Concord GO Centre Secondary Plan
The City of Vaughan is advancing the update of the Concord GO Centre Secondary Plan. The existing Concord GO Centre Secondary Plan was approved in 2012 and provides guidance for intensification and transit-oriented development up to 2031 in the Concord area. The Secondary Plan needs to be updated to take into account recent provincial policy changes, Vaughan’s new Official Plan, 2025 and also to align the Plan with other on-going infrastructure plans and studies. A secondary plan is a planning document that establishes a more detailed policy context and implementation framework for the growth and development of a study area.
About the Secondary Plan
The Concord GO Centre Secondary Plan review will update the land-use planning policy framework to support the development of a complete community around a potential GO Station in the study area.
The land use policy framework will be updated to be consistent with the 2024 PPS and have regard to matters of Provincial interest under Section 2 of the Planning Act. In addition, the Concord GO Centre Secondary Plan review will address policy conformity with the Vaughan Official Plan (2025) anticipated to be approved by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
Study area
To support the future growth potential for the Concord GO Centre Secondary Plan, the following studies are being undertaken by the City:
- Concord Transportation Master Plan
- Concord Storm Drainage Master Plan
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Answer
The City of Vaughan adopted the in-force Concord GO Centre Secondary Plan in June 2014 and was approved by Regional Council in May 2015 to support the potential GO Station. This plan established the policies that provide options for housing, employment, transit, retail, and public space in Concord that would support development around a potential Concord GO Station.
Generally, the Concord GO Centre Secondary Plan allows for a mix of land uses near transit infrastructure. The Land Use Designations are as follows:
- General Employment
- Prestige Employment
- High-Rise Mixed-Use
- Employment Commercial Mixed-Use
- Low-Rise Mixed-Use
- Open Spaces
- Natural Areas
On May 29, 2015, York Region Council identified two deferral areas in the Concord GO Centre Secondary Plan. Land uses in these areas were deferred pending the completion of the Secondary Plan update.