Council was back in session on Monday for a Special Meeting to receive the third draft of the new Official Plan. Despite the early 5:30 p.m. start, there was no shortage of in-person and written delegations, or Council debate.
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The most recent and perhaps last major revision to the Town’s Official Plan has been posted and will be presented to Council at a Special Meeting on Monday, June 1st.
Among a few of the notable policies proposed by the consultants and Town Staff in the draft:
- Building heights of up to 12 storeys in the Downtown District.
- Removal of the Grimsby Beach Secondary Plan and replacement with “Area Specific Policies.”
- Residential neighbourhoods expected to accommodate intensification through ARUs and “modest low-rise development.”
- More density, with more flexibility to reduce or replace on-site parking.
- Certain planning procedures may shift toward less public notification, less public input, and less direct Council oversight.
The new Official Plan, once finalized, will shape how Grimsby grows until 2051. You can read the draft plan at: https://www.letstalkgrimsby.ca/…/172425/documents/169510
The Special Meeting of Council on Monday will start at 5:30 PM in Council Chambers at Town Hall and is open to the public. If you want to delegate on the matter, submit your request before 5:30 PM on Sunday at: https://eforms.grimsby.ca/Delegation-request-form
If you want to get your comments on the public record, you can email them to: grimsbyop@grimsby.ca
For more information about the Official Plan process, visit: https://www.letstalkgrimsby.ca/officialplan
After a very passionate and deep debate between Members of Council on “The Woolverton” proposal, Council approved the project in a 5-4 vote on Monday night. Here is a quick wrap-up of what happened.
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The Woolverton proposal returned to the Planning & Development Committee on Wednesday night, May 6, 2026, after Council deferred the item for further clarification. The meeting focused on the various issues raised through the deferral motion, including the Niagara Escarpment Commission’s (NEC) position and parking, including “cash-in-lieu.”
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This is a photographic rendering from Christie Street prepared by consultants for The Woolverton development at Mountain & Elm. If a picture is worth a thousand words, this one rendering alone might be a novella.
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Following a resolution passed in October requesting the Town submit comments to the Province regarding the reversal of the Greenbelt changes, a Staff Report for the consideration of Council on Monday was published today. The report urges Council to request that the Province NOT to reverse the Greenbelt changes in Grimsby (502 Winston and Cline Road) and leave those parcels out for development.
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After the defeat of proposed amendments to permit hunting under Grimsby’s “Discharge of Firearms and Bows” at last Council in October, it appears after some “reconsideration” that at least one Councillor thought permitting hunting was suddenly a good idea.
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The Province listened to Ontarians and promised to return and reverse all the removals and re-designations they made to the Greenbelt. That includes two parcels at 502 Winston Road and lands at Cline Road in Grimsby. However for Council, it seems the money-carrot attached to these developments may be too much to resist.
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Members of Council got straight to the point on Monday by fast-tracking a motion at the Committee of the Whole inviting our Niagara West MPP Sam Oosterhoff to Council in regards to the proposed Greenbelt changes and the much-panned Bill 23. Like many of us, Members of Council have a whole lot of questions that need to be answered by our Provincial representative.
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The Town released a media statement today regarding the departure of CAO Harry Schlange. Mr. Schlange will no longer be with the Town as of December 5, 2022 based upon a “mutual agreement” between him and the Town.
This move was not unexpected, given some of the controversies during his tenure in Grimsby and the common “shuffling of the CAO deck” by new terms of Councils in the province.
The Director of Legislative Services/Municipal Clerk, Ms. Sarah Kim, will fill the role as Acting CAO in the interim.
The full statement from the Town can be read at this link here.