Official Plans

The County of Grey Official Plan applies to all lands within the County and establishes an upper-tier policy framework that provides guidance to local Municipalities on a variety of matters.

The Municipality of West Grey Official Plan (covering the settlement areas of Durham and Neustadt) has been designed to conform to the County of Grey Official Plan. In the event of a conflict between these two documents, the County Official Plan shall prevail, as mandated in The Planning Act (R.S.O. 1990).

That notwithstanding, the Municipality of West Grey Official Plan may be more restrictive than the County of Grey Official Plan, in which case the more restrictive policies shall prevail. This local Official Plan is also intended to be consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement.

The Municipality of West Grey is currently in the process of a review and update to the West Grey Official Plan. The County of Grey Official Plan and current West Grey Official Plan (Durham and Neustadt) will remain in effect until the new Official Plan is recommended for approval by the County of Grey.

Grey County’s official plan, called Recolour Grey, helps Grey County set goals related to development, communities, and our natural resources. Recolour Grey was fully approved in 2019 following multiple years of public engagement, research, and consultation.

Official plans primarily deal with:

where new housing, industry, shows and office will be located
what services and infrastructure is need, such as roads, greenspace and utilities
what areas of communities will grow
community improvement initiatives
protection of areas of important natural areas

Grey County Official Plan

The West Grey Official Plan applies to the settlement areas of Durham and Neustadt as shown on Schedules ‘A’ and ‘B’ to the Plan.

The boundaries of the settlement area of Durham, as delineated on Schedule ‘A’ to this Official Plan, closely reflect the boundaries of the former Town of Durham as it existed prior to municipal restructuring in 1999. The settlement area boundaries, however, have been expanded in a north-easterly direction and now include 31.3 hectares of land that were previously situated within the former Township of Glenelg.

The boundaries of the settlement area of Neustadt, as delineated on Schedule ‘B’ to this Official Plan, reflect the exact boundaries of the former Village of Neustadt as it existed prior to municipal restructuring.
Lands located outside of these two settlement areas (i.e. within the Municipality of West Grey but not shown on Schedules ‘A’ or ‘B’) are not subject to this local Official Plan, and therefore are covered directly by the County of Grey Official Plan.

West Grey Official Plan

The Municipality of West Grey’s Official Plan is an overarching policy document related to the boundaries of the primary settlement areas of Durham and Neustadt. It does not extend to the balance of the municipality.

The Municipality s currently reviewing its Official Plan to make changes to reflect recent changes in the Planning Act and to ensure the document accurately reflects a controlled and intentional approach to development in the Municipality's two main settlement areas.

The County of Grey is the approval authority for the Official Plan and they will approve the West Grey Official Plan once it is adopted by West Grey Council as the lower tier.

Municipality of West Grey
402813 Grey Road 4
Durham, ON N0G 1R0
info@westgrey.com
519-369-2200