Township of Minden Hills: Planning for Sustainable Community Development

Township of Minden Hills: Planning for Sustainable Community Development

Sharon Lee

The County Of Haliburton, Jane Tousaw

Peter Lafleur and Heather Nicol, Geography

TP-665

2013

Online

Haliburton County, Minden Hills

The way in which communities are planned is of critical importance to their sustainability, vibrancy and resilience. The purpose of this project is to contribute to the development of a sustainable, vibrant, resilient and growing community in the Township of Minden Hills, by employing the principles and implementing the practices of sustainable community development through the use of sustainable land use planning. This project is the result of the collaborative efforts of the County of Haliburton, U-Links, and Trent University. My first concrete project goal is to develop a land inventory of vacant lots in the Township of Minden Hills' settlement areas for development consideration. This inventory will include the land attributes discerned from an analysis of the land use planning policy framework to be required/desired for development and those deemed to be constraining development (environmental). I will then examine the governing land use planning policy framework, the best practices in sustainable rural community development, and the socio-economic landscape of the Township of Minden Hills. Following my research and analysis, I will make some general land use recommendations for the development potential of the suitable vacant lots.