In response to COVID-19, the City of Burlington will be hosting virtual meetings for the Urban Design Advisory Panel to continue to process development applications in a timely manner.
The Burlington Urban Design Advisory Panel is mandated to provide independent, objective and professional urban design advice to staff in the Community Planning Department. The Panel reviews all private development proposals for tall and mid-rise buildings (five storeys or greater) and is a resource for all public development projects, with the objective of achieving design excellence in the city.
The Urban Design Advisory Panel is strictly an advisory body that provides urban design advice and recommendations to Community Planning Department staff on urban design matters of development. The Panel does not have the authority to approve or refuse projects, make policy decisions, or recommendations on matters of land use.
The advice and recommendations of the Panel is forwarded to Community Planning staff who accept it as input in the course of the development review process and use it to help shape the staff recommendation forwarded to Council or decision (in the case of site plans).
| Panel Members (2020-2022) | ||||||||||||||||
The Urban Design Advisory Panel is made up of multi-disciplinary design-focused professionals including architects, landscape architects, planners and urban designers.
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| 2020 Meeting Schedule | ||||||||||||||||
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| Panel meets during regular business hours monthly, typically from 1:30pm to 5:00pm. | ||||||||||||||||
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| The requirement to attend an Urban Design Advisory Panel meeting is determined at the Formal Pre-Consultation stage of a development application.
If the Burlington Urban Design Advisory Panel is identified as a requirement, the applicant will need to submit a complete submission package on or before the above noted submission deadline date (at least 3 weeks prior to the meeting date). All materials must be submitted in an electronic PDF format, at 11” x 17” size, batched into one file, and emailed to the Urban Design Advisory Panel Coordinator (contact info. noted below). Note: a maximum of three projects are scheduled for meetings and scheduling is based on:
The submission package is prepared by the applicant and must include the following materials:
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| Meeting Day - Applicant Presentation | ||||||||||||||||
| The applicant or the design team have 15 minutes to present the proposal to the Panel Members. The purpose of the presentation is to provide an opportunity for the applicant to explain the design intent and rationale of the project, including how the proposal responds to its surrounding context, how it responds to applicable urban design guidelines and contributes to urban design excellence.
The presentation may be prepared as a PowerPoint Presentation or PDF format. Deadline The presentation must be submitted at least one week before the meeting and cannot contain material that was not included in the submission package. |
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| Fee | ||||||||||||||||
| There is currently no fee for this program. |
Terms of Reference
Burlington Urban Design Advisory Panel Terms of Reference (PDF)
Contact Information
Rebecca Lau, MCIP, RPP
Planner II, Development Review and Acting Urban Design Advisory Panel Coordinator
Community Planning Department
426 Brant Street
Burlington, ON, L7R 3Z6
Telephone: 905-335-7600 ext. 7860
Email: rebecca.lau@burlington.ca