The Municipality of Clarington will be presenting the draft Courtice Transit-Oriented Community Secondary Plan and associated Official Plan Amendment on June 19, 2025 - and we want to hear from you! This area is located south of Bloor Street, north of Highway 401, east of Robinson Creek, and west of Tooley Creek and Highway 418.

The vision includes a mixed-use, transit-supportive community centered on the future Courtice GO Station. It will feature a diverse range of housing with a mix of densities, along with office space, commercial, and industrial uses that will capitalize on the excellent transportation access to the area. The streets will be designed to support active transportation with walkable amenities, street trees, generous sidewalks and bike lanes.

The area will feature new schools and community facilities, access to surrounding natural areas, and a future connection to Lake Ontario and the Courtice Waterfront.

Materials will be available on this page for review on May 30, 2025.

Key map showing the secondary plan area

What’s next? We want to hear from you!

The Municipality of Clarington will be presenting the draft Courtice Transit-Oriented Community Secondary Plan and associated Official Plan Amendment - and we want to hear from you!

Public Meeting information

Join us at Council Chambers, Municipal Administrative Centre, 40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville or attend virtually by watching the live stream at www.clarington.net/calendar.

Date: Thursday, June 19, 2025
Time: Beginning at 6:30 pm
Place: Online or in person in Council Chambers, Municipal Administrative Centre, 40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville

How to speak at the public meeting

If you are attending online and wish to speak at the public meeting, please pre-register by completing the online form at www.clarington.net/delegations or contact the Clerk’s Division at 905-623-3379 ext. 2109 or clerks@clarington.net by Wednesday, June 18, 2025, at 3:30 p.m. Once registered, staff will provide further instructions. If you are attending in person, you do not need to pre-register as a delegate to speak at the meeting.

How to provide comments

We encourage you to submit your comments for the Committee’s consideration to the Planning and Infrastructure Services department at courticeTOC@clarington.net. You can also reach out by mail or drop box to 40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville, ON L1C 3A6 before the date of the public meeting.

Interested Parties List

You can request to be added to the interested party list and receive updates regarding this application. If you wish to be notified of the decision of Clarington Council on the Official Plan Amendment, you must make a written request to the Municipal Clerk at 40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville, Ontario, L1C 3A6.

The personal information you submit will become part of the public record and may be released to the public. Questions about the information we collect can be directed to the Clerk’s Department at 905-623-3379 ext. 2102.

If you have accessibility needs and require alternate formats for this document or other accommodation, please contact the Accessibility Coordinator at 905-623-3379 ext. 2131.

In accordance with Sections 22(7) of the Planning Act, an appeal may only be filed by the applicant, the registered owner, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, or a specified person or public body that has interest in the matter.

If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of the Municipality of Clarington to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Municipality of Clarington before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Municipality of Clarington before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted, 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 add the person or public body as a party.

*Under s. 17 (36.1.4) of the Planning Act, there is no appeal with respect to any policies that identify a Protected Major Transit Station Area or any of its related policies.

Background information

The Stage 2 Summary Report outlines the guiding principles of the project; land use options presented at the Public Information Centre #3 on March 22, 2022; the criteria for evaluating the different land use options; and an overview of public feedback received.

The Stage 1 Summary Report (available upon request) covers two secondary plan areas given the geographic location as well as shared transportation and natural heritage attributes.

  1. The Courtice Employment Lands (now Courtice Transit-Oriented Community) and Major Transit Station Area (MTSA) Secondary Plan.
  1. The Southwest Courtice Secondary Plan Update. This Secondary Plan is the subject of a separate planning process.

The Report includes an overview of work completed as part of Stage 1, including background analysis; key issues and opportunities; policy context; and feedback from the Public Information Centre #1 on June 18, 2019.

Thank you for attending Public Information Centre #4 to learn about the Emerging land use plan and policy directions that will help to guide the area's growth and transformation into a mixed-use, high-density transportation hub in Courtice. Comments on the emerging land use plan can be provided by November 30, 2023.

The proposed new major roads to service the Courtice Employment Secondary Plan are subject to Schedule ‘C’ of the Municipal Class EA. The EA will proceed through the “Integrated Approach” with the Planning Act as outlined in Section A.2.9 of the Municipal Class EA Manual (Municipal Engineers Association, October 2000, as amended in 2007, 2011 and 2015), which is an approved process under the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act.

The “Integrated Approach” recognizes the desirability of integrating and coordinating the planning and approval processes to satisfy the requirements of the Planning Act and Environmental Assessment Act.