Community Visioning Workshops and Survey - New Official Plan
Community Visioning Workshops and Survey - New Official Plan
Oxford County is initiating background work and community visioning for a new Official Plan.
Why is a new Official Plan being created?
The Official Plan is a document that guides all development across all lands in Oxford County. A community’s vision helps identify local interests that an Official Plan needs to balance such as social and economic needs and the preservation and protection of natural assets, agricultural lands and natural spaces. The County’s vision and strategy help inform the detailed policies which guides local requirements for development (e.g. zoning by-laws). The current Official Plan is over 30 years old and since then there’s been a lot of change. This is the opportunity to take a fresh look at what Oxford County’s local priorities should be.
What’s happening?
The first phase of engagement will focus on visioning – we would like to understand what is your vision for a new Official Plan? The next opportunity to participate is through one of the upcoming in-person workshops:
- Tuesday, June 16 - 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm - Innerkip Community Centre, East Zorra-Tavistock
- Wednesday, June 17 - 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm – Mt. Elgin Community Centre, South-West Oxford
- Tuesday, June 23 - 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm – Altadore Hall, South Gate Centre, Woodstock
- Thursday, June 25 - 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm - Embro Community Centre, Zorra
Interested in coming to a workshop? Please RSVP to help us make these workshops a success!
What other ways can I participate?
- Visit the new Speak Up Oxford Page with project information
- Complete the Community Visioning Survey
Stay Informed
If you would like to be notified about future engagement opportunities, have questions, or would like to submit your thoughts about the New Official Plan, please contact Community Planning staff at: OPupdate@oxfordcounty.ca or (519) 539-9800 ext. 3207
How will my feedback be used?
The goal for collecting community feedback is to help identify broad goals that will inform policy directions, which affect detailed draft Official Plan policies for Council’s consideration.
Community visioning feedback will be reviewed and shared through a “Setting Directions” document that shows Council key themes from what we heard during visioning and learned during the broader study process.