266 - 280 Clair Road West - City of Guelph

File Number OZS25-018

Official Plan Amendment to the Official Plan to remove a portion of the Subject Lands from the City of Guelph’s Employment Areas and further redesignate the Subject Lands from the ‘Industrial’ and ‘Significant Natural Area and Natural Areas’ designations to the ‘High Density Residential’ designation. Also, to facilitate the development a realignment of the Ecological Linkage portion of the City of Guelph’s Natural Heritage System from the east to the west portion of the Subject Lands by redesignating a portion from the current ‘Industrial’ designation to ‘Significant Natural Area and Natural Areas’ designation is proposed. To facilitate the development, A Zoning By-law Amendment Application for a site-specific High Density Residential 7 zone with a Holding Provision (RH.7xx(Hxx)) is proposed.

2nd Submission Materials – April 2026

Updated Material:

Additional Reports

Previous Unchanged Materials

1st Formal Submission materials – October 2025

Pre- submission – Associated reports and materials

This new process provides the opportunity for applicants to work with city staff to resolve issues prior to deeming applications complete. Official Plan amendment and Zoning By-law amendment are proposed to permit the conversion of employment lands to high-density residential to permit 960 residential units in a mix of Townhouse and High-rise (14-16 storey) built forms.

For information

Anand Shah, Senior Development Planner
[email protected]

266 – 280 Clair Road West