Three things in one place: what is being dug up on your street, where the big projects actually stand, and a search of the Town’s own planning papers. Every fact here links back to the page it came from, in the Town’s words, so you can check it yourself.
“Within the Downtown Heritage Conservation District, building height shall be informed by the Downtown Heritage Conservation District Plan, and shall be limited to 12 metres (3-4 storeys).”
Official Plan, page 89Those sentences are copied word for word out of the documents. Nothing here was written by a computer.
Town of Collingwood Official Plan
…beyond the 3rd storey, to the satisfaction of the Town. Exceptions to this policy may be considered for the redevelopment of buildings with heritage value that are less than 2 storeys or 8 metres in height; and iii. In general, the maximum building height shall be 6 storeys, or 20 metres, whichever is less, and shall be subject to the applicable policies of this Plan and consistent with the Urban…
Zoning By-law 2010-040 (consolidated November 2025)
includes a banquet hall, private club or a fraternal organization. Any building, otherwise complete in itself, which depends on structural support below grade and a roof above grade or Attached enclosure upon a common wall shared with an adjacent building. The space between the roof and the ceiling of the top storey Attic or between a dwarf wall and a sloping roof. TERM DEFINITION B A platform loc…
built form based on heritage character, shadow impacts, With regard to height, the Collingwood Downtown parking requirements, etc. HCD Plan notes that “the allowable height is as stated in the Town’s zoning bylaw.” Under the A heritage architect should be a key member of…
Town of Collingwood Official Plan
Control policies of this Plan shall apply to all development applications in the Downtown Core Designation. d) All development shall be adequately regulated by suitable provisions in the Zoning By-law to ensure that it is compatible with existing development in proximity. Where ap…
Report) Affordable Housing Master Plan). To date, the policies guiding height (i.e. through The Collingwood Downtown Heritage the HCD, zoning, and official plan) have been Conservation District (HCD) was initially a ‘broad swaths’ approach that treats all sites completed…
Action Item # 1: Downtown HCD Plan and shall be limited to 12m Undertake a Gap and Opportunities (3 to 4-storeys).” Analysis of land use planning policies The Town of Collingwood is projected to grow by to inform an I…
Town of Collingwood Official Plan
differentiate between uses in the Downtown Core and the Regional Commercial District, the Town shall implement minimum unit sizes for retail commercial establishments in the Regional Commercial District Designation within the Zoning B…
Challenges - There is a disconnect between the - As a Heritage Conservation District, Downtown and the waterfront due to there are conflicting opinions on growth the significant traffic on First Street and and height in the Downtown. ‘gaps’ in the public realm approaching the - As with…
Zoning By-law 2010-040 (consolidated November 2025)
Collingwood Zoning By-law DOWNTOWN CORE COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION EIGHT - C1-8 ZONE Despite General Provision 4.14.2 no setback shall be required to the boundary of the Holding Thirteen “H13” zone. The following zoning exceptions s…
to the Collingwood Downtown uses that would typically be expected within an HCD Plan concurrently with the Gap Analysis and evolving downtown and that are in alignment with Intensification Study may provide for synergie…
Town of Collingwood Official Plan
proposed development, and the developer enters into an agreement with the Town to ensure the continued availability of the alternative site as a parking area. Downtown Improvements m) The Town supports the Collingwood Downtown BIA. The Town shall pursue the ongoing enhancement of the Downtown in co-operation with the BIA and other public and private interes…
…n Intensification Study. to identify potential regulatory updates that may inform the Intensification Study and further The findings of the Gap Analysis and Intensification support the vision for the Downtown outlined in Study should inform future amendments to the this report. Official Plan, Zoning Bylaw, and the Collingwood Downtown HCD Plan, and if additional height and/ For example, a cursory…
I wrote these three by hand, straight out of the papers — no computer wrote them. The box above searches all 2,158 bits of those papers.
The plan already allows 6 storeys, but the zoning still says 12 m. That gap scares off builders. Fix the zoning so apartments above shops can be built downtown, near jobs and transit.
Downtown is a heritage district, and that is why people come. Height should follow the heritage study, protect views like the one to Town Hall, and use step-backs so the street still feels low Downtown Plan p.26.2 Official Plan p.89.1.
Both sides agree the rules don't match each other right now.
The Build and Protect columns are arguments. The cited sentences above are the part that comes from a document.
Type a question in your own words. You get three answers: someone arguing to build more, someone arguing to go slower, and then a plain summary of what makes sense — split into homes, shops and jobs. Every fact links back to the page it came from.
Town of Collingwood, Simcoe County and Province of Ontario public documents. Page numbers are PDF pages, not the number printed on the page. An excerpt is a short capture of a report whose full file could not be downloaded, and the link still goes to the original.