Monday, September 21, 2026

Burlington council approves Motion memo Prioritizing and Expediting Official Plan Review of Data Centres... 6-0

Council considered multiple Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendment items for properties on Headon Road, Plains Road East and King Road.

The agenda included a petition and a motion regarding Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments for 2105 Headon Road.

The agenda included motions regarding Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments for 198 and 206 Plains Road East and for 1200 King Road. The applications for 198 and 206 Plains Road East were submitted by Landwise, and the applications for 1200 King Road were submitted by Bousfields Inc. on behalf of Alinea, with a revised staff recommendation to approve the applications as modified by planning staff. The purpose of the Official Plan Amendment for 1200 King Road was to establish a planning framework for the development of The King Road as a complete, integrated, inclusive and cohesive urban village, including a new section to be inserted into the text of the Burlington Official Plan 2020 and new mapping to be added to its schedules, with minor variations to the targets not requiring an Official Plan Amendment and phased development of lands in the King Road Community only permitted once conformity to policy 77 (5) of the Burlington Regional Official Plan was demonstrated to the satisfaction of the City. Bill 162 reinstated modifications made by the Minister to the Region’s Official Plan through the Minister’s decision on ROPA 49.

The motion, as recorded in the minutes:

Waive section 38.1 of the procedure by-law to allow item 18.3 Motion memo Prioritizing and Expediting Official Plan Review of Data Centres (ADM-07- 26) as a motion introduced to Council.

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