Conn Gravel Pit Expansion, Town of the Blue Mountains

 

 

 

Location: Concession 3, North Part of Lot 6, RP 16R9097 Part 1, in the Town of the Blue Mountains

 

Proposed 10 ha below-the-watertable expansion to an existing pit.  The property is meters from the Pretty River Provincial Park. 

 

Proponent:  2223117 Ontario Inc.

 

 

Approval Process:

 

Notice of Complete & Received Application / Public Meeting

Town of the Blue Mountains Zoning By-law amendment

Town of the Blue Mountains Official Plan amendment

Grey County Official Plan amendment approval

Conservation Authority approval

MNRF Aggregate Resources Act licence – no EBR No. as at 9-Sep-2016

Permit To Take Water

Sewage permit

Air permit

 

 

Timeline (chronological order)

 

Date

Event

2016-05-16

Town of the Blue Mountains public meeting re: official plan amendment and rezoning application (notice)

2016

Petition

2018-11-20

Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) due to Town of the Blue Mountains missing the deadlines

 

 

News (most recent first)

 

Date

Source

Title

Comment

2018-05-08

Blue Mountain Watershed Trust

Preserve the Pretty River or Dig a Gravel Pit?

Don Avery

2018-04-05

Collingwoodtoday.ca

Residents dig in against gravel pit expansion

Erika Engel (.pdf)

2016-09-09

Enterprise Bulletin

Missing signs irks citizen's group

JT McVeigh

- Conn Gravel Pit, Town of the Blue Mountains

2016-09-01

Thornbury Paper

Proposed gravel pit expansion riles residents

 

2016-08-29

Simcoe.com / Collingwood Connection

Blue Mountain Residents Opposed to Gravel Pit Expansion

John Edwards

Conn Gravel Pit, Town of the Blue Mountains (.pdf)

 

 

More Information:

 

 

Friends of the Pretty River Valley:

www.noprettyriverquarry.ca / info@noprettyriverquarry.ca

 

www.noprettyriverpit.ca / info@noprettyriverpit.ca

 

 

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Disclaimer: This information has been compiled through private amateur research for the purpose of allowing the reader to make an informed and educated decision.  However, while the information is believed to be reliable, accuracy cannot be guaranteed.

 

 

 

 

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