The Prince Edward County planning department has launched a new, online dashboard which will eventually show all currently open planning applications and their status. Although not all applications have been loaded onto the site yet, […]
Prince Edward County has a chronic shortage of “roofed” tourist accommodation, but the new Official Plan which Council approved on February 24th contains what may be an inadvertent but significant barrier to this type of […]
UPDATE: The County has published a newly-revised version of the draft Official Plan which will be considered by Council at a special meeting on February 24th. Introduction On February 24th, County Council approved a new […]
Prince Edward County is in the final throws of approving a new Official Plan to replace the current one which was adopted in 1998. County staff published a draft of the new plan at the […]
An Interim Control By-Law was passed by County Council on September 22nd which means that Wellington development applications are suspended for one year. The current municipal water system is Wellington is at the limits of […]
If you are buying a rural home or vacant land in Prince Edward County, you may encounter unopened road allowances. Crown Survey History Before diving into unopened road allowances, a little early Loyalist history is […]
If you’re like most people, land use planning is somewhat of a mystery, so the purpose of this article is to explain how planning and zoning work. Provincial Policy Statement Planning in Ontario is based […]
As a real estate broker, out of town buyers often ask me “what are property taxes in Prince Edward County?” Although it would be accurate to say “better than Toronto”, that’s not particularly helpful. To […]
UPDATE: As an outcome of Council meetings held on July 17th and August 13th, 2019, the County’s zoning by-law was revised to eliminate any reference to a maximum size for second units. Based on a […]
The Prince Edward County Official Plan makes severances conditional on a well with 3 gallons per minute minimum. Is this an obsolete requirement? […]
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