New County Official Plan

The County of Peterborough has prepared a new Official Plan to set the vision and direction for growth and development to the year 2051.

Proposed Redline Revisions to Adopted Official Plan

Due to legislative changes since the time the new Official Plan was originally adopted, the County sought feedback in early 2025 on proposed modifications to the Plan which would bring it into conformity with the new Provincial Planning Statement. This process included both a virtual Open House and hybrid Public Meeting. Learn more about the process and proposed modifications on our redline revisions page.

Provincial Approval

On July 10, 2025 the County's new Official Plan, together with modifications endorsed by County Council, was posted to the Environmental Registry of Ontario (ERO) for a period of 30 days for review and comment. This is in addition to the original ERO posting made on June 21, 2023 allowing for a 60 day commenting period.

Adoption of Official Plan

On June 29, 2022, Peterborough County Council adopted the Official Plan through By-law Number 2022-47. The new Official Plan requires final approval from the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing prior to coming into effect. The Council meeting can be viewed in full on the County's YouTube channel and the Notice of Adoption has been provided in accordance with the Planning Act.

Read the New Official Plan

The new County Official Plan, as amended and adopted by Council, is available. This new Official Plan does not come into effect until it receives approval from the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.

All schedules to the new Official Plan are available separately below.

Official Plan Schedules

The new Official Plan includes a set of schedules for each Township as well as a Natural Heritage System schedule, which is applicable to the entire County.

The schedules for Cavan Monaghan do not include land use designations since the Township has chosen to maintain its own Official Plan. However, the County is required by the Provincial Growth Plan to identify the agricultural system for the Township and delineate the settlement area boundary for Millbrook.

Background Information and Reports

Throughout the development of the new Official Plan, the following information, reports and materials have been made available. Public consultation resulted in a significant number of changes to the new Official Plan prior to its adoption by County Council.