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PEC Council advanced the Comprehensive Zoning By-law, addressing gaps in commercial, residential, and agricultural zoning while committing to targeted post-adoption amendments for housing, environmental protections, and village flexibility.

This highlights who spoke, how the committee made decisions, and what the outcomes mean for locals, including approvals for small-scale rural projects, agricultural severances, and conditional zoning for the Dunes Outlook Resort.

This recap highlights statutory planning applications, public comments on resort development, and the committee’s approval of a rezoning request for the Dunes Outlook Resort, demonstrating careful review of tourism, agricultural, and environmental considerations.

Prince Edward County’s Planning & Development Committee reviewed the draft comprehensive zoning by-law, discussing agricultural land protection, winery and agritourism regulations, rural zoning changes, and additional planning applications affecting development and infrastructure.

Stakeholders debated zoning rules affecting farms, wineries, and development, highlighting the need for flexibility, environmental safeguards, and support for local agriculture before final approval.

Council advances a Wellington housing project, debates rural severance limits near landfill buffers, and defers several planning applications pending further review.

The November 22, 2023 Planning and Development Committee meeting focused on a discussed shoreline resort rezoning in North Marysburgh, alongside winery approval and several consent and rezoning applications across the County.

Prince Edward County’s Planning and Development Committee meeting on June 21, 2023 focused on a Salem Road severance and rezoning decision with detailed conditions, removal of battery energy storage support from the Official Plan amendment, discussions on hydrogeological study requirements for development, and site plan control bylaw updates with winery sector consultation directed before final approval.

Councillors approve rural severances, reshape energy policy direction, and push forward planning bylaws while raising concerns about process and property rights.

Focuses on planning system updates, environmental protections, and the committee’s push toward structured climate action and improved enforcement tools.

At the June 5, 2023 Environmental Advisory Committee meeting, members supported planning policy updates, advanced climate action planning through a new working group, and approved key motions shaping environmental oversight and committee structure across Prince Edward County.

The committee approves a subdivision, overturns a farm severance denial, advances a resort rezoning, and sets temporary limits on shoreline development.