Notice of Hybrid Public Meeting - PowerBank Battery Energy Storage System: Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment
The Council for the Township of Armour is considering draft Amendments to both the Official Plan and the Township Zoning By-law No. 27-95, as amended.
APPLICANTS: PowerBank Corporation and David Creasor
LOCATION: The draft Amendments both apply to Part Lot 3, Concession 6, in the Township of Armour, known municipally as 219 Peggs Mountain Road
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of the submitted applications is to facilitate development of a Battery Energy Storage System (“BESS”). The effect of Official Plan Amendment No. 4 and the concurrently submitted Zoning By-law Amendment is to add site-specific policy and provisions to the Township’s Official Plan and Comprehensive Zoning By-law to permit a Battery Energy Storage System (“BESS”) on the subject lands.
TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Township of Armour will hold a statutory public meeting under the Planning Act on
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. at the Katrine Community Centre, 6 Brown’s Drive, Katrine, Ontario.
The meeting will be held in a hybrid forum with electronic participation and in-person attendance options. The purpose of the meeting is to provide the public with an opportunity to review the applications and provide comments. After considering comments received from the public, Council will make decisions on whether or not to adopt and approve the subject Amendments at a future Council meeting.
If you choose to attend virtually, please advise the Clerk of your email address so an invitation to join the Zoom meeting can be sent which will allow you the opportunity to speak at the meeting. Anyone choosing to participate electronically is required to provide their email address in advance.
PLEASE NOTE that appeals to the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) are restricted as per Bill 185, Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act, 2024. Appeals may only be filed by an applicant, the Minister of Municipal Affairs & Housing, a specified person or a public body (as defined by the Planning Act).
IF A PERSON OR PUBLIC BODY would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decisions of the Municipal Corporation of the Township of Armour to the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Municipal Corporation of the Township of Armour before the Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments are adopted and passed, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decisions.
IF A PERSON OR PUBLIC BODY does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the Municipal Corporation of the Township of Armour before the Official Plan and Zoning By-laws are adopted and passed, 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 do so.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION relating to the proposed Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments is available at
https://www.armourtownship.ca/proposed-battery-energy-storage-system-bess-in-armour-township.
If you wish to be notified of the decisions of the Municipal Corporation of the Township of Armour on the proposed Official Plan and/or Zoning By-law Amendments, you must make a written request to clerk@armourtownship.ca
