CENTRAL PICKERING
DEVELOPMENT PLAN

Under the North Pickering Land Exchange, the Province negotiated with three developers to exchange holdings on the Oak Ridges Moraine — a UNESCO World Biosphere site — for equivalent parcels in the growing City of Pickering.

planningAlliance, together with Meridian Planning Consultants, was commissioned to prepare comprehensive structure, secondary and neighbourhood plans to guide the creation of an extensive natural heritage system, a dedicated near-urban agricultural preserve, and substantial new residential and employment areas for 75,000 residents and 35,000 jobs.

The result, called the Central Pickering Development Plan, fleshes out two of the Province’s concurrent planning initiatives — the Growth Plan and Greenbelt Plan — and addresses the full range of residential, commercial, institutional, open space and rural uses for this new community.

Throughout the process, planningAlliance worked closely with a range of stakeholders, including governments and public agencies at all levels, current and future residents, and the developers.

MINISTRY OF MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS & HOUSING
PICKERING, CANADA
2006
4,450 ha