Public meeting for planning applications
Guelph City Council will hold a public meeting in accordance with the Planning Act to consider the following planning and development applications. The meeting will take place:
Tuesday, July 14, 2026 – 4:00 p.m.
This is a hybrid City Council meeting that can be watched online at guelph.ca/live or in-person in the Council Chambers at Guelph City Hall, 1 Carden Street, Guelph, Ontario.
About the planning application
266-280 Clair Road West & 950 Southgate Drive, File: OZS25-018 – Ward 6
The subject lands are located south of Clair Road and east of Hanlon Expressway on an assembly of four attached lots totaling 8.56 hectares in area. Cropland, grassland, and interspersed trees occupy the entirety of the lands and is currently designated ‘Ecological Linkages’ within ‘Significant Natural Areas & Natural Areas’ of the Official Plan along the entire eastern portion. The subject lands abut 950 Southgate Drive along the southerly rear lot line, where it is occupied by a Tim Hortons distribution centre to the west and undeveloped lands to the east.
The Applicant has submitted an Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment to permit the development of 2 apartment buildings and 31 stacked townhouse blocks totaling 940 dwelling units. The proposed development also includes a redesignation of the Ecological Linkage from the eastern to the western portion of the subject lands.
A Statutory Public and Decision Meeting was scheduled to occur on February 10, 2026, solely for the 266-280 Clair lands. The meeting was deferred at the Applicant’s request due to the inclusion of an Official Plan Amendment for 950 Southgate Drive to ensure continuity of the Ecological Linkage further south.
The Planner to contact for this application:
Anand Shah, Senior Development Planner
Planning & Building Services
City of Guelph
519-822-1260, ext. 4141
[email protected]
Speak at the meeting or provide written comments
If you wish to speak to City Council about the application you may register as a delegation at guelph.ca/delegations or by contacting the City Clerk’s Office at 519-837-5603 or email [email protected] no later than Friday, July 10, 2026, at 10 a.m. When your registration is received, a confirmation message and instructions for participating in the hybrid public meeting will be provided. Instructions will also be provided during the meeting to ensure that those watching online and attending in-person will be given the opportunity to speak.
If you prefer to comment in writing, please send your written comments to the City Clerk’s Office no later than Friday, July 10, 2026, at 10 a.m.
Important information about making a submission
Only the applicant, specified person and public bodies as defined in the Planning Act, and registered owners of lands to which the by-law will apply and who made oral submissions at the public meeting or who have made written submissions to the City before the by-law is passed, will be able to appeal the decision of the City of Guelph to the Ontario Land Tribunal.
If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting, or make written submissions to the City of Guelph before the by-law is passed, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to do so.
For more information
Related documents are available online at https://guelph.ca/2025/01/280-clair-road-west/ . Alternate document formats are available upon request.
The Staff Report will be available Friday, July 03, 2026, after 12:00 p.m. online at guelph.ca/development.
Contact the City Clerk’s Office
If you would like to be notified of City Council’s decision with respect to a planning application, you must make a written request to:
Dylan McMahon, General Manager, City Clerk’s Office, Corporate Services
1 Carden Street, Guelph ON N1H 3A1
519-837-5603 or TTY 519-826-9771
Email [email protected]
