Body: Planning Committee Type: Document Meeting: Committee Date: 2026 Collection: Agenda Attachments Municipality: Frontenac County
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2026-2030 Business Plan for Planning Services
Planning and Economic Development
Regional/County Projects
Planning Services Business Plan 2026 - 2030
Community Planning Permit System (CPPS) • By-law template to be complete in 2025 • 2026: administrative process and documents, staff training, and refining the by-law for at least one of the townships
Planning Services Business Plan 2026 - 2030
Communal Services • Official Plan Amendments for townships (2025) • 2026 and beyond On-going support for Frontenac Municipal Services Corporation Advocacy work and presentations
Planning Services Business Plan 2026 - 2030
County Official Plan Update Series of key amendments: • Compliance with Provincial Planning Statement and provincial legislative changes • Internal review for private lanes and business friendly policies • Implementation of • Natural Heritage Study • Population, Housing & Employment Projections Planning Services Business Plan 2026 - 2030
Archaeological Master Plan • Future project proposal (20272028) • Protection of archaeological resources is a provincial requirement • More information is needed about when to require detailed study
Planning Services Business Plan 2026 - 2030
Township Projects • Additional residential units – amendments to Official Plans and Zoning By-Laws for North Frontenac, Central Frontenac, and Frontenac Islands (2025-2026) • Implementation of the Community Planning Permit System for all four townships (2026-2029)
Planning Services Business Plan 2026 - 2030
North Frontenac • 10-year Official Plan update (2027) • 10-year Zoning ByLaw update (20282029)
Planning Services Business Plan 2026 - 2030
Central Frontenac • Redevelopment of the former school site in Sharbot Lake (on-going)
Planning Services Business Plan 2026 - 2030
South Frontenac • New Official Plan (2025) • Delegation of approval for plans of subdivision and condominium (2026)
Planning Services Business Plan 2026 - 2030
Frontenac Islands • Marysville – Zoning By-Law Amendment for existing village (2025-2026) • New Official Plan (to be determined)
Planning Services Business Plan 2026 - 2030
Development Approvals – County • Applications for plans of subdivision and condominium are relatively slow • Most recent applications have been for final approvals or extensions of draft plan approval • Future level of applications unknown, especially with communal services coming online • Delegation of approval for plans of subdivision and condominium to South Frontenac will help balance future workload
Planning Services Business Plan 2026 - 2030
Township Planning Hours
(North Frontenac, Central Frontenac, and Frontenac Islands) 3000
2457
Total Number of Hours
2500
2180 1899
2000 1500
2518
1679
1572 1151
1274
1317
2017
2018
1000 500 0 2015
2016
2019
2020
Year
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2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Township Application Numbers 200
174
Number of applications
180 160
143
140 120 100 80
53 33
40
0
81
65
60
20
98
89
21
13
11 2016
24
2017
2018
North Frontenac
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70 54
38
2020
Central Frontenac
40
38 18
12 2019
60
57 31
19
94
87
50
48 26
23
108
104
13
2021
Frontenac Islands
16
13
2022
Total
44
2023
10 2024
Risk Analysis and Mitigation – Planning Level
Issue Delays to Strategic Initiatives
Advisement
• •
Staff time spent addressing and implementing changes from the province Unknown annual workload related to private planning applications submitted
Mitigation Delays to Strategic Initiatives • •
Continue with process efficiencies (e.g., CPPS by-law) Townships may need to retain consultants to do large-scale policy projects depending on the workload of County staff (e.g., new Official Plans and Zoning By-Laws)
Planning Services Business Plan 2026 - 2030
Questions?
Planning Services Business Plan 2026 - 2030
