City-wide studies and guidelines apply to all of Richmond Hill and focus on a variety of topics:
Planning Studies
Richmond Hill organizes and uses studies to plan for future growth and services in our community. Click on the tabs below to view the plans and studies.
Secondary plans direct future development for specific areas in Richmond Hill. The plans provide policies on land use, urban design and transportation. Usually, they are added to Richmond Hill's Official Plan:
A Tertiary Plan is a detailed land use study for a smaller geographic area of Richmond Hill. A tertiary plan typically provides direction on land use, urban design, specific development standards, for a specific area of Richmond Hill.
Infill studies direct future development in important infill areas - land in already developed areas of the community. These studies look at where and how development can happen over the long term.
- Anglin Drive/Long Hill Drive/19th Avenue Residential Infill Study
- Bathurst Street Infill Study
- Bond Crescent Neighbourhood Infill Study
- Douglas Road Neighbourhood Infill Study
- Elm Grove/Maple Grove/Aubrey Residential Infill Study
- Harris Beech Infill Study
- Hughey West Infill Study
- Puccini Drive Infill Study
Richmond Hill has a number of other area specific studies and guidelines, including:
- Village Core Neighbourhood Design Guidelines
- North Yonge Street Urban Design Study
- Lake Wilcox Special Policy Area
- David Dunlap Observatory
- Downtown Design and Land Use Strategy Background Report
- Downtown Design and Land Use Strategy Final Report
- Richmond Hill Regional Centre Design and Land Use Study Preferred Concept Report
- Richmond Hill Regional Centre Design and Land Use Study Final Recommendations Report
- Flood Remediation Study, Yonge Street and Elgin Mills Road
If you would like a copy of any of the listed documents, please contact planning@richmondhill.ca.
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