(Photo: Storybrook Stormwater Management Facility, Fergus.)
I just received another letter from the township regarding an application for a zoning bylaw amendment, for the Elora sands development to be changed from agricultural to residential zoning.
Still not in our Official Plan, still not approved by the OLT, but still submitting applications to pave over prime agricultural land and wellhead protection areas. Applications to create stormwater ponds that pollute our rivers and damage our tourism economy. Applicants submitting self-funded, biased studies with self-supporting summaries that benefit their own profit and exclude the greater community; with apathy for the interests of the township, the costs to current residents, infrastructure logistics, transportation concerns, environmental impacts, our rights to clean water and for Elora’s sustainable future.
Greed is relentless. I’ll be writing another letter of opposition. Won’t you join me?
Reference:
Elora Sands / Cachet Developments
Rezoning application# RZ003-2026
Township file# OP003-2025
Ontario Land Tribunal# OLT-25-000667
County file# OP-2025-06 & 23T-25006
Ontario Land Tribunal# OLT-25-000679
Comments can be submitted by April 7, 2026, to the Municipal Clerk at:
planningcomments@centrewellington.ca
I highly recommend you read through the reports filed with this application… Additional information can be found at:
https://www.centrewellington.ca/currentapplications/
Or by contacting the supervisor of development-administration:
cpellizzari@centrewellington.ca
Can’t stomach the reams of technical jargon? Take a stroll around the Storybrook Stormwater Management Facility in Fergus, to see first hand what is being proposed.
Don’t have time for a walk? Then check out the photos on my Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DVwCUOlkYmw/?igsh=MXBobHVoMHo1dmg4dQ==
Speaking of water protection …
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