Draft Greater Sudbury Community Improvement Plan

Community Improvement Plans (CIPs) are a sustainable community planning tool used by municipalities to revitalize areas of a city or community through programs, grants and incentives.

CIPs also:

  • address the reuse and restoration of lands, buildings and infrastructure
  • address growth management challenges
  • plan for rehabilitation, development and land-use change

The City recognizes the value of community improvement planning initiatives and identifying opportunities for future work. Under the Planning Act, Community Improvement Plans can be undertaken for environmental, social or economic development reasons.

The City has developed a number of financial incentives through its various community improvement plans. These financial incentives are available to any proponent within the community improvement project areas. These CIPs include the following:

  • Brownfield Strategy and Community Improvement Plan (adopted in 2011);
  • Affordable Housing Community Improvement Plan (adopted in 2018); and,
  • Strategic Core Areas Community Improvement Plan (adopted in 2022)


A New CIP

The City has undertaken a review of these CIPs. Further to a municipal best practice review and a review of existing CIP programs in effect for Greater Sudbury, staff is recommending that these CIPs be replaced with a new Greater Sudbury CIP (GSCIP).

Highlights of the proposed GSCIP include:

  • New CIP boundaries
  • A combination of three CIPs (Strategic Core Areas, Brownfields, Affordable Housing)
  • A new Housing Accelerator Program applicable to the nodes and requiring a minimum of three net new dwelling units to be eligible
  • A refinement of the Façade Improvement Program eligibility criteria to provide further guidance on aesthetics, historical preservation, durability, energy efficiency, and accessibility.
  • General updates throughout to improve general requirements and descriptions of programs

Public feedback is for the draft Greater Sudbury Community Improvement Plan is welcomed at the bottom of this page.

Background and drafts for the proposed CIP can be found using the links below:

April 22, 2025 Staff Report presented to the Finance and Administration Committee

January 28, 2025 Staff Report presented to the Finance and Administration Committee

Draft of the Greater Sudbury Community Improvement Plan

and the Draft GSCIP Areas


Legal Requirements for receiving Notice of Public Meeting and Notice of Adoption:

Should you wish to receive notice of public meeting, you must write to the City Clerk requesting such, and provide your address.
Should you wish to receive notice of adoption, you must file with the City Clerk a written request to be notified if the plan is adopted.

Submitting Comments and Your Right to Appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal:

If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of Council of the City of Greater Sudbury to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Greater Sudbury before the proposed Community Improvement Plan is adopted, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.

Submitting Comments and Your Right to be Added as a Party to the Hearing of an Appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal:

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Greater Sudbury before the proposed Community Improvement Plan is adopted, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

Community Improvement Plans (CIPs) are a sustainable community planning tool used by municipalities to revitalize areas of a city or community through programs, grants and incentives.

CIPs also:

  • address the reuse and restoration of lands, buildings and infrastructure
  • address growth management challenges
  • plan for rehabilitation, development and land-use change

The City recognizes the value of community improvement planning initiatives and identifying opportunities for future work. Under the Planning Act, Community Improvement Plans can be undertaken for environmental, social or economic development reasons.

The City has developed a number of financial incentives through its various community improvement plans. These financial incentives are available to any proponent within the community improvement project areas. These CIPs include the following:

  • Brownfield Strategy and Community Improvement Plan (adopted in 2011);
  • Affordable Housing Community Improvement Plan (adopted in 2018); and,
  • Strategic Core Areas Community Improvement Plan (adopted in 2022)


A New CIP

The City has undertaken a review of these CIPs. Further to a municipal best practice review and a review of existing CIP programs in effect for Greater Sudbury, staff is recommending that these CIPs be replaced with a new Greater Sudbury CIP (GSCIP).

Highlights of the proposed GSCIP include:

  • New CIP boundaries
  • A combination of three CIPs (Strategic Core Areas, Brownfields, Affordable Housing)
  • A new Housing Accelerator Program applicable to the nodes and requiring a minimum of three net new dwelling units to be eligible
  • A refinement of the Façade Improvement Program eligibility criteria to provide further guidance on aesthetics, historical preservation, durability, energy efficiency, and accessibility.
  • General updates throughout to improve general requirements and descriptions of programs

Public feedback is for the draft Greater Sudbury Community Improvement Plan is welcomed at the bottom of this page.

Background and drafts for the proposed CIP can be found using the links below:

April 22, 2025 Staff Report presented to the Finance and Administration Committee

January 28, 2025 Staff Report presented to the Finance and Administration Committee

Draft of the Greater Sudbury Community Improvement Plan

and the Draft GSCIP Areas


Legal Requirements for receiving Notice of Public Meeting and Notice of Adoption:

Should you wish to receive notice of public meeting, you must write to the City Clerk requesting such, and provide your address.
Should you wish to receive notice of adoption, you must file with the City Clerk a written request to be notified if the plan is adopted.

Submitting Comments and Your Right to Appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal:

If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of Council of the City of Greater Sudbury to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Greater Sudbury before the proposed Community Improvement Plan is adopted, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.

Submitting Comments and Your Right to be Added as a Party to the Hearing of an Appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal:

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Greater Sudbury before the proposed Community Improvement Plan is adopted, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to add the person or public body as a party.

Page last updated: 09 May 2025, 11:25 AM