Official Plan Review

The Municipality of Bluewater is updating the Bluewater Official Plan. Check this page regularly for details on this project, including opportunities for public consultation, the draft plan, maps and more.

An Official Plan (OP) provides a short and long term vision for land use, growth, and development within a municipality.

The Planning Act requires that municipal Councils review their OP not less than every five years to ensure that the OP has regard for matters of provincial interest, is consistent with policy statements issued by the Province, and conforms to the upper tier official plan (Huron County OP). Bluewater’s last review of the Bluewater OP was in 2018. The Huron County OP was reviewed and updated in 2021 and is currently undergoing another review. The latest policy statement issued by the Province, The Provincial Planning Statement, was released in 2024.

Upcoming meetings

The third draft of the proposed amended Official Plan will be brought to an upcoming regular meeting of Council for adoption. It is now available in the document section below. In addition, you can view the third draft map changes for the entire Municipality, including your property, with the Official Plan Review Online Interactive Map. This map has been updated and is reflective of the third draft changes. For a copy of the current Official Plan, maps, schedules and appendices, please email op@municipalityofbluewater.ca or call Sarah Smith, Planner, at 519-524-8394 ext. 3 (Huron County).

Have Your Say

The community is invited to share ideas about their vision for the Municipality and provide comments on the Draft of the proposed amended Official Plan.

Those who wish to provide comments may:

• submit comments by email to op@municipalityofbluewater.ca
• submit comments by mail to Municipality of Bluewater, 14 Mill Ave., Zurich ON, N0M 2T0, Attention: Lindsay Johnstone, Planning Coordinator
• You may also call the Planner at 519-524-8394 ext. 3 or the Planning Coordinator at 519-236-4351 ext. 235

Please note that comments and opinions submitted on these matters, including the originator's name and address, become part of the public record and may be viewed by the general public and published in a Planning Report, Council agenda, or Council minutes.

Interactive Map

Use the interactive map to search for properties and see proposed land use designations under the revised plan. This map has been updated and is reflective of the Second Draft changes.

Documents

• Third Draft of the proposed Official Plan
• Second draft of the proposed amendment Official Plan
• First draft of the proposed amendment Official Plan 

Meetings to date

• April 7, 2026, Regular Council Meeting – Third Draft of the proposed amended Official Plan review presented
• March 2, 2026, Public Meeting – Second Draft of the proposed amended Official Plan review presented
• Public open houses held November 24th through 29th , 2025, drop-in sessions open to public to review draft plan, discuss and provide comments to planning staff
• October 20, 2025, Regular Council meeting—First Draft of the proposed amended Official Plan review presented
• June 16, 2025, Special Meeting of Council—Possible revisions discussed. Meeting legislated under Section 26 of the Planning Act, RSO, 1990.
• April 7, 2025, Project kick-off meeting held seeking approval to initiate review.