Community Design Plan

The City translates the principles and policies of the Official Plan
to the community scale by working with the community,
landowners, local businesses, school boards and other
interested parties on community design plans.  These plans are
the backbone of any significant change in a community.

The Carp community design plans was one of the first plans
completed after amalgamation. It was passed by Council in 2004
and can only be amended by council. It conforms to the Official
Plan.

It was created using a collaborative community building
approach that emphasizes shared values and mutual
obligations. The idea is to make decisions that respond
appropriately to real issues and achieve community support
through a bottom up rather than a top down approach. This
philosophy has three components:

  • collaboration - everyone works together to realize a
    common vision.
  • community - residents, landowners, tenants, businesses,
    developers and institutions, as well as various levels of
    government.
  • building - strengthening and improving

Two workshops were held in Carp in 2003 to provide input to the
plan. A "Village of Carp Profile" was provided to all workshop
participants so that the participants would have a common
information base when discussing the future plan for Carp.

Read the
Community Design Plan for the village of Carp
Carp Residents Association