Prince Edward County Council gave final approval for more restrictive Short-Term Accommodation (STA) rules at its meeting which started September 13th and carried over to September 20th. The most significant and controversial changes concerns what […]
I had an experience recently which underlines the importance of checking ALL the setbacks which apply to vacant land before making a decision. Many buyers of vacant land have learned to use the Prince Edward […]
In partnership with the County, Quinte Conservation is in the final stages of development of a Shoreline Management Plan which could have significant implications for future waterfront development on Lake Ontario and the Bay of […]
The Prince Edward County planning department has launched a new, online dashboard which will eventually show all currently open planning applications and their status. Although not all applications have been loaded onto the site yet, […]
Prince Edward County has a chronic shortage of “roofed” tourist accommodation, but the new Official Plan which Council approved on February 24th contains what may be an inadvertent but significant barrier to this type of […]
UPDATE: The County has published a newly-revised version of the draft Official Plan which will be considered by Council at a special meeting on February 24th. Introduction On February 24th, County Council approved a new […]
Prince Edward County is in the final throws of approving a new Official Plan to replace the current one which was adopted in 1998. County staff published a draft of the new plan at the […]
An Interim Control By-Law was passed by County Council on September 22nd which means that Wellington development applications are suspended for one year. The current municipal water system is Wellington is at the limits of […]
If you are buying a rural home or vacant land in Prince Edward County, you may encounter unopened road allowances. Crown Survey History Before diving into unopened road allowances, a little early Loyalist history is […]
If you’re like most people, land use planning is somewhat of a mystery, so the purpose of this article is to explain how planning and zoning work. Provincial Policy Statement Planning in Ontario is based […]
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