The final report of the Cultural Heritage Master Plan (CHMP) is now available for public review on the municipality’s Have Your Say engagement site.
The deadline to submit comments is 4:30 pm on Monday, January 26. Send your feedback to Scott Pordham, Policy Coordinator, Development Services, by emailing spordham@pecounty.on.ca. The public can also contact Mr. Pordham by calling 613.476.2148 extension 2024.
Staff and project consultants, WSP Consultants, will present the CHMP for County Council approval at the Planning and Development Committee meeting on Wednesday, February 18. The meeting will take place inside the Council Chambers at Shire Hall (332 Picton Main Street) beginning at 6 pm. You can also the meeting live on the municipality’s YouTube channel.
The County of Prince Edward is developing the plan to manage and protect its built heritage resources and cultural heritage landscapes.
A built heritage resource is a building, structure, monument, installation, or any manufactured remnant that contributes to a property’s cultural heritage value or interest.
A cultural heritage landscape is a defined geographical area that may have been modified by human activity and include features such as structures, spaces, archaeological sites, or natural elements that are valued together for their interrelationship, meaning, or association.
Protecting and enhancing Prince Edward County’s cultural, heritage and natural assets for the future is a key objective within the municipality’s Strategic Plan 2023-2026. In addition, the municipality’s Official Plan states that the municipality will identify cultural heritage resources while ensuring their conservation, restoration, maintenance, and enhancement as part of the community’s ongoing evolution.
Council directed staff, when it adopted the Official Plan in 2021, to prepare a Cultural Heritage Master Plan to help guide staff and the development community in this area.
Visit the County’s Have Your Say engagement site to learn more about the plan.