The current Municipal Development Plan (MDP), was developed through three years of public engagement and built on numerous studies and strategies. On May 9, 2023, Council granted second and third readings to Bylaw 1132/22 and adopted the current MDP available here.
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Upcoming Public Hearing on Proposed MDP Update
Council will hold a public hearing on April 14, 2026 (10:00 am in Council Chambers) to gather feedback on proposed amendments to the Municipal Development Plan (MDP), with a specific focus on Section 10: Subdivision of Land. Although the broader project to merge the Caroline and Clearwater County MDPs is still in progress, Council has identified several subdivisionโrelated changes they believe should take a more immediate priority.
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Bylaw 26/078, which received First Reading on February 24, 2026, proposes updates to subdivision policies by reducing individual residential subdivisions, reintroducing fragmented parcels with clearer guidelines, and revisions to several sections and figures to better reflect Council's long-terms vision for land use in the municipality.
What's Changing
A major element of the proposed update is the removal of the option for landowners to create more than one residential parcel from agricultural quarter sections without an outline plan or Area Structure Plan (ASP).
In recent years, public input on the MDP has shown a mix of views:
Some residents have asked for more flexible rules, including more parcels, varied parcel sizes, and different uses.
Others have expressed concern about increasing the division of agricultural land and the longโterm impacts on rural character.
Councilโs priority is to preserve agricultural land and maintain the Countyโs rural character. In line with this direction, the proposed amendments tighten subdivision allowances and strengthen policies that protect agricultural areas from further subdivision.
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๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ (๐๐๐) ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ด๐ฆ ๐๐บ๐ญ๐ข๐ธ (๐๐๐). ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ-๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐บ ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐บ'๐ด ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฐ/๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐บ (๐ป๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ด, ๐ฆ๐ต๐ค.).
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ช-๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด (๐ฆ.๐จ., ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐๐). ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ข๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ (๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ/๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ) ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ (3) ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ 80 ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ต.
What This Means for Residents
If adopted, the updated policies would:
Limit subdivision opportunities in agricultural areas to maintain larger, intact quarter sections
Reduce the number of new residential or nonโagricultural lots that can be created from a quarter section (additional residential multi-lot subdivisions are still allowed but additional plans and studies are required)
Provide clearer, more consistent rules for evaluating subdivision applications
- Support Councilโs broader goal of supporting agricultural character into the future
