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Planning Services and 2024-2025 Work Plan Planning & Economic Development Advisory Committee February 13 th , 2024
Overview • Planning Services Agreement • Review of 2023 Planning Workload • 2024-2025 Planning Workplan and Priorities
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Planning Services Agreement • Initiated 2018, signed by all four Townships and the County • All planning hours tracked (Director, Manager, Community Planners) • Annual billing based on 3 year “rolling average”
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Total Planning Hours – 2021 to 2023
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Township Planning Hours – 2016 to 2023
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Township Planning Hours • Overall decline of 12% from 2022 to 2023. • First decline since 2020 – heading back to prepandemic levels. • North -35%, Islands -13%, Central -5% • Many hours related to development planning rather than policy planning
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Township Planning Applications – 2016 to 2023
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Township Planning Applications • Total planning applications for all Townships has now declined for a third year in a row, from a high of 174 in 2021 to 108 in 2023. • North: -22 applications between 2022 and 2023 (60 to 38) • Central: -16 applications (70 to 54) • Frontenac Islands: +3 applications (13 to 16)
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County / Regional Planning Hours • Increase of 13% from 2022 to 2023 (2,303 to 2,602). • Over 55% of our hours were regional planning hours – the first time over 50% since 2020. • Major projects:
Provincial legislation changes • Communal services • Subdivisions + Land Tribunal hearing on subdivision appeal •
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2024 - 2025 Projects (Regional) • Community Planning Permit System (CPPS) • Communal Services – Frontenac Municipal Service Corporation (public utility) • Regional Natural Heritage Study • County Official Plan (2016) update • Regional Community Improvement Plan (CIP)
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2024 - 2025 Projects (Townships) • Sharbot Lake Former School Site Redevelopment (communal services) • South Frontenac Official Plan Review • Marysville Design Standards and Zoning Amendments • Frontenac Islands Official Plan Update
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Intangibles • Volume of planning applications • Complex planning applications • Unexpected planning issues (e.g., Provincial changes) • Land Tribunal appeals • Subdivision applications (communal services)
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Questions ?
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