Part A The Vision and Land Use Concept
Part B Land Use Policies
Part C Environmental and Ground Water Management Policies
Part D General Development Policies
Official Plans
Niagara Regional Official Plan
On March 31, 2025 the responsibility for implementing and maintaining the Niagara Regional Official Plan was download to the City of Thorold through Bill 23 (More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022) and Bill 185 (Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act, 2024). On December 23, 2024 the official date was set to be March 31, 2025 where the Niagara Region became an upper-tier municipality without planning responsibilities.
The Niagara Regional Official Plan is a land use planning document that guides and shapes development by identifying where and under what circumstances specific types of land uses can be located. It is used to ensure that growth and development appropriately balances social, economic, cultural and environmental interests of the community.
The Niagara Regional Official Plan was adopted by Regional Council on June 23, 2022, and approved by the Province of Ontario on November 4, 2022, and consolidated in May 2024.
Niagara Official Plan Niagara Official Plan with Schedules Niagara Official Plan Schedules
City of Thorold Official Plan
The Official Plan for the City of Thorold is a land use planning document that guides and shapes development by identifying where and under what circumstances specific types of land uses can be located. It is used to ensure that growth and development appropriately balances social, economic, cultural and environmental interests of the community.
The Official Plan was approved by the Niagara Region on April 28, 2016, and consolidated October 2025.
- Schedule A Land Use
- Schedule A-1 Thorold Proper
- Schedule A-2 Urban Area East of the Welland Canal
- Schedule A-3 Rolling Meadows Secondary Plan
- Schedule A-4 Port Robinson East Special Policy
- Schedule A-5 Port Robinson West Neighbourhood Structure Plan
- Schedule A-6 Port Robinson West Land Use Plan
- Schedule A-7 Brock Business Park Area Land Use Plan
- Schedule B Natural Heritage System
- Schedule C Floodplains and Hazard Lands
- Schedule D Transportation and Utilities
- Schedule D-1 Port Robinson West Active Transportation Plan
- Schedule D-2 Brock Business Park Area Active Transportation Plan and Public Realm Improvements
- Schedule D-3 Brock Business Park Area Infrastructure
- Schedule E Cultural Heritage Sites
- Schedules - All Combined
- Appendix A Definitions
- Appendix B Rolling Meadows Urban Design
- Appendix C Port Robinson West Urban Design Guidelines
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