Notice of public meeting and decision 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, December 1, 2026
6 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. City staff will be providing a recommendation report for City Council to make a decision on the planning applications at this meeting.
About the planning applications
501 Hanlon Creek Boulevard (File: OZS26-011) – Ward 6
Applications for an Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment were received from Build Consulting Services, on behalf of Jaral Properties Inc., for the lands municipally known as 501 Hanlon Creek Boulevard, to remove the subject lands from an Employment Area and to add Veterinary Service use as a permitted use for the subject lands.
The subject lands are approximately 0.44 hectares in size and are located on the north side of Hanlon Creek Boulevard, east of Downey Road. The subject lands are currently occupied by an existing building and an associated parking area. The applications are to permit a Veterinary Service use as a standalone use within the existing building, no building additions or site works are proposed.
For additional information please contact the planner managing the file:
Kelley McCormick, Senior Development Planner
Planning and Building Services
Phone: 519-837-5616, ext. 2359
TTY: 519-826-9771
Email: [email protected]
Speak at the meeting or provide written comments
If you wish to speak to City Council about the applications 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, November 27, 2026, at 10:00 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, November 27, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.
Important information about making a submission
Only the applicant, specified persons and public bodies as defined in the Planning Act, and registered owners of lands to which the bylaw will apply and who made oral submissions at the public meeting or who have made written submissions to the City before the bylaw 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 bylaw 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
Documents relating to these planning applications are available online at guelph.ca/development. Alternate document formats are available upon request.
The staff report will be available after 12:00 p.m., on Thursday, November 19, 2026, 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 these planning applications, you must make a written request to:
Dylan McMahon, City Clerk
City of Guelph
1 Carden Street, Guelph ON N1H 3A1
Phone: 519-837-5603
TTY: 519-826-9771
Email: [email protected]
