Kitchissippi development overview

There are multiple complex projects in the ward that are keeping us busy. We're trying to maintain an updated list of those here.

A reminder that for any project that has an application before the City, including many already approved, you can visit the City's development applications site to view more information. Clicking on the highlighted address for most of the applications below will take you to the City's development site to view the full applications.

Updated April 17th, 2023

• *New* 1806 Scott Street: The City of Ottawa has received applications for a Zoning By-law Amendment and Site Plan Control for the property at 1806 Scott Street (at Rockhurst Avenue) to construct a four-storey, 16 unit apartment building for the corner of Scott Street and Rockhurst Avenue. We will be hosting an Open House on this proposal on April 26^th. You can find the submission on Devapps and the Zoom details to join can be found here.
• *New* 1640-1660 Carling Avenue: The City of Ottawa has received a Zoning By-Law Amendment application for the former Canadian Tire store and abutting Boston Pizza restaurant.  The site would be developed in the future, through site plan control, for 6 mixed-use/residential buildings (rental, seniors, condo) with approximately 1,715 units, vehicular and bicycle parking, a new public road and a POPS (Privately Owned Public Space) at Clyde Avenue North and Carling Avenue.   Of note, this site is no longer in Kitchissippi Ward and is now in River Ward.  Questions can be directed to Councillor Riley Brockington’s office at: Riley.Brockington@ottawa.ca.  The submission is available on Devapps.
• *Update* At 979 Wellington Street West, the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment application was approved at Council in 2021, followed by an appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal by the community. A settlement was reached in fall of 2022, which will allow the zoning to come into effect. In April 2022, the city received an application for Site Plan Control for the site and additional materials were submitted in March of this year.  The application materials can be found on Devapps here.  Please note the Site Plan Control application is not yet approved.
• *Update* Embassy Row: In March of this year, the NCC, the City of Ottawa and the Mechanicsville Community Association reached a settlement around the NCC’s appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) over Council’s refusal to the rezone a parcel of land along the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway, north of Burnside, for embassies.  At this time, no embassies or construction is proposed.  The next stage in the approval process will include Site Plan Control, the timing of which is currently not known. We hosted a community open house in February of 2021 which can be viewed on YouTube. The full application can still be reviewed online – the Official Plan Amendment application can be found here, and Zoning By-law Amendment application can be found here.
• *Update* For 1081 Carling Avenue, the City has received a third resubmission regarding a Zoning By-Law Amendment to permit the addition of “Apartment building, high rise” as a permitted land use, to permit loading in a rear yard abutting a residential zone, and to permit additional building height. This latest resubmission, received in March of this year, was prepared primarily in response to improve the transition to the north.  The latest proposal features two towers: one 16 storey and one 27 storey. We hosted a community meeting on October 12^th, 2021 to discuss the initial proposal with the community, applicants, and lead planner, which can be reviewed on Youtube here.  The revised application and materials are available on DevApps.
• *Update* A Site Plan Control Application for 2006-2026 Scott Street and 314/318 Athlone (the former site of the Granite Curling Club) has been received by the City to develop two residential towers (40 storeys each).  The Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit this development was approved by City Council in October 2022. The zoning is subject to a holding symbol requirement. Our office will be holding a virtual Open House on the Site Plan submission this Spring.  The Site Plan Control submission is available on Devapps.
• *Update* The City of Ottawa received an Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment applications at 200 (210) Clearview Avenue to construct a 25-storey high-rise residential use building.  An updated Site Plan has been submitted showing 177 units with 211 underground parking spaces. This is a reduction from the original Site Plan submission, which showed 197 dwelling units and 278 underground parking spaces. You can find the submission on Devapps here. We hosted an open house on December 15^th, which you can find on our Youtube here. ** 
• *Update* At 424 Churchill Avenue N, the City of Ottawa has received an Official Plan Amendment application, Zoning By-law Amendment application, and Site Plan Control application to facilitate the construction of an eight storey, mid-rise residential apartment building with 58 dwelling units and 31 parking spaces located in two levels of underground parking. We hosted an open house on this application in January 2023 – the recording can be found on Youtube here. You can also find the application live on Devapps here.
• *Update* At 1186-1194 Wellington West (at the corner of Parkdale Avenue), the owners submitted a Site Plan Control application for the development of a16-storey mixed-use building. In May 2022, Planning Committee deferred the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment applications for the site indefinitely; subsequently, the developer decided to appeal the decision to the OLT. As such, this application will not proceed until a decision is reached at the OLT.  The hearing is targeted for August 2023. We hosted a community meeting in June 2021 to discuss this application which can be reviewed on YouTube. The application is available on DevApps. **
• *Update*: For 377-381 Winona Avenue, the City of Ottawa has received a Zoning By-law Amendment application and Site Plan Control application for 377-381 Winona Avenue seeking to construct a six-storey mixed-use building with two ground-floor commercial units and 60 residential units. Our office hosted an open house on this application, which you can review here. This application is live on Devapps, which you can review here as well.  Additional supporting materials were submitted in March of this year.  It is expected that this application will come to Planning and Housing Committee in May of this year.
• *Update* 177 Armstrong Avenue and 266 and 268 Carruthers Avenue: The City has received a resubmission for a Zoning By-Law Amendment and Site Plan Control proposal to develop a three-and-one-half storey low-rise apartment building with 18 rental units.  No on-site parking is proposed. The building will be considered a planned unit development (PUD).  An Open House was held by our office in January and a recording of the webinar is available on Youtube here. The revised application can be found on Devapps here.
• *Update*: The Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment proposals for 1560 Scott Street Holland Cross) were approved in Fall 2022 and a Site Plan Control application for the development of a 25-storey mixed use apartment tower is under review. Additional supporting materials were received by the City in March 2023. You can find that application here.
• *Update* At 1546 Scott Street, the applicant has submitted a Zoning By-law Amendment and Site Plan Control to permit a 25-storey mixed-use apartment building. The site is currently occupied by a one-storey commercial building operating as The Beer Store and associated surface parking and loading facilities. Back in January, we hosted a community meeting with residents to review the application. Additional supporting materials were submitted to the City in February. You can watch a recording of that meeting here. This application is now available on DevApps.
• *Update* - 930 Carling Avenue & 520 Preston – The New Ottawa Hospital. The Site Plan Control application for Phase 3 (Central Utility Plant) and Phase 4 (main Hospital building) have been submitted to the City.  The Master Plan was approved in Fall 2021 and the holding provision for the application was subsequently lifted. You can find documents accompanying the proposal on Engage Ottawa and DevApps.
• 114 Richmond Road (Sisters of the Visitation Monastery site), the City of Ottawa has received a resubmission on the Site Plan Control application for Phase 2A of the development. This phase consists of a nine-storey residential building (known as Building ‘B’) connecting to the south of a re-furbished convent building. There are some minor changes in this resubmission; they are primarily to building articulation, and curb line and landscaping on the site. You can find this resubmission live on Devapps now.
• At 70 Richmond Road and 376 Island Park Drive, the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment for the site were approved by Council this June. An application for Site Plan Control has been received by the City of Ottawa, which you can find on Devapps now. 
• At 951 Gladstone (at Loretta), the zoning has been approved by Council to construct three high-rises at 35, 33 and 30 storeys incorporating the Enriched Bread Artists building. A Site Plan Control application remains active and the application and supporting materials can be viewed here.
• The City of Ottawa has received a Zoning By-law Amendment application and Site Plan Control application for 211 Armstrong Street to develop a three-storey low-rise residential apartment with 12 dwelling units. You can find the submission on Devapps here.
• At 522 Lower Byron Avenue, the owners have submitted a Zoning By-law Amendment application and a Site Plan Control application seeking to redevelop the site as a three-storey residential apartment building with 18 dwelling units and no vehicular parking is proposed. We hosted an open house on November 9^th, 2022 which you can find on our Youtube here. You can also review the submission on Devapps here.
• At 30 Railway Street, the City of Ottawa has received an application in 2022 to construct a three-storey, eight-unit low rise apartment dwelling. However, due to planning policy changes announced by the Province in Fall 2022, smaller developments (less than 10 units) like this are no longer required to apply for Site Plan Control.  As a result, the developer in this case can proceed to apply for a building permit to proceed with development.  This property is located on the westside of Railway Street, between Beech Street and Young Street. Our office held a community open house in February, which you can review here.
• The City of Ottawa received a Site Plan Control application at 16 Lowrey Street to convert an existing three-storey residential triplex into a four-unit low-rise apartment dwelling. The ground floor apartment is to be converted into two separate units. Similar to the proposal above (Railway Street), site plan control is no longer required for this project due to recent policy changes and the developer can apply directly for a building permit. 
• The City of Ottawa received a Site Plan Control application at 436 Athlone Avenue seeking to construct a three-storey, low-rise apartment building containing 16 dwelling units. You can also find this submission, along with all supporting documents, for review on Devapps now. Our office held a community open house for application on August 15^th, 2022 which you can review here.
• At 368 Tweedsmuir Avenue, the owners have submitted a Site Plan Control proposing the construction of a three-storey, low-rise apartment building containing 16 dwelling units. You can find this submission live on Devapps now.
• At 260 Armstrong, the applicant submitted a Site Plan Control application to construct a three-storey residential building containing eight dwelling units, with seven bicycle parking spaces. Similar to some of the other developments noted, recent planning policy changes by the Province for smaller projects like this mean that they are no longer required to apply for Site Plan Control.  The developer can proceed to apply for a building permit to proceed with development. 
• At 249/255 Richmond Road and 372 Tweedsmuir Avenue, the applicant has submitted a Zoning By-law Amendment and Site Plan Control for the site to permit the development of a nine (9) storey mixed-use building containing 87 dwelling units, at-grade commercial units, and underground parking. Our office held a community open house in December 2021. You can review the recording of this meeting here. This application is available on DevApps.
• At 349 Danforth, the owners have submitted a Site Plan Control Application for the development of a mixed-use, low-rise 3-storey mixed use apartment building. The application is available on DevApps. 
• At 935 Wellington Street West, the owners have submitted an application to permit the demolition of the 1.5-storey residential building dwelling which is currently in poor condition and is uninhabitable. The application is live on Devapps.  
• At 455, 463, 471 & 483 Sherbourne Road; 534, 542, 550, 560 & 568 Redwood Avenue; and 890 Byron Avenue,  the owners are showing the community their plans for an as-of-right Site Plan application which would see the development of three low-rise apartment buildings within an existing residential complex known as Byron Estates. The full application is online. You can view the open house here.  Please note that this proposal is now located in Bay Ward and any inquiries can be directed to Councillor Theresa Kavanagh’s office at bayward@ottawa.ca.
• At 175 Richmond Road, the owners have submitted changes to their original Zoning approval for a nine-storey and six-storey buildings. Both the Zoning By-law Amendment application and the Site Plan Control applications are available on Devapps. 

Recently Approved/Refused:

• *New, approved* For 366 Winona Avenue, an application for a zoning amendment to allow for the development of a pair of three-storey, 8 unit apartment buildings was submitted earlier this year and approved by City Council this April. Reliefs to the site’s current R4 zoning regarding setbacks, lot width and lot area were approved. You can review this submission on Devapps here.
• *New, approved* At 262 Armstrong Street, a Zoning By-law Amendment and Site Plan Control application for 262 was approved by City Council in March 2023. The applications involve the construction of a four-storey, low-rise apartment building with four residential units. Our office hosted a community open house in July 2022, which you can review on our Youtube channel. You can find this application on Devapps now
• *New, Site Plan Control approved* The Zoning By-Law Amendment and Official Plan Amendment for 403 Richmond Road was approved by City Council and the Site Plan Control Application has been approved to develop a 9 storey mixed use building with 141 residential units.  You can find that submission, and related documents, on the Devapps page here. Our office held an open house on July 13^th, 2022 which you can review here.
• *New, approved*At 91-93 Holland Avenue, a Site Plan Control application to construct a six (6) storey mixed-use development with 32 dwelling units has been approved. This SPC application can be reviewed on DevApps.
• *New, approved* At 630 Churchill Avenue N, a Site Plan Control application to construct a three (3) storey residential apartment building with 13 units and 14 bicycle parking spaces has been approved. You can review this application and its supporting documents further on DevApps. 
• *New, approved* The Site Plan Control application for 316-322 Clifton Road has been approved. You can find the full application on DevApps.
• At 335 Roosevelt Avenue, both the Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment for the site were approved by Council in Spring 2022. The city has not received a Site Plan Control application for the site at this time. Our office hosted a community meeting on this resubmission in November 2021. You can review this meeting online here. This application is available at DevApps.
• At 439 Churchill Avenue North, the city approved a Site Plan Control application to facilitate the construction of a three-storey, four unit addition to an existing two-storey building. Our office hosted a community open house on this application in June 2022, which you can review here. The full application and all supporting documents are now available on Devapps.
• At 1248-1252 Wellington Street West, City Council has approved the Zoning By-law Amendment application that seeks to retain the existing building on site and construct an addition in the southern (rear) portion of the property. The proposed addition would contain a commercial unit at-grade with two four-bedroom residential dwelling units above.  You can find this submission on Devapps .
• At 138 Forward Avenue, a Site Plan Control application to construct a four-storey, 18-unit apartment dwelling has been approved. Our office held a community open house, which you can review here. This application is now available on Devapps.
• A Site Plan Control has been approved for the proposed development at 61 Pinehurst. The proposed development is seeking to construct a three (3) storey, eight unit building with no vehicular parking. You can review this application further on DevApps.
• At 797 Richmond Road, Zoning By-Law Amendment and Site Plan Control applications to permit a 9-storey mixed use building with ground floor commercial spaces, residential dwellings in the upper storeys and two levels of underground parking were received by the City. The zoning for the site was approved at Planning Committee in July 2022. The site plan is currently under review and on circulation.  Please note that due to ward boundary changes, this site is now located in Bay Ward.  Questions may be directed to Councillor Theresa Kavanagh’s office at bayward@ottawa.ca. Prior to the change, we hosted a community meeting in September 2021 to discuss this application which can be reviewed on YouTube. The application is available on DevApps.
• At 161 Hinchey Avenue, an application for Site Plan Control to construct a 4 storey low rise apartment building with 15 units was approved. The full application is online.
• At 54, 56 & 60 Bayswater, a Zoning By-Law Amendment and Site Plan Control application to permit the development of a six-story mid-rise apartment dwelling have been approved. We hosted a community meeting in July 2021 to discuss this application which can be reviewed on YouTube. The application is available on DevApps.
• The development at 2046-2050 Scott Street and 295-301 Ashton seeking the construction of a 30-storey, 353-unit mixed-use tower was approved at City Council in Spring 2022. The Site Plan Control Application has also been submitted and can be found here.
• At 157 Holland Avenue, the Site Plan Control application to construct a three-storey residential building (containing 12 units) has been approved.
• At 364 Churchill North and 348 Whitby Avenue, a Site Plan Control Extension application for the Westboro Animal Hospital has been approved by staff. The applicant has submitted this Site Plan Extension Application to revise the Site Plan Agreement and to allow additional time to obtain a building permit.
• The Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment proposals for 861 Clyde Avenue, the former Nielsen Dairy plant (Carling and the 417) have been approved by City Council. A Site Plan Control application has not been received at this time.
• Byron Place / Churchill / Highcroft Development – Parkette Consultation. Our office has hosted a public Open House on the design of the parkette in 2021 as part of the approved development. You can review a recording of that consultation here.

Upcoming construction

• At 52 Garland, construction has not yet begun, although it was slated to begin this past winter (2023). A pre-construction meeting was held in the Fall – you can find that here. Email jeff.leiper@ottawa.ca for more information.
• At 327 Richmond, the Site Plan Control application to construct a 9-storey mixed use building with 185 dwelling units has been approved, after the zoning was approved in 2021.  A pre-construction meeting with the immediate neighbours will be scheduled this Spring ahead of excavation on the site.  Email jeff.leiper@ottawa.ca for more information.
• The Zoning By-Law Amendment application and Site Plan Control for 243-245 Hinchey been approved by City Council.  A pre-construction meeting with immediate neighbours will be scheduled.  Email jeff.leiper@ottawa.ca for more information. 
• For the Byron/Highcroft/Churchill application, an amended Report for the application was approved by Planning Committee on November 10, 2022. The amendment Report will see 3-storeys from Highcroft rather than 4 which was in the application. The modified application has been approved by Council. The Site Plan Control has been approved by staff. We will be holding a pre-construction meeting with immediate neighbours ahead of excavation and construction on the site.  Email jeff.leiper@ottawa.ca for more information.

Currently under construction:

• Construction is underway at 399 Winston Avenue to develop a 7-storey mixed-use building. Our office hosted a pre-construction meeting in December 2022.  You can find that on our Youtube channel here.
• Improvements are underway at Westboro Beach including a new pavilion and rehabilitation of the existing Strutt Pavilion.  The construction is underway after a zoning amendment was approved for 745 Sir John A. MacDonald Parkway and 234 Atlantis Avenue by Planning Committee and City Council. The full application can be reviewed online on Devapps here. You can find further details on the NCC’s plans on their site dedicated to the project.
• The development at 398-406 Roosevelt Avenue for a mid-rise apartment building began with excavation this winter. We held a pre-construction meeting with neighbours in November 2022 prior to the start of excavation on the site. You can find that on our Youtube channel here.
• At 1619-1655 Carling Avenue, construction is underway for the development of 2 high rise towers. Our office hosted a pre-construction meeting on November 28^{th, 2022} – you can find that here. Email jeff.leiper@ottawa.ca for more details.
• At 1040 Somerset Street West, the owners have begun to excavate at the site. Our office hosted a pre-construction meeting with neighbours to review timelines and impacts at the end of June 2022, which you can find here.
• The development at 177-179 Armstrong began excavation and construction in winter of 2022. We held a pre-construction meeting with immediate neighbours, which you can review online here.
• 1705 Carling has begun construction. We hosted a pre-construction meeting with neighbours to review timelines and impacts in June 2021. E-mail Jeff.Leiper@ottawa.ca for more information.
• At 163-167 Parkdale Avenue, construction is underway. We have hosted a pre-construction meeting with neighbours to review timelines and impacts which can be reviewed on Youtube. E-mail Jeff.Leiper@Ottawa.ca for more information. 
• 2070 Scott Street has begun construction. We have hosted a pre-construction meeting with neighbours to review timelines and impacts which can be reviewed on YouTube. E-mail Jeff.Leiper@Ottawa.ca for more information. 
• The site at 16-20 Hamilton has begun construction. We have hosted a pre-construction meeting with neighbours to review timelines and impacts which can be reviewed on YouTube. E-mail Jeff.Leiper@Ottawa.ca for more information. 
•  At 90 Champagne, construction has begun. We hosted a pre-construction meeting with neighbours to review timelines and impacts which can be reviewed on YouTube. E-mail Jeff.Leiper@Ottawa.ca for more information. 
• At 320 McRae, 315 Tweedsmuir (and 1976 Scott Street), construction is underway. We have hosted a pre-construction meeting with neighbours to review timelines and impacts. E-mail Jeff.Leiper@Ottawa.ca for more information. 
•  At 400 Richmond Road (at Kirkwood), construction is underway. We have hosted a pre-construction meeting with neighbours to review timelines and impacts which can be reviewed on YouTube. E-mail Jeff.Leiper@Ottawa.ca for more information. 
• At 99 Parkdale, the owners have begun major construction. E-mail Jeff.Leiper@Ottawa.ca for more information.