, P.O. Box 5013, Burlington, ON, L7R 3Z6, Jo-Anne.Rudy@burlington.ca.
Legal Notices: Personal information is collected under the authority of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P. 13 and may be contained in an Appendix of a staff report, published in the meeting agenda, delegation list and/or the minutes of the public meeting and made part of the public record.
The City collects this information in order to make informed decisions on the relevant issues and to notify interested parties of Council’s decisions. It may also be used to serve notice of an Ontario Land Tribunal Hearing. Names and addresses contained in submitted letters and other information will be available to the public, unless the individual expressly requests the City to remove their personal information. The disclosure of this information is governed by the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.M. 56.
If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Council of the City of Burlington to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Burlington before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.
If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Burlington before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted, 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 add the person or public body as a party.
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