land use planning consultants
Powell Planning & Associates specializes in land use planning application approvals for development projects, in Ontario. We work alongside multi-disciplinary industry professionals, including designers and engineers, to bring your project from concept, to concrete.
Our Planning practice experience is Greater Golden Horseshoe Region-wide. We have practiced planning in Durham Region, Peel Region, the City of Toronto, Simcoe County, York Region and for the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. We understand the role of the Planning Act, the Provincial Policy Statement, the Provincial Growth Plan - A Place to Grow, and how development gets created through policy precision.
There is a necessary paradigm shift in the planning profession that is before us. The people we are planning for, want more. The spaces we are recreating, require more. The approach to creating people-centred places and structures requires a respect for evolution, to achieve more.
Achieve more, with Powell Planning & Associates.
“The future depends on what you do today.”
our history
established in 2020.
We are a boutique urban planning firm, with a combined 20 years+ industry and project management experience, specializing in land use planning approvals for residential, industrial, commercial and institutional development across Ontario.
At Powell Planning & Associates, we put integrity, value and context at the forefront of our approach to land use planning. We sustainably design for the future, provide policy analysis and justification that is attestable and create a built form that is people-centred.
We are client focused, industry certified and aim to bring your concept through to its’ approval, in a timely and efficient manner. We are passionate about your projects and progress them as if they are our own. We are here to simplify your goals, bring your project from a concept to being shovel-ready, and foster the creation of remarkable spaces along the way.
Our mission is evolution, through planning and design.
We look forward to creating something evolutionary with you.
Aimee Powell, BURPl., MPA, MCIP, RPP
Chief Planning Officer & President
“Development is not about factories, dams and roads. Development is about People.”
planning practice
Our Planning practice experience is Greater Golden Horseshoe Region-wide. We have practiced planning in Durham Region, Peel Region, the City of Toronto, Simcoe County, York Region and for the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. We understand the Planning Act, the Provincial Policy Statement, the Provincial Growth Plan - A Place to Grow, and how development gets created through policy precision.
Strategic, well-paced and multi-faceted growth is upon Simcoe County. As home ownership, high-quality rental options and affordable living is still a goal for many, while people are getting priced out of the GTA housing market, Simcoe County has become a viable option for creating a live, work, play and stay option for GTA migrants.
Simcoe aims to develop generational, complete communities, that respect the historic rural and agricultural land uses and landscapes. If you have a project that you would like to further explore in the City of Barrie, Town of Innisfil, Town of New Tecumseth, Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury, Township of Adjala-Tosorontio, Township of Oro-Medonte, Township of Essa, Town of Wasaga Beach, Town of Collingwood, City of Orillia, Township of Tiny, Township of Tay, Township of Severn, Township of Clearview, Township of Springwater, Township of Ramara, Town of Penetanguishene, or the Town of Midland, Powell Planning & Associates will utilize our local knowledge to facilitate your project from a concept, to concrete.
A viable option for appropriately scaled growth and development, Dufferin County is an emerging geography for attracting jobs, housing and the creation of complete communities.
If you have a project in the Town of Orangeville, the Township of Amaranth, Township of East Garafraxa, Town of Grand Valley, Township of Melancthon, Town of Mono, Township of Mulmur, or the Town of Shelburne that would like to develop in a creative, contextual and efficient manner, Powell Planning & Associates can deliver the professionalism, timeliness, and contextual understanding required to bring your objective to occupancy.
Large-scale development and redevelopment are showing no signs of slowing down in the Greater Toronto Area. Peel, York, Durham and the City of Toronto, are all areas where land development, at any scale, requires the guidance and specialization of a Planning Professional. Powell Planning & Associates has planning experience from working in all of these Regions and the in City of Toronto.
In planning, context is key. Success comes from our ability to work with, respect and amend policy so that a project idea can become reality, on budget and on time.
“Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people.”
Reasons to hire a Registered Professional Planner (RPP)":
RPPs possess the skills to efficiently navigate the regulations of the Planning Act to guide owners and inform on land use issues.
RPPs understand the process and the role of municipalities in making decisions that can determine the health of future communities for generations.
RPPs also seeks a balance of private and public interests while abiding by the Profession’s Code of Conduct and Code of Ethics.
Powell Planning & Associates are passionate about what we do, and offer professional land use planning services from RPPs.
Put your passional project for land development in the trusted hands of Powell Planning & Associates.
services & expertise
Powell Planning & Associates provides Professional Planning Services administering Project Management and Approvals of Planning Act Applications for:
Pre-Consultation Submissions
Official Plan Amendments
Ontario Land Tribunal (Appeals, Expert Witness Statements, Preparation and Representation)
Toronto Local Appeal Body (Appeals, Expert Witness Statements, Preparation and Representation)
Zoning By-law Amendments
Zoning and Building Compliance
Plans of Subdivision
Plans of Condominium
Site Plans (Residential, Industrial, Institutional and Commercial)
Compliance Matters -Zoning By-law Offences Requiring Approval; and
Committee of Adjustment Submissions for:
Minor Variances; and
Severances/Consents
Unified LLP - Trusted Affiliate of Powell Planning & Associates
Unified LLP is a trusted affiliate of Powell Planning & Associates and multi-faceted law firm with specialization in planning and land development, expropriation, real estate and construction law. Michael Paiva, partner of Unified LLP and head of the firm’s Property & Commerce group directly provides services for PPA Clients including as legal counsel at the Ontario Land Tribunal, Divisional Court and Ontario Court of Appeal. Michael Paiva and Unified LLP have assisted property owners and municipal authorities with significant land use planning appeals and expropriation compensation matters at the Ontario Land Tribunal, formerly known as the Ontario Municipal Board and Local Planning and Appeal Tribunal.
To learn more about Unified LLP and its experience in municipal law please visit the following links:
“Don’t tell people your plans.
Show them your results.”
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