Public Hearing: May 20, 2026, 7 p.m.
Attend in-person, Foran/Green Room, 4th Floor, St. John's City Hall or virtually by Zoom
The City received an application to rezone 55 Groves Road from the Rural Residential Infill (RRI) Zone to the Residential 2 (R2) Zone to enable the development of semi-detached dwellings. A total of 18 dwelling units are proposed (nine buildings that each contain two semi-detached dwelling units). To rezone, a Municipal Plan amendment is required to redesignate the property from the Rural District to the Residential District.
An amendment to the St. John's Urban Region Regional Plan is also required to enable this amendment. The proposed Regional Plan amendment will re-designate the land from 'Rural' to 'Urban Development'. A copy of the proposed Regional Plan amendment is available for viewing under the 'Documents' tab found on this page.
There are two parcels of land proposed for development, both owned by the City. The property shown in blue was sold to the City in the past by the applicant, who signed an agreement with the City for the right to first refusal for reacquiring the land.
The land shown in orange is additional City-owned land which the applicant has requested to purchase to enable the proposed development.
Council has approved the sale of both properties, subject to development approval. The first step in development approval would be rezoning.
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Update April 22, 2026
The St. John's Municipal Council adopted St. John’s Municipal Plan Amendment Number 17, 2025, and St. John’s Development Regulations Amendment Number 52, 2025, on April 21, 2026, and hereby gives notice of its intent to seek registration of the amendments from the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, in accordance with the Urban and Rural Planning Act, 2000.
The effect of the Municipal Plan amendment would be to re-designate land at 55 Groves Road from the Rural Land Use District to the Residential Land Use District.
The effect of the Development Regulations amendment would be to rezone land at 55 Groves Road from the Rural Residential Infill (RRI) Zone to the Residential 2 (R2) Zone.
In order to allow the proposed amendments to the St. John’s Municipal Plan and Development Regulations, an amendment to the St. John’s Urban Region Regional Plan is required. The Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs has adopted St. John’s Urban Region Regional Plan Amendment 107, 2025, under section 16 of the Urban and Rural Planning Act, 2000. This Regional Plan amendment is proposed to re-designate land at 55 Groves Road from Rural to Urban Development. The Public Hearing for the Regional Plan Amendment will be conducted concurrently with the municipal amendments.
The Public Hearing will take place on Wednesday, May 20th, at 7 pm.
Comments should be provided by 9:30 a.m., Tuesday May 19th, to the Office of the City Clerk including your name and address to cityclerk@stjohns.ca or P.O. Box 908, St. John's NL A1C 5M2.
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