Under the Ontario Planning Act, the City works to achieve the long-term vision for high quality, sustainable growth in Barrie, with plans, strategies and policies that shape the look and overall design of the city.
How Planning Works
Learn about planning and how to get involved.
Proposed Developments
Learn about proposed developments moving through or moved through the Development Review Process.
Growth Management
To manage growth and ensure that services and facilities keep pace, the City has set out a vision and strategy for growth management.
Development Review Process
An in-depth application and review process for proposed developments is essential to ensuring the City is designed and built to serve our growing community.
Development Charges
Development charges provide for the recovery of growth-related capital expenditures from new development.
Zoning & Land Use
Learn about the Official Plan, Zoning By-law, land use designations and more.
Development Concierge Programs
Provide an enhanced level of customer service and streamline the approval of development applications and building permit applications for strategic housing and employment projects.
New Foundations
An affordable housing initiative that offers owners of institutionally designated properties the chance to apply for support to undertake an affordable housing feasibility study.
