Aylmer Settlement Area Boundary Expansion
Aylmer Settlement Area Boundary Expansion
Historically, the Town of Aylmer has consistently faced challenges regarding an insufficient and limited land supply within its settlement area. The Town has relied on intensification and the development of a limited number of vacant properties to accommodate growth. The Town is further restricted in its ability to readily expand its settlement area boundary to address this issue, given that the Town’s settlement area boundary is the same as its corporate boundary. As such, any expansion of Aylmer’s settlement area would require inter-municipal coordination, and an acquisition of lands from the surrounding Township of Malahide.
In recent years, the Town of Aylmer has undergone two corporate boundary expansions to expand their settlement area and to accommodate growth. The Town is now in a position to consider a larger corporate boundary adjustment that would set a timeframe of growth beyond 25 to 30 years. The expansion of a settlement area requires an Elgin County Official Plan Amendment.
Phase 1 included retaining Stantec Consulting Ltd. to assist in the assessment of candidate lands for inclusion in the Town’s anticipated corporate and settlement area boundary expansion. The primary objective of this stage is to assess and summarize the Town’s existing conditions as they pertain to land needs, as well as position this work within the current land use policy framework and landscape.
Stantec prepared the background review and existing conditions report that was presented at the Regular Meeting of Council on August 14, 2024.
20240814 – Report PLAN 25-24 – Summary of Aylmer Settlement Area Boundary Expansion Background Memo
The following reports were reviewed to inform Stantec’s memo:
Town of Aylmer Land Needs Study, 2016
Elgin County Population, Housing and Employment Forecasts and Associated Land Needs Analysis, 2022
Phase 2 consists of the development of a scoring methodology to score candidate parcels once they have been identified in subsequent phases. The scoring metholodgy will be based on a number of factors and criteria as outlined in the document below.
Phase 2 also involves a public engagement session.
To view related materials and a recording of the October 3, 2024 public engagement session, click on the links below.
Town of Aylmer Settlement Area Expansion Scoring Mechanism Review
Map of Residential Development
Public Engagement Session Recording
Stantec recommended an all-parties advisory group be established to assist the Town of Aylmer and the project team in the preparation of final recommendations and negotiations with the Township of Malahide.
The All-Parties Advisory Group (APAG) is intended to be limited in duration. The Group is recommended to ensure all entities are informed of the process. It will consist of representatives from Malahide Township, Elgin County, Town of Aylmer, Catfish Creek Conservation Authority, and the Elgin Federation of Agriculture.
Meetings will involve Development Parcel and Scoring Methodology, Candidate Parcel Assessment, and Recommendations and Discussions with the Township of Malahide.
At the Regular Meeting of Council on August 14, 2024, Mayor Couckuyt was named as the Town of Aylmer Council Member that will sit on the advisory group.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town of Aylmer will hold a hybrid (in-person and virtual) public engagement session on Thursday, October 3rd, 2024, at approximately 5:00 p.m. with a public livestream available at www.youtube.com/TownOfAylmer. The public is invited to participate in the hybrid public engagement session to provide verbal and written comments regarding the Town of Aylmer Settlement Area Boundary Expansion.
The Town of Aylmer has retained Stantec Consulting Ltd. to assist in the assessment of potential lands for inclusion in the Town’s anticipated corporate and settlement area boundary expansion. This project is currently in Phase 2: Develop Parcel Scoring Methodology, which includes this engagement session to receive feedback from the public and from property owners. The purpose of this meeting is to review the drafted scoring mechanism that will be used in later project phases to assess potential parcels for including in the Town’s boundary. The categories, criterion and scoring will be introduced through a presentation by staff from Stantec Consulting Ltd., with a question and answer period following the presentation.
Any person may attend the hybrid public engagement session and/or make written or verbal representation regarding the drafted scoring mechanism.
If you wish to attend the hybrid public engagement session virtually, please contact the Manager of Planning and Development by email or by phone by no later than noon on October 3rd, 2024, to receive an invitation to the meeting. Verbal comments for the hybrid public engagement session may be provided in-person or electronically. Written comments can be submitted by email to the Manager of Planning and Development or in-person to the Town Hall Office by no later than noon on October 3rd, 2024.
2024-09-26 – Township of Malahide Comments
2024-10-02 – Mike Hutchinson Properties Inc.
Contact Town of Aylmer Staff
Manager of Planning and Development
519-773-3164 ext. 4915
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