August 10th, 2026 – File No. A1/26 – Bahia Eldner-Beach – Notice of Public Meeting concerning a Minor Variance Application on Lot 47, Plan 34A – 161 Main Street – Click here for the Notice of Public Meeting

August 5th, 2026 – File No. Z26-03 –  Barbara Heuman – Notice of Public Meeting concerning a Zoning By-law Application on West Part Lot 4, Concession 1 OS – 516243 County Road 124 – Click here for the Notice of Public Meeting

July 2nd, 2026 – File No. A26/02 – John Esteves & Nicole Correia – Agent: Solomon Martin – Notice of Public Meeting concerning a Minor Variance Application on Part Lot 11, Concession 4 OS; RP 7R5229 Part 1 – 585121 County Road 17 – Click here for the Notice of Public Meeting

March 13th, 2026 – File No. B1/26 – Wayne Nicholson – Notice of Public Meeting concerning a Consent Application on Part Lot 18, Concession 3 OS RP 7R6690 Part 1 – 477450 3rd Line – Click here for the Notice of Public Meeting

February 25th, 2026 – File No. Z26-01 – Susan & Steve Verduin & Chris & Katie Whelan- Notice of Public Meeting concerning a Zoning By-law Amendment Application on E Part Lot 1, Concession 1 OS – 556024 & 556034 Mulmur-Melancthon Townline – Click here for the Notice of Public Meeting

December 8th, 2025 – File No. Z25-05 – Dundalk Metals Inc. – Agent: Solomon Martin – Notice of Public Meeting concerning a Zoning By-law Amendment Application on Lot 32, Concession 3 NE – 783101 County Road 9  – Click here for the Notice of Public Meeting

December 5th, 2025 – Duivenvoorden Haulage Ltd. – Agent: Darren Vella – IPS Consulting Inc – Notice of Public Meeting concerning a Official Plan Amendment Application & Zoning By-law Amendment Application on Part of the East Half of Lots 13 and 14, Concession 4 OS – 437202 & 437138 4th Line OS – Click here for the Notice of Public Meeting

October 7th, 2025 – File No. Z25-04 – Dennis Kidd – Agent: Kristine Loft – Loft Planning – Notice of Decision concerning a Zoning By-law Amendment Application on Part of Lot 25, Concession 4 OS – 438280 4th Line – Click here for the Notice of Decision.

September 4th, 2025 – File No. Z25-04 – Dennis Kidd – Agent: Kristine Loft – Loft Planning – Notice of Public Meeting concerning a Zoning By-law Amendment Application on Part of Lot 25, Concession 4 OS – 438280 4th Line – Click here for the Notice of Public Meeting

September 3rd, 2025 – File No. Z25-03 – A & J Nicholson Enterprises Inc – Agent: Kristine Loft – Loft Planning – Notice of Public Meeting concerning a Zoning By-law Amendment Application on East Part of Lot 11, Concession 2 OS – 585401 County Road 17 – Click here for the Notice of Public Meeting

August 13th, 2025 – File No. A2/25 – Owen Bennington & Sarah Thompson – Notice of Public Meeting concerning a Minor Variance Application on Lots 60 to 61, Plan 34A. Click here for the Notice of Public Meeting

COMMUNITY MEETING CHIPWOODS PARK REDEVELOPMENT

AGENDA – TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2025 – 5:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M.

NOTICE OF COMMUNITY MEETING

REDEVELOPMENT OF THE CHIPWOODS PARK COMMUNITY

You are invited to a Community Meeting to discuss the redevelopment of the Chipwoods Park community located at 476240 3^rd Line in the Township of Melancthon.

DATE AND LOCATION OF COMMUNITY MEETING:
Meeting Date:      Tuesday, August 12^th, 2025

Meeting Time:      5:00-7:00pm

Meeting Location: Horning’s Mills Community Hall, 14 Mill Street, Melancthon, ON, L9V 3G6

Organized by:      Glen Schnarr & Associates Inc. (GSAI)

The purpose of the Community Meeting is to provide an overview of the redevelopment proposal and to receive the community’s feedback. A presentation will be provided followed by a question period to review the proposal, share feedback, and ask questions of the applicant and the project team.  Please note that no Council decisions have been made with respect to these applications and a statutory Public Meeting will be scheduled for a future date.

PLANNING APPLICATIONS:

The planning applications will propose to redevelop the existing Chipwoods Park community with a permanent, year-round, residential community. The proposed redevelopment will provide for approximately 224 new leasehold residences on modernized servicing, including new stormwater, sanitary, and water infrastructure. A mix of home sizes and configurations are proposed, including two and three bedroom Homes. The proposed redevelopment will also include resident and visitor parking spaces, an improved internal road network and on-site amenities, including private parks and a refurbished community hall and recreation centre.

Chipwoods Park is located on the west side of 3^rd Line, south of Dufferin County Road 17, and north of Side Road 5. A location map of Chipwoods Park is provided below for your reference:

If you have any questions, please contact GSAI:

Bruce McCall-Richmond

br*****@**ai.ca

905-568-8888 ext. 257

Please note that this is not a Melancthon Township hosted event. The Township is posting this Notice, as prepared by the applicant, on behalf of the applicant to inform the public about this Open House.

July 16, 2025 – File No. B1/25 – Steve & Susan Verduin – Notice of Public Meeting concerning a Consent Application on E Part Lot 1, Concession 1 OS RP 7R1455 Parts 2 & 3. Click here for the Notice of Public Meeting

July 16, 2025 – File No. Z25-02 – Bradley & Andrea Hutchinson/ Agent: Michael Hofman (Hofman General Contracting Ltd.) – Notice of Public Meeting concerning a Zoning By-law Amendment on Part of Lot 299, Concession 2 SW. Click here for the Notice of Public Meeting.

📢 Statutory Planning Meetings Cancelled and Will Be Rescheduled

Please be advised that the Statutory Public Planning Meetings scheduled for July 17, 2025, for:

• Zoning By-law Amendment File No. Z25-03 (A & J Nicholson)

• Consent Application B1/25 (Verduin)

have been cancelled.

The Public Meeting Notices were mailed by the Township on June 18, 2025, but were not delivered to the intended recipients in time to meet the statutory notification requirements under the Planning Act. As a result, Township staff made the decision to cancel the meetings.

We have been advised today that residents are only now receiving those notices. Both meetings will be rescheduled, and new notices will be issued once the new meeting dates are confirmed.

We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

April 28, 2025 – File No. A1/25 – 21603109 Ontario Inc./Agent:  Elijah Brown, Director of Operations and Paul Ziegler – Notice of Public Meeting concerning a Minor Variance on Part of Lot 18, Concession 3 OS, RP 7R6271, Part 1.  Click here for the Notice of Public Meeting.

March 25, 2025 – Notice of Decision for an Official Plan Amendment for Manassa & Melinda Martin – Lot 24, Part of Lot 23 & 25, Concession 7 SW. Click here for the Notice of Decision (OPA 5)

The Corporation of the Township of Melancthon – Request for Proposal

Municipal Planning Services for Official Plan and Zoning By-law Update Exercise

Bid Number: 01-2025

Date Issued: March 11^th, 2025

Executive Summary

In October of 2024, the County of Dufferin, which is the County in which the Township of Melancthon is located, received ministerial approval of two Official Plan Amendments that were brought forth during the County’s Municipal Comprehensive Review (MCR) process. At this time, there is currently one remaining Official Plan Amendment requiring ministerial approval, which, it must be noted, has been submitted to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH) for their final approval. In addition to the County Official Plan amendments that have been brought forth under the MCR process, notable updates to the Provincial Planning Statement (PPS) also recently occurred in October of 2024.

The Corporation of the Township of Melancthon (the “Township”), in an effort to proactively address the Official Plan conformity requirements outlined in the Planning Act (herein referred to as the ‘Act’), is now soliciting proposals from planning firms and/or individuals who have previous work experience undertaking large scale municipal policy updates. The planning firm and/or individual retained to complete this work will be required to lead and manage the updating process of the Township Official Plan. Further to that, the retained planning firm and/or individual will also be required to undertake the updating of the Township Zoning By-law as a means to ensure conformity with the newly developed Township Official Plan.

Those parties interested in submitting a proposal for the updating of both the Township Official Plan and Zoning By-law will be required to submit their proposal electronically via email. The electronic submission should be sent to the below staff member and include the subject line of Response to Request for Proposal – Township of Melancthon Official Plan and Zoning By-law Update.

Denise Holmes, CAO/Clerk, dh*****@****************ip.ca

The deadline for electronic submissions will be Wednesday, April 30^th, 2025 by 3 p.m.

February 27, 2025 – File No. Z2024-02-26 – Old Order Mennonite Church – Notice of Public Meeting concerning a proposed Zoning By-law Amendment for Part of Lot 241, Concession 1 NE.  Click here for the Notice of Public Meeting.

February 19, 2025 – Application Z1-25 – Colin and Kristi Way – Notice of Public Meeting concerning a proposed Zoning By-law Amendment for Part of Lot 291, Concession 1 SW.  Click here for the Notice of Public Meeting.

February 6, 2025 – Notice of Public Meeting for an Official Plan Amendment for Manassa & Melinda Martin – Lot 24, Part of Lot 23 and 25, Concession 7 SW.  Click here for the Notice of Public Meeting.

December 5, 2024 – Application B1/24 – Notice of Public Meeting regarding an Application for Consent for Manassa & Melinda Martin for a proposed severance of 69.93 acres from Part of Lot 23, Lot 24 & Part of Lot 25, Concession 7 SW.  Click here for the Notice of Public Meeting.

November 27, 2024 – Application Z1/24 – Feral Cat Rescue – Notice of a Public Meeting concerning a proposed Zoning By-law Amendment for Part of Lots 1 and 2, Plan 332, 077572 7th Line SW.   Click here for the Notice of Public Meeting.

NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT 4 (OPA 4) – PART OF LOT 241, CONCESSION 1 NE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING – OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT – PART OF LOT 241, CONCESSION 1 NE – JUNE 20, 2024

DUIVENVOORDEN HAULAGE LIMITED

NOTICE OF A COMPLETE APPLICATION FOR AN OFFICIAL PLAN AND ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT – RECEIPT OF COMPLETE APPLICATION

Notice of a Public Meeting for a Zoning By-law Amendment Regarding On-Farm Diversified Uses in the Township of Melancthon – Tuesday, January 25, 2022 – 6:00 p.m. Click here for the Public Meeting Notice.

Click here for the Draft On Farm Diversified Uses By-law

Click here for the September 16, 2021 PowerPoint Presentation – Township of Melancthon Review of Zone Regulations for On-Farm Diversified Uses

Click here for the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs – Guidelines on Permitted Uses in Ontario’s Prime Agricultural Areas – Publication 851

Click here for the Agenda Package for the Meeting

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NOTICE OF PASSING OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS BY-LAW 40-2021

Click here for the Notice of Passing and the By-law

NOTICE – ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT

At the Council meeting held on June 3, 2021, a second draft of the Accessory Dwelling Units Zoning By-law was reviewed by Chris Jones, Township Planning Consultant.  The Statutory Public Meeting for the zoning by-law amendment was previously held on October 15, 2020.  Council directed Staff to post the draft ZBA on the Planning Notices website and to advise of its intentions to pass the By-law at the meeting to be held on June 17, 2021.  Any comments or questions regarding the draft By-law can be sent to dh*****@****************ip.ca.

NOTICE OF PASSING OF ZONING BY-LAW 56-2020 ON NOVEMBER 19, 2020 TO IMPLEMENT THE OMAFRA MINIMUM DISTANCE SEPARATION FORMULAE

Notice of a Public Meeting

Regarding Zoning Provisions to Implement the Minimum Distance Separation Formula (MDS)

Council for the Township of Melancthon has initiated a zoning amendment to incorporate the Minimum Distance Separation (MDS) formula in its Comprehensive Zoning By-law. The proposed amendment will incorporate both MDS 1 and MDS 2 provisions.

Interested members of the public are welcome to attend a virtual public meeting with Council to learn more about this initiative. The meeting date is:

Public Meeting:       Thursday, November 19^th, 2020 – 5:30 pm

This amendment is proposing to add a new regulation to implement the MDS Formula, which is a Provincial publication designed to maintain appropriate separation distances between livestock buildings and manure storage and sensitive uses such as rural residential uses. A draft amendment is available for review by contacting the Township office. A key map is not appended to this notice as the proposed regulation would apply to the entire Township.

NOTE: This will be a virtual meeting. If you wish to attend the virtual meeting, please call or email the Township office prior to the day of the public meeting so you can be provided with a link to the meeting. If you do not have the capability to attend a virtual meeting, please provide written comments and a phone number where you can be reached to the Township Clerk prior to the public meeting.

The purpose of the public meeting is to ensure that sufficient information is made available to enable the public to generally understand the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment. Any person who attends the public meeting shall be afforded an opportunity to make representations to Council in respect of the proposed amendment.

If you wish to be notified of the decision of the Council for the Corporation of the Township of Melancthon in respect to the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment, you must submit a written request (with forwarding addresses) to the Clerk of the Township of Melancthon at 157101 Highway 10, Melancthon, Ontario, L9V 2E6 fax (519) 925-1110.

If a person or public body files an appeal of a decision of the Council for the Corporation of the Township of Melancthon, as the approval authority in respect of the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment, but does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to Council before the proposed amendment is approved or refused, the Local Planning Appeals Tribunal may dismiss all or part of the appeal.

Further information regarding the proposed amendment is available to the public for inspection at the Township of Melancthon Municipal Office on Monday to Friday, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Mailing Date of this Notice: October 26, 2020

Denise Holmes, CAO/Clerk
Township of Melancthon

Notice of a Public Meeting

Regarding Zoning Provisions for Accessory Dwelling Units in the Township of Melancthon

Council for the Township of Melancthon has initiated a work program to update its zone regulations with respect to accessory dwelling units. The update is intended to create regulations for accessory dwelling units and where such uses may be permitted in the Township.

Interested members of the public are welcome to attend a virtual public meeting with Council to learn more about this initiative. The meeting date is:

Public Meeting:   Thursday, October 15^th, 2020 – 7:00 p.m.

Click here for the full Notice of Public Meeting

Click here for the Planning Report

Click here for the Draft By-law