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Current Planning Applications

Below is a compiled list of all of the current planning applications awaiting a public meeting or a council or staff decision.  

To provide written comments, or for more information on these matters, contact:

Kate Kaestner

Planning Clerk
Secretary-Treasurer, Committee of Adjustment
P.O. Box 100, Sydenham, Ontario, K0H 2T0
planning@southfrontenac.net

To register for a Committee of Adjustment or Council Meeting, please register using the registration link for the meeting on our Events Calendar.

To secure your in-person attendance at a Committee of Adjustment meeting, please contact Kate Kaestner, Planning Clerk & Secretary-Treasurer, Committee of Adjustment at 613-376-3027 or planning@southfrontenac.net.

To secure your in-person attendance at a Council meeting, please contact James Thompson, Clerk at 613-376-3027 or jthompson@southfrontenac.net.

Consent Applications

Public Meeting Details

Date: Thursday, October 9, 2025

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Location: Virtual Meeting (Zoom) and In-Person (Council Chambers)

Subject Property Address: 1856 Rutledge Road

Purpose and Effect of the Application:

The consent application seeks to create one new rural residential lot. The proposed severed parcel would be ~26Ac in area with ~58m of frontage on Rutledge Road. The retained parcel would be ~26.9Ac in area with ~67m of frontage on Rutledge Road and would contain the existing dwelling. The proposal requires a minor variance to permit reduced road frontage for the severed and retained lots, as the zoning by-law requires a minimum of 76m. 

Additional Applications: The lands are subject to minor variance application PL-ZNA-2025-0081.

Additional information regarding the application is available by contacting Kate Kaestner, Planning Clerk at 613-376-3027. or planning@southfrontenac.net.

Application Details:

Subject Property Address: Hickey Lane

Purpose and Effect of the Application:

This application is for a lot addition from Part Lot 18, Concession 3 Hickey Lane (identified on the attached plan) to be conveyed to 50A Devine Lane. If approved, 0.6 acres of area will be added to 50A Devine increasing the size of the property to 1.1 acres in size. The Hickey Lane property will be approximately 9.7 acres in remaining area if the application is approved. 

Additional Applications: The lands are subject to Zoning By-Law Amendment Application PL-ZBA-2025-0090

Additional information regarding the application is available by contacting the Planning Clerk at 613-376-3027. or planning@southfrontenac.net.

Minor Variance Applications

Public Meeting Details

Date: Thursday, November 13, 2025

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Location: Virtual Meeting (Zoom) and In-Person (Council Chambers)

Subject Property Address: 4571 Stair Step Lane

Purpose and Effect of the Application:

This application seeks permission to enlarge two legal non-conforming cottages. The applicant proposes to replace the two existing cottages (38sqm & 54sqm) and 58sqm of attached decking with one cottage in a similar footprint. The proposed two-storey cottage would have a building height of 10m, a building footprint of 156.2sqm, and would be setback 14m from the highwater mark of Dog Lake and 4m from the top of bank. 

Additional Applications: The lands are not subject to any other applications under the Planning Act.

Additional information regarding the application is available by contacting Kate Kaestner, Planning Clerk at 613-376-3027. or planning@southfrontenac.net.

Public Meeting Details

Date: Thursday, November 13, 2025

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Location: Virtual Meeting (Zoom) and In-Person (Council Chambers)

Subject Property Address: 340 Devil Lake Road

Purpose and Effect of the Application:

A minor variance is being requested to allow 17sqm (182sqft) deck, attached to the side of the dwelling, to be setback 23m from the highwater mark of a watercourse/unevaluated wetland. The deck was constructed without the necessary approvals. 

Additional Applications: The lands are not subject to any other applications under the Planning Act.

Additional information regarding the application is available by contacting Kate Kaestner, Planning Clerk at 613-376-3027. or planning@southfrontenac.net.

Zoning By-law Amendment Applications

Public Meeting Details

Date: Tuesday, February 06, 2024

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Location: Virtual Meeting (Zoom) and In-Person (Council Chambers)

Subject Property Address: 162 Campground Lane

Purpose and Effect of the Proposed By-law:

The application proposes to amend the zoning of the property to facilitate the development of tourist and event facilities on the property including a 4-room hotel, a lodge space with a restaurant and conference centre, four 1-bedroom cabins, three 2-bedroom cabins, and associated parking and amenity areas. The subject property is a former children's camp and is currently zoned Recreation Resort Commercial Special Exception (RRC-25). The application will amend the zoning of the property to permit additional uses to facilitate the proposed development. Site specific performance standards are also proposed to permit the development of some of the cabins in the area of existing development within the 30m setback of Bobs Lake.

Additional Applications: The lands are not subject to any additional applications. 

Additional information regarding the application is available by contacting the Planning Clerk at 613-376-3027 or planning@southfrontenac.net.

Public Meeting Details

Date: Tuesday, October 07, 2025

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Location: Virtual Meeting (Zoom) and In-Person (Council Chambers)

Subject Property Address: 4353 Miller Road

Purpose and Effect of the Proposed By-law:

This application relates to a new waterfront residential lot that was recently approved through consent application PL-BDJ-2023-0088.  The zone on the new lot will be changed from RU to RLSW to acknowledge its access from a new private lane and its frontage on Vanluven Lake.  The treeline and wetland on the east side of the new lot will be zoned EP.  The effect of the by-law will be to allow a building permit to be issued for the new lot.

Additional information regarding the application is available by contacting the Planning Clerk at 613-376-3027 or planning@southfrontenac.net.

Public Meeting Details

Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Location: Virtual Meeting (Zoom) and In-Person (Council Chambers)

Subject Property Address: 4353 Miller Road

Purpose and Effect of the Proposed By-law:

Application PL-ZBA-2025-0090 is proposed to rezone the 0.6 acre area of Hickey Lane from its current Rural Zone (RU) to a Residential Limited Service Waterfront (RLSW) Zone to match the zoning of 50A Devine Lane. The 0.6  acre area is subject to Application PL-BDJ-2025-0089, which proposes to convey the area as a lot addition from Hickey Lane to 50A Devine Lane to increase the lot size to 1.1 acres. 

Additional information regarding the application is available by contacting the Planning Clerk at 613-376-3027 or planning@southfrontenac.net.

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