Protecting the rural landscape.

Urban sprawl and industrial development threaten our rural community.

Our goal is protect the essence of our community and maintain our rural integrity, while supporting responsible and sustainable growth.

Events

📢 Puslinch by Design Phases 5 and 6 Land Options Open House 📢
🗓️ Wed July 9 | 7 PM
📍 Puslinch Community Centre

On Wednesday, July 9, 2025, the Township of Puslinch is holding an in-person Open House at 7:00 p.m. at the Puslinch Community Centre, 23 Brock Road South, Puslinch. Consultants will provide a presentation about the Phase 5 and Phase 6 reports.

Here is the land options report from Phase 4 - Full Report.

The consultants at the February meeting concluded this: Option D south of the 401 and east of Con. 7, with options G and H designated as future strategic growth areas. Options A (Maltby Road), B and C (Sideroad 20 N.)  were essentially eliminated  (less preferred) due to a multitude of reasons including water consumption, too close to residential clusters, and roadway infrastructure. 

Despite these findings, Jim  Estill (Danby) is proceeding with an application to amend the Wellington County Official Plan to allow him to build a large scale industrial development along the quiet side road, SR 20 North (Options B and C) that the study has eliminated. We can’t let this happen!

View the entire project here. And additional info can be found here.

📢 Special Council Meeting 📢
🗓️ Wed July 23 | 10 AM
📍 Municipal Office

Council will make a decision on the study results and the Official Plan amendment(s). 

County of Wellington Official Plan

Over the next 20 years, County Council commits to pursue policies which achieve the following objectives:

  • 2.2.9  Maintain the small town and rural character of the County

  • 2.2.10  Protect the agricultural land base for farming 

  • 2.2.11  Ensure that farmers, following normal farming practices, are not hindered by conflicting development 

  • 2.2.16  Support the creation of partnerships among landowners, community groups and government which promote or undertake land stewardship activities

  • 2.2.15  Protect, restore or, where feasible, improve the diversity, connectivity and ecological functions of natural heritage features and areas such as wetlands, environmentally sensitive areas, etc. 

(The Wellington County Official Plan guides land use decisions in Puslinch, including applications like Estill’s.)

Current Projects

Puslinch by Design Study

This is a land study to identify additional employment land in Puslinch. We would like sustainable growth while maintaining the rural landscape and protection of our environmental sensitive lands. Get all the facts and lets have a say in how our community is developed. Help protect rural Puslinch! We need to put employment lands in suitable areas.

Estill Industrial Park

A proposal that threatens to take over 60 acres of secondary agriculture land (of which only 6 acres are zoned commercial/industrial). It will be a large scale industrial project that would be home to 600 employees and constant truck traffic on roads not suitable for such. It will change the fabric of our community. It would for sure be a good thing in the right place.

  • Say No to Light Pollution

  • Say No to Noise Pollution

  • Say No to Excessive Traffic

  • Protect Farmland & Environmentally Sensitive Lands

Despite the Puslinch by Design Study recommending that B and C are not suitable for industrial developments, Estill is still going through with sending an application into the county to get zoning changed for his parcel of land, Concession 4 and Sideroad 20 (B and C).

We cannot allow this to happen. It would set a precedent for the entire area that developers and speculators can just do whatever they what wherever they want.

Hwy 6/Hanlon Expressway Overpass

Phase 2 of this project is under construction at the very moment, which will change the way we get on and off the Hanlon at various spots along with land use changes to industrial surrounding the area.

Completed!

  • "We live in Puslinch because of the rural lifestyle with the peaceful countryside, farms, wood lots and connection to nature".

    D. and J. Christie

  • "I live in Puslinch because of the quiet, countryside lifestyle without being too far from urban amenities. Rural living generally brings closer communities that support one another when faced with a challenge."

    J. Wilson

  • "We live in Puslinch because its rural lifestyle makes for supportive neighbours, and private, quiet spaces where there is room to breathe and savour the glorious natural world."

    S. and D. Pady

  • “The Donkey Sanctuary of Canada (DSC) is located in Puslinch because the area's serene, rural environment provides the perfect setting for our Mission..."

    DSC Board of Directors

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.”

— Margaret Mead

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