Communications from the Lindenlea Community Association Board of Directors

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Ottawa's Official Plan For Development - What We Are Doing & What You Can Do

Ottawa’s Official Plan for Development: What We Are Doing; What You Can Do
As many of you are aware, the City of Ottawa has embarked on a broad and extensive development plan that will have a significant impact on Lindenlea and its surrounding areas. At the centre of this plan is the need to provide housing for a projected significantly increased population over the next 25 years. A strategy of “intensification/densification” is proposed, one that will allow for bigger, taller, and more crowded housing projects. Areas just outside the urban core will be bearing the brunt of this development, including Lindenlea.  Here is how we are addressing this:

1. The Lindenlea Community Board has sent a formal letter to the City of Ottawa (directed at the development planners) outlining our concerns. Of note is that we are requesting that most of Lindenlea be recognized for its historical significance and exempt from a strategy of intensification.  We ask that you read this letter which is posted on our website: lindenlea.ca
2. The Beechwood Village Alliance (BVA) composed of members from neighbourhoods along the Beechwood–Hemlock transitway is proposing and formulating a Secondary Plan which would amend the Official Plan by taking into consideration the specific needs and constraints and logistics of the neighborhoods; focusing most directly on development along Beechwood Avenue and Hemlock Road (which includes portions of Lindenlea).

     Here’s what you can do:

1. Get a copy of the Official Plan at engage.ottawa.ca, or just Google “City of Ottawa Official Plan” and you will see a link to the document.
2. Start writing personal letters. You can direct these letters to Mayor Watson or just send them as “Letters to the Editor” to any of our local papers. Of note is that Rawlson King is well aware of many of the problems associated with the new Official Plan and is on board to advocate on our behalf, so a letter to him might not be as necessary or important.​

Note that the Official Plan is due to be amended some time in August. There is no expectation of any major changes. However, the amended document might put a somewhat more balanced burden on some of our outer communities to provide housing as part of the city’s intensification strategy. The City of Ottawa will also be releasing an “As We Heard It” report on June 7, detailing the feedback that the city received from its initial City Development Plan release. Also of note: there is a massive development proposal for several buildings to be constructed in Manor Park, in areas at and near the corner of Hemlock and St. Laurent Blvd.  More on that to come.

Letter from the LCA Board regarding the official plan