FAQs

A key city-building principle that has informed the planning of this area is the notion of complete communities and a 20-minute neighbourhood. Brampton’s Sustainable Community Development Guidelines lay the foundation for sustainable and walkable communities. The guidelines indicate that communities should be designed to allow residents to walk to daily needs, civic services, and higher order transit. Building off this model, the 20-minute neighbourhood concept allows future residents to accomplish most of their daily activities within a 20-minute walk, (or a walking distance of 1.5km) from where they live. Designing compact, mixed-use communities is key to being able to deliver complete 20-minute neighbourhoods.

Secondary plans are part of the Official Plan. The Official Plan is the legal document guiding how all of Brampton grows and develops. Secondary plans guide how Official Plan policies are put in place for smaller areas of the City.
Think of the Official Plan as the road map for all of Brampton. Secondary plan areas represent detailed plans for specific areas of the City – new communities, employment areas, older neighbourhoods and downtown. These plans provide more details on things like land use, community design, natural heritage, roads and parks.

How does the Brampton 2040 Vision relate to this project?

The Heritage Heights Community embodies the principles of the Brampton 2040 Vision. The following actions are directly implemented through the planning of this area:

Action 2.3: Town Centres, and the establishment of vibrant mixed-use places to live, work, shop and play. Greenfield Neighbourhood Co-design Service, calls for a collaborative approach to create new neighbourhoods on greenfield lands as models of comfortable, sustainable living
Action 4-2: Complete Streets, calls for designing new Brampton streets to be people-friendly and environmental- friendly places

The North-west corner of Mississauga Road and Bovaird Drive are part of the Mount Pleasant Secondary Plan. Why are they being planned as part of Heritage Heights?

Pursuant to a settlement of OPA-101 before the OMB, MCN Heathwood and the Osmington lands, were removed from the Huttonville North Secondary Plan (Area 52) and the Mount Pleasant West Secondary Plan (Area 53), together known as the Heritage Heights Secondary Planning Area and placed into the Mount Pleasant Secondary Plan (Area 51). OPA 101, contains policy direction for studies and form of development as pre-conditions to future development of the affected lands.
While both the MCN Heathwood and Osmington lands are both technically part of the Mount Pleasant Secondary Plan, the lands will be planned congruently with the Heritage Heights Secondary Plan. This will ensure an integrated and comprehensive approach to the planning of the area.

Does the new Heritage Heights Secondary Plan include Highway 413?

The Ministry of Transportation (MTO)’s preferred route for Highway 413 has provincial corridor protection policies in place, requiring the revised HHSP to incorporate Highway 413. For more information on Highway 413, visit www.highway413.ca.

Contact Official Plan and Growth Management

For more information on the City's planning program for the Heritage Heights Community (Areas 52 & 53) and to provide comments via email, please contact:

heritageheights@brampton.ca