Planning St. John's

Welcome to the Planning St. John's page. This page provides a site where the public can find information and give feedback on planning applications all in one place. Planning applications include Municipal Plan and Development Regulation amendments such as rezonings and text amendments, but do not include development applications, discretionary use applications, or non-conforming use applications.

Occasionally, a person or company proposes a type of development that does not meet our policies or regulations and would have to be rejected, unless an amendment can be made. Amendments undergo careful consideration by City staff and Council. As part of the amendment process, we invite you to learn about each application and give your comments and concerns – they help inform Council's decisions on these matters.

Links to current applications (starting in June 2022) are provided below. We invite you to view the applications that are of interest to you. Click the link to be taken to each planning application project page to learn more, ask a question, or provide your feedback.

If you prefer to provide comments or ask questions using mail or email, please do so to the Office of the City Clerk and include your name and address, or e-mail cityclerk@stjohns.ca or write to P.O. Box 908, St. John’s, NL, A1C 5M2. Be sure to include the name of the application in your submission.

Planning Applications Open for Feedback

135 Harbour Drive

The City is considering a text amendment to the St. John's Development Regulations to add Office as a Discretionary Use in the Industrial General (IG) Zone. The proposed text amendment was prompted by an application from MacGillivray Properties Limited, on behalf of the St. John’s Port Authority Inc., for an Office at 135 Harbour Drive. No changes to the building footprint or additions are proposed.

Provide your feedback by Tuesday, October 14
Landscaping Requirements and Driveways

Council is considering amending the St. John's Development Regulations to modify landscaping requirements and enable driveways for small Apartment Buildings with six or fewer Dwelling Units within a Residential Zone.

Provide your feedback by Tuesday, October 14
670 Kenmount Road

The City has received an application to rezone land at 670 Kenmount Road from the Residential 2 (R2) Zone to the Residential Reduced Lot (RRL) Zone.
The applicant is seeking to develop 19 single detached dwelling units on narrow lots. While single detached dwelling units are permitted in the R2 Zone, the applicant is requesting to rezone because the RRL Zone allows smaller lots with reduced lot area and frontage.

Provide your feedback by Tuesday, October 14

Current Applications

Each application has its own project page. Click the name of the project below to learn more or leave your feedback. Projects that are currently open for comments are identified in the list below.

1 Clift's-Baird's Cove(External link)

1-5 Petty Harbour Road(External link)

7 Rickett's Road(External link)

7 Waterford Bridge Road (2025)

8 Shaw Street and 4 McLea Place
(External link)

18 Campbell Avenue(External link)

18 Mount Cashel Road(External link)

19 King's Bridge Road(External link)

20 George's Pond Road(External link)

38 Robin Hood Bay Road(External link)

45-53 Blackmarsh Road(External link)

46 Hazelwood Crescent(External link)