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County OPA 8 – Guthrie Settlement Area Boundary Expansion

​County File No. SC-OPA-2201​

Take note, that a  Statutory Public Meeting will be held on May 3rd 2023. This is a joint public meeting for the County of Simcoe and Township of Oro-Medonte in order to hear public comments on the appli​cations before the County and the Township make any decisions on the applications at future meetings. Details about the public meeting can be found using the following link.​​​​​

​The County of Simcoe deemed the following application to be a "Complete Application" pursuant to the Planning Act on the 18th day of August, 2022.

The subject lands are described as Concession 5, Part lot 20 (Oro), Township of Oro-Medonte, Part 4, Reference Plan 51R-33531. A key map illustrating the location of the subject lands is provided below:​​

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The purpose of the application for Plan of Subdivision is to consider a proposal for a Draft Plan of Subdivision comprised of 16 single detached residential lots and a future development block. A copy of the applicant's proposed Draft Plan of Subdivision is included with this notice.

The purpose of the Application for Amendment to the Official Plan of the County of Simcoe is to change the land use designation on the subject lands from "Agricultural" to "Settlements" and​ include the lands in the Guthrie Rural Settlement Area pursuant to Section 2.2.9.7 of the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe. See the Notice of Complete Application linked below for more information.

Repor​​ts

Adoption

County Planning Staff prepared a Report CCW 2024-016 recommending adoption of the amended settlement area boundary of Guthrie on Schedule 5.1 (OPA No. 8) which is Item 11.1 on the January 30th 2024 Committee of the Whole agenda that is available on the County website using this link​.

On February 13th 2024, County Council enacted the By-law to adopt OPA No.8 which is Item 15.4 on the County Council agenda and is available on the County website using this link.