Ottawa development roundup — May 2025

The City of Ottawa has received an Official Plan Amendment application to expand the City's Urban Boundary and the inclusion of a site specific policy relating to development in proximity to an aggregate operation. The proposed expansion will allow for the future development of approximately 4700 dwelling units.

The proposed amendment is to remove the floodplain overlay from the subject property. The purpose of the Amendment is to modify the Flood Plain Overlay to reflect the completed cut-and-fill works approved by the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority (RVCA). The removal of the Flood Plain Overlay and changes to in accordance with the approved works will enable the property owner to proceed with building permits for the construction of 205 detached dwellings and 28 townhouse dwellings on the newly-registered lots within the subject lands.

The proposed development seeks to develop 118 back to back townhouse units, configured in 6, 8, 10 and 12 unit blocks. The subdivision would be accessed with one entrance off Shea Road and one off Cosanti Drive. The internal roads are proposed to be private.

The City of Ottawa has received a Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit the construction of a Planned Unit Development (PUD) with a 9 storey multi-unit residential building and a 3-storey stacked dwelling. The apartment building is proposed to have 99 units and the stacked dwelling is proposed to have 18 units for a total of 117 units.

Low-rise residential development consisting of 111 total dwelling units (60 back-to-back townhomes and 51 rear lane townhomes) as a planned unit development (PUD), an internal private road network, 8 visitor parking spaces, soft and hard landscaping, snow storage, amenity area, and stormwater management. Applications for plan of condominium (common elements) and minor variance will also be submitted in support of the proposal, with the minor variance application to advance once plans are no longer anticipated to change as part of the site plan control process.

The proposal seeks to revise an approved site plan control application (D07-12-19-0099) by adding one storey to each of the three approved apartment buildings. The revision will result in the addition of 52 dwelling units.

Planned Unit Development consisting of one 3-storey stacked dwelling building and one 9-storey mid-rise apartment building, 18 units. The tenure is affordable rental units.

The City of Ottawa has received a Zoning By-law Amendment to rezone the portion of the property from Rural Countryside (RU) to Rural General Industrial (RG) with site-specific exceptions to recognize existing land uses and development on site. The application has been made to fulfill a condition of a severance application.

Zoning amendment to permit BESS as a principal use on the site, and to reduce the parking requirement to 0 spaces.

Application for draft plan of subdivision for residential subdivison on the Laffin parcel in Richmond

The City of Ottawa has received a Zoning By-law Amendment application to prohibit residential development on the agricultural lands to fulfill a condition of a surplus farm dwelling severance.