Draft City-Wide Community Planning Permit By-law

A copy of the draft CPP By-law and interactive mapping is now available for public viewing via the links below.

• Draft Community Planning Permit By-law - Text
• Draft Schedules and Appendices
• Draft Interactive Mapping
• Peterborough CPPS - User Guide
• Updated Financial Feasibility Assessment Report
• Link to Online Survey

How to Get Started / CPPS User Guide

This User Guide is intended to help readers understand and navigate the draft CPP By-law. It provides a general overview on how to:

• Navigate the By-law;
• Use the interactive mapping to determine the proposed precinct for a property; and,
• Interpret development standards for residential uses.

This guide is for orientation purposes only and is not exhaustive.

Upcoming Community Engagement Sessions

We are back with a series of events to share the Draft CPP By-law! Your feedback on the Draft By-law is critical to help inform the Final By-law that will be presented for Council approval in May 2026. See below for details regarding in-person or virtual session options.

In-Person Public Open Houses

The City is hosting a series of public open houses to present the draft Community Planning Permit (CPP) By-law and gather community feedback. The CPP By-law will replace the City’s Zoning By-law and set rules on what can be built and how land is used.

Residents and other interested parties are invited to drop-in at any time advertised for the public open houses scheduled below to learn more about the draft CPP By-law and provide feedback. The information and materials will be the same at each public open house so attendees are encouraged to select one that suits their preference. No formal presentation will be provided.

1. Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 6pm-9pm at Westdale United Church, 1509 Sherbrooke St
2. Thursday, January 29, 2026 at 3pm-6pm at Queen Alexandra Community Centre (Activity Haven), 180 Barnardo Ave
3. Wednesday, February 4, 2026 at 3pm-6pm at McDonnel Street Community Centre, 577 McDonnel St
4. Thursday, February 5, 2026 at 6pm-9pm at Healthy Planet Arena Banquet Hall, 911 Monaghan Rd

Registration is not required to attend the in-person public open sessions; however, those interested are encouraged to sign up for the session through Eventbrite(External link) to help us plan the event and communicate updates in case of inclement weather.

Virtual Public Open House

A virtual statutory public open house will also be held on Wednesday, February 11, 2026 from 6pm-9pm via Zoom. The virtual public open house will include a presentation providing an overview of the draft CPP By-law and opportunity for questions and answers. The session will be recorded and posted to ConnectPTBO following the session.

Registration is not required to attend the virtual public open house and can be accessed directly via this Zoom link; however, those interested are encouraged to sign up for the session through Eventbrite(External link).

Online Survey is now live!

Community members can provide feedback through an online survey available now on ConnectPTBO until March 20^th.

Link to survey: https://www.connectptbo.ca/embeds/projects/48660/survey-tools/57785

Explore our interactive Storymap! Learn more about how we are planning for growth in Peterborough and the choices we need to make, view maps, and get immersed in example 3D concepts to visualize opportunities to grow in our Strategic Growth Areas.

The City of Peterborough is developing a Secondary Plan and Community Planning Permit System for the City’s Strategic Growth Areas, as identified in the City’s New Official Plan as shown in Figure 1. The City of Peterborough has identified seven (7) key Strategic Growth Areas that will be the focus of the Secondary Plan, which are:

1. Downtown/Central Area
2. Water Street (North) Corridor
3. Chemong Road Corridor
4. Clonsilla Avenue & Charlotte Street Corridor
5. Lansdowne Street West Corridor
6. Armour Road (North) Corridor
7. Lansdowne Street East Corridor

The Strategic Growth Areas (as shown with a red outline in the figure below) were selected for this planning exercise as they are the focus for intensification over the coming years. These are the areas where the City is investing in supporting more housing supply and will need to provide the infrastructure and community facilities to support more people living, working and playing in these neighbourhoods.

Figure 1: Strategic Growth Areas in Peterborough

The Secondary Plan will update the Official Plan policies for the City’s Strategic Growth Areas and will be implemented using a new tool for the City, through a new Community Planning Permit By-law (CPP By-law). The Secondary Plan will establish the long‐term vision, built form, permissions, and priorities for growth. This will provide the foundation needed to implement the vision by establishing development thresholds, criteria, community benefits and conditions that will be implemented through a CPP By‐law. With the two planning tools coming forward together, the City will be able to achieve optimal results ‐ good planning with accelerated implementation and approvals. This project is in support of the overall Official Plan vision and supports the key goals of increasing housing supply and supporting greater connectivity and neighborhood level planning in these strategic areas.

Community Engagement

The CPP By-law is intended to facilitate a positive change in how development approvals are processed in the Strategic Growth Areas, so it is important that the community understands what is changing and has an opportunity to share feedback through this process before the By-law is finalized and implemented. The planned engagement approach is built around five main themes of the project with seven rounds of engagement, each with unique objectives as outlined in Figure 2 and in the Project Timelines section of this page. The engagement stages will directly inform the development of the following key deliverables of the project, which include:

1. A Secondary Plan for the Strategic Growth Areas;
2. Community Planning Permit By-Law; and,
3. Implementation support, including training materials and training for City Staff and developers.

Figure 2: Engagement Process