Tag: Planning Meeting

This Week at Council: Permits and Designations Downtown

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In the first regularly scheduled council meeting of the year 2026, downtown was the centre of attention. Again. In this planning meeting council got its first look at the Community Planning Permit System for the core, and they took their last look at the plan and guidelines for the Heritage Conservation District downtown. Along with that, there was a slight diversion to the south end and a major downtown project was approved. Here’s the recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: Permits and Designations Downtown” →

RECAP: City Council Meeting for January 20, 2026

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Back for the first official meeting of council for the year, and there’s lots of planning to do! You can click here for the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. For the complete blow-by-blow of today’s council meeting, you can follow along during the meeting on Blue Sky or recap the complete thread after the meeting below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “RECAP: City Council Meeting for January 20, 2026” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the January 20, 2026 Meeting?

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The first official council meeting of 2026 is a planning meeting, and most of it is focused on downtown! Back for final approval is the plan for running the core as a heritage district, and since we’re talking about the past, we will also talk about the area’s future with a new plan to streamline development. But that’s not all, there will be a decision about a major downtown development project, and even some decisions about a south end project. Here’s the preview… Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the January 20, 2026 Meeting?” →

This Week at Council: More ADUs, But Four Units is Enough?

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In the last planning meeting for 2025, there was indeed a lot of planning. No new projects were on the agenda, so no future additions to the housing stock, but maybe the fruits of this meeting will lead the way(?). In the first half, council talked about making it easier to get more ADUs built in the city, and in the second half they looked at doing more than four units as-of-right in low residential areas. Let’s get into the recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: More ADUs, But Four Units is Enough?” →

RECAP: City Council Meeting for December 9, 2025

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Plans and planning will on the agenda for this second-to-last meeting for 2025! You can click here for the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. For the complete blow-by-blow of today’s council meeting, you can follow along during the meeting on Blue Sky or recap the complete thread after the meeting below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “RECAP: City Council Meeting for December 9, 2025” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the December 9, 2025 Meeting?

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What’s on the agenda for the last planning meeting of the year? Housing, obviously. No new projects are being proposed at this meeting, but changes that might create more housing in the future will be discussed and debated like changes to the program that develops Additional Dwelling Units or ADUs, and a potential plan to allow five units as-of-right on select properties in Guelph. In other news, more plans will get an alteration. Here’s the preview… Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the December 9, 2025 Meeting?” →

This Week at Council: Back to Baker and a Parking Permit

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It was a pretty low-key planning meeting this month at Guelph City Council, and the one bit of friction had nothing to do with the one big planning project that was on the agenda. Yes, parking it always a sore spot in Guelph, but this week it was even a bigger sore spot than usual when the debate came down what was good procedure and what was fast and easy to achieve. Also, we had back to the north side of the Baker redevelopment. Let’s recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: Back to Baker and a Parking Permit” →

RECAP: City Council Meeting for November 12, 2025

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Let’s start planning, one day later than usual! You can click here for the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. For the complete blow-by-blow of today’s council meeting, you can follow along during the meeting on Blue Sky or recap the complete thread after the meeting below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “RECAP: City Council Meeting for November 12, 2025” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 12, 2025 Meeting?

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The November planning meeting will have one very big project on the agenda, literally and figuratively in the centre of town. Yes, we’re heading back to the Baker District where the private developer for the future residence there will bring an updated plan that might make this big project even bigger. In other news, there are some new heritage designations, a bylaw update, and some parking issues. Let’s get into the preview… Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 12, 2025 Meeting?” →

This Week at Council: Planning for Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday

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This month’s planning meeting was delayed a day for the Thanksgiving holiday, which may have been a good thing because all of the projects were so big that council could use that extra day to prepare. This week at council, they discussed the work so far on another heritage conservation district, the first version of the newest Official Plan Amendment, a decision for one side of Clair and a new project for another. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council: Planning for Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday” →