The Pickering Record

Planning and Development Committee

December 1, 2025

Who was there

Present (5): K. Ashe, Maurice Brenner, Shaheen Butt, Linda Cook, David Pickles

Absent (2): Mara Nagy, Lisa Robinson

Taken from the roll call in the town’s own minutes. The minutes record who was not there and almost never why.

What was decided (4 motions)

4 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.

That Official Plan Amendment Application OPA 25-002P, initiated by the City of Pickering, as set out in Exhibit “A” to Attachment 1 to Report PLN 23-25 be approved to: amend existing policies to recognize the delegated authority of consent applications from the Region of Durham to the City of Pickering; no longer require pre-consultations but instead encourage pre-consultations between the Applicant and the City prior to submitting a development application; add revised Parkland Dedication policies; remove Density Bonusing policies entirely from the Pickering Official Plan; That the Draft By-law to adopt Amendment 52 to the Pickering Official Plan, as set out in Attachment 1 to Report PLN 23-25, be finalized and forwarded to Council for approval; and, That Informational Revision 29 to the Pickering Official Plan as set out in Attachment 2 to Report PLN 23-25 be approved.
Moved by Councillor Butt, seconded by Councillor Cook
Carried
Files: OPA 25
That Part 1 of City Initiated Zoning By-law Amendment Application A 03/25, to permit amendments to Zoning By-law 8149/24, as amended, to correct errors and omissions, and to add text clarifying zoning provisions and aid zoning interpretation, be approved; and, That the Draft By-laws implementing Part 1 of Zoning By-law Amendment Application A 03/25, as set out in Attachments 1 and 2 to Report PLN 24-25, be finalized and forwarded to Council for adoption.
Moved by Councillor Butt, seconded by Councillor Cook
Carried
That the meeting be adjourned.
Moved by Councillor Cook, seconded by Councillor Butt
Carried
1. That Official Plan Amendment Application OPA 25-002P, initiated by the City of Pickering, as set out in Exhibit “A” to Attachment 1 to Report PLN 23-25 be approved to: a. amend existing policies to recognize the delegated authority of consent applications from the Region of Durham to the City of Pickering; Planning & Development Committee Meeting Minutes December 01, 2025 b. no longer require pre-consultations but instead encourage pre- consultations between the Applicant and the City prior to submitting a development application; c. add revised Parkland Dedication policies; d. remove Density Bonusing policies entirely from the Pickering Official Plan; 2. That the Draft By-law to adopt Amendment 52 to the Pickering Official Plan, as set out in Attachment 1 to Report PLN 23-25, be finalized and forwarded to Council for approval; and, 3. That Informational Revision 29 to the Pickering Official Plan as set out in Attachment 2 to Report PLN 23-25 be approved.
Moved by Councillor Butt, seconded by Councillor Cook
Carried

The town’s own record

Read the minutes this page was read from →

Where this page and that document disagree, the document is right and this record is wrong. Say so and it will be corrected.