Development Curation
The Town of Collingwood’s Economic Development team, along with its partners, want to help your commercial, industrial, institutional, or mixed-use development succeed and create local jobs. By curating the due diligence and after care processes for you, and connecting your team to the most relevant resources, we believe this can help you quickly achieve your development goals.
These resources include:
- A single point of contact for Town Hall – bring your questions to us and we’ll seek the answers internally to get your project moving
- Connections to local professionals, including business ambassadors, landowners, and realtors
Free due diligence services, including:
- Land options
- Official Plan and Zoning Bylaw support
- Market conditions and needs
- Demographic and statistical information
- Growth projections
- Workforce details
- Potential tenants
Development Resources and Support Links
Recent Developments
The purpose of this page is to provide enhanced public access to materials associated with significant development proposals in the Town of Collingwood.
Land Use Planning
The Planning Division provides services regarding the Official Plan and Zoning By-law documents for the Town of Collingwood, exercising control over the subdivision of land, and indirectly by providing municipal services and pursuing municipal policies that support and reinforce the land use planning objectives of the Municipality and the County of Simcoe.
Land Use Planning Interactive Map
These maps provide Official Plan, Zoning By-law, Development Activity, and Heritage Properties information.
Zoning By-law
The Collingwood Zoning By-law implements the land-use policies of the Town’s Official Plan, as amended, and is one of the principal documents used to ensure the proper and orderly development of the municipality. The Collingwood Zoning By-law pertains to all lands within the boundaries of the Town.
Official Plan
The Town’s official plan:
- makes the public aware of the municipality’s general land use planning policies
- makes sure that growth is coordinated and meets our community’s needs
- helps all members of our community understand how their land may be used now and in the future
- helps decide where roads, watermains, sewers, garbage dumps, parks, and other services will be built
- provides a framework for establishing municipal zoning bylaws to set local regulations and standards, like the size of lots and height of buildings
- provides a way to evaluate and settle conflicting land uses while meeting local, regional and, provincial interests
shows Council’s commitment to the future growth of the community
Online Land Inventory
Simcoe County GIS map displaying commercial, industrial, institutional, farm and vacant land for sale or lease.