Guelph Street plan could bring 4,000 to 5,000 homes to the Georgetown corridor; draft policies due early 2027

Where the plan stands

The Town of Halton Hills is preparing a Secondary Plan to guide redevelopment of the Guelph Street corridor in Georgetown. On June 22, 2026, the Town's General Committee recommended that Council endorse in principle a draft Preferred Land Use Scenario, with minor refinements, as the basis for writing the plan's land use policies and schedules. The Town's project page says Council endorsed the scenario that day, closing Phase 2 of the project. The minutes of that meeting record the committee recommendation as carried; Council's formal adoption was listed on its July 13 agenda, and the July 13 minutes had not been posted when this story was published.

Phase 3, which runs from summer 2026 to spring 2027, turns the scenario into a draft Secondary Plan and urban design guidelines. Staff said they might make minor refinements over the summer and fall in response to transportation and servicing studies and public input, and will bring the draft policies to Council and the public in early 2027.

Heights and growth

The scenario varies building heights rather than applying one height along the whole corridor. The highest permissions are focused at three intersections the plan calls activity nodes: Mountainview Road North, Sinclair Avenue and Armstrong Avenue. More intensity is clustered at the west end, closer to Georgetown GO and its major transit station area. Lower heights are proposed on the north side next to the existing 16-storey condominium at the east end, on the southwest side of the Mountainview Road North intersection, and at the southeast corner of Guelph Street and Delrex Boulevard.

The scenario keeps Dominion Gardens Park, Christ the King Catholic Secondary School, the Mold-Masters SportsPlex, the Sands apartment building on McFarlane Drive and the Saputo employment site on the north side of Guelph Street. The semi-detached homes near Hall Road at the east end are expected to stay.

Roads and public space

• Internal access roads would be extended to make more continuous east-west links through the development blocks on the north side, including one from the northernmost point of Alcott Drive to Armstrong Avenue, reducing reliance on direct access from Guelph Street.
• The continuous east-west connection on the south side, between Delrex Boulevard and Comset Gate, would be kept.
• One new local or collector road would give a second route from Mountainview Road South to Guelph Street.
• A possible road link between McFarlane Drive North and Armstrong Avenue was dropped because of natural hazards and topography.
• Park locations are not fixed yet; they will be refined through development applications and could include public parkland and privately owned public spaces.

What residents said

About 80 people attended a March 26 open house on three earlier scenarios, and an online survey from March 14 to April 12 drew 50 responses. Staff summarized the main themes as strong concern about pedestrian safety, calls for better sidewalks and protected cycling routes, general support for mixed-use development, worries about height and transition to the homes south of the corridor, and a wish to keep Georgetown's small-town character.