Tony Maxwell

This background report provides an analytical foundation for the Town of Caledon's Logistics Land Use Strategy, addressing the town's rapidly growing industrial and logistics sectors. It examines current planning frameworks, land use patterns, and operational realities, identifying challenges such as illegal truck parking, road safety and congestion, environmental concerns, infrastructure stress, and policy gaps. The report aims to inform decision-making to manage growth sustainably, reduce land use conflicts, and guide future logistics development in alignment with the broader Future Caledon Official Plan.

This document adopts Official Plan Number 9, establishing the Mount Hope West Secondary Plan to guide the development of a new residential community. The plan facilitates the creation of approximately 900 new residential units, accommodating 2,800 people and 130 jobs, with a target completion by 2051. Key focus areas include integrating a natural environment system, providing community amenities, establishing a connected road and active transportation network, and promoting a mix of land uses. The overarching vision is to create a well-connected, compact, and complete community through high-quality design, diverse housing options, and robust sustainability and climate resilience measures.

This Logistics Land Use Strategy aims to provide a framework for managing logistics and goods movement activities in the Town of Kaledan amidst significant projected growth over the coming years. The strategy addresses current challenges such as truck parking, unauthorized land uses, and transportation routing. Its five objectives include planning for a freight-supportive land use framework, providing direction for a safe and efficient goods movement network, protecting quality of life for residents, enhancing enforcement and accountability, and advancing sustainability and resilience. The plan offers recommendations for land use planning, transportation network planning, managing impacts and enforcement, and promoting sustainability and innovation to guide decision-making and foster a coordinated approach.

The Logistics Land Use Strategy for the Town of Caledon, initiated in 2025, aims to create an effective framework for managing logistics and goods movement within the town. It outlines five key objectives: planning freight-supportive land use, directing a safe and efficient goods movement network, protecting the quality of life for residents, enhancing enforcement and accountability, and advancing sustainability and resilience. The strategy is guided by four strategic directions: Freight-Supportive Land Use Planning, Developing a Safe, Efficient, & Connected Logistics Network, Managing Impacts & Improving Enforcement, and Promoting Sustainability & Innovation, with the goal of providing guidance for future policy development and balanced community outcomes.

This document summarizes the questions and responses from a community information session held on April 22, 2026, regarding the Town of Caledon's Logistics Land Use Strategy. Key topics addressed include the regulation of truck and trailer storage, the implementation of an Employment Lands Review, the future of the Goods Movement District Overlay, infrastructure considerations for Highway 413, efficient warehouse design, the shortage of truck parking, managing the concentration of logistics uses, and opportunities for additional supporting facilities.