Community Planning Permit System

A New Way to Regulate Development in the City of Peterborough

As the City of Peterborough continues to grow, the City must modernize how development is regulated to better align with the vision of the Official Plan and to integrate the community’s evolving priorities.

The City is developing a City-wide Community Planning Permit System (CPPS),Community Planning Permit By-law, and necessary enabling policies in the Official Plan. This project builds on discussions with the community held during Fall 2024 and Winter 2025 relating to the Planning for the Future of Our Strategic Growth Areas project, and the engagement approach will align with Rounds 4 to 7 of that project.

The CPPS will replace the City’s Zoning By-law and regulate how land is used, and create a framework for development and redevelopment approvals for all lands within the City. The CPPS is a land use planning tool which combines three current development approval processes (Zoning By-law Amendments, Minor Variances and Site Plan applications) into one single application and approval process. The resulting CPP By-law, will ultimately provide development regulations that align with the Official Plan’s vision for new development and redevelopment.

We are also advancing the development of a Secondary Plan/Official Plan Amendment for the City’s Strategic Growth Areas to support these priority areas of growth– learn more about that project on here.

Community Engagement Opportunities

Link to online survey

The City of Peterborough invites community members to help shape the priorities and related development control measures of the draft Community Planning Permit System through a public survey.

Survey participants will have an opportunity to identify which aspects of development are important to them when it comes to managing low-rise and medium-rise residential development within neighbourhoods and high-rise residential and mixed-use development within the Strategic Growth Areas, such as the City’s downtown, Lansdowne Street corridor and Chemong Road corridor.

Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Time: Drop-in anytime between 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Location: Quaker Foods City Square, 215 Charlotte Street

Drop by our booth at the Farmer's Market to discuss the city-wide Community Planning Permit System (CPPS) project. Residents and other interested parties are invited to drop-in at any time from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM to learn more about the project, ask questions and provide feedback to the project team. Tablets will be available to complete the new online survey.