Newmarket is poised for growth. The majority of this growth will occur through the redevelopment of the Davis Drive and Yonge Street corridors. These corridors, along with the Yonge and Davis Provincial Urban Growth Centre and the Regional Healthcare Centre are transitioning from lower density, auto-oriented uses to a vibrant mixed-use, pedestrian inclusive community of 33,000 residents and 32,000 jobs.
Newmarket's Urban Centres Secondary Plan has been prepared to guide this redevelopment. This plan permits a wide range of residential, commercial and community use in mixed-use manner, throughout the Plan area. A variety of heights and densities have been identified to accommodate these uses.
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Plan summary
The Town of Newmarket's Urban Centres Secondary Plan calls for a well-integrated, sustainable, mixed use area, accommodating a broad range of land uses. Increased density will be achieved through intensification. Streets will have a compact, well-designed, pedestrian friendly form and will be supported by higher-order transit. High quality urban parks and open spaces will be interspersed throughout the plan area.
The Urban Centres Secondary Plan also defines how and where development will occur to achieve the vision for the planned growth. View a map of the Secondary Plan area.
View the Urban Centres Secondary Plan and the various schedules within the Plan:
- The Plan Area (Schedule 1)
- Character Areas (Schedule 2)
- Land Uses (Schedule 3)
- Heights & Densities (Schedule 4)
- Future Street Network (Schedule 5)
- Parks, Open Space & Natural Heritage Areas (Schedule 6)
For more information on the Urban Centres Secondary Plan, please contact the Town of Newmarket's Planning Department at 905-895-5193 or email planning@newmarket.ca.
Background
Newmarket's Urban Centres Secondary Plan is centred on the “Newmarket Centre” Provincial Urban Growth Centre, located around the intersection of Yonge Street and Davis Drive. Being one of only four Urban Growth Centres in York Region, this area is planned to accommodate a significant amount of future growth.
The Urban Growth Centre, along with the Southlake Regional Health Centre, the Davis Drive Regional Corridor and the Yonge Street Regional Corridor are forecasted to be built into a vibrant urban community of 33,000 residents and 32,000 jobs. In total, the Urban Centres Secondary Plan comprises approximately 290 ha (716 acres) of land, 130 ha (321 acres) of which are prime for re-development.
The Urban Centres Secondary Plan is the leading planning document that regulates this growth. The Urban Centres Secondary Plan directs how and where development will occur, encouraging a broad mix of uses throughout intensified building forms in a manner that facilitates public transit usage. The Urban Centres Secondary Plan contains development policies that will ensure that this growth occurs in an integrated, sustainable, complete manner, which creates a vibrant community consisting of a diverse mix of residential, commercial, employment and institutional uses.
The Urban Centres Secondary Plan permits a wide mix of uses, and specifies additional permitted uses in six defined Character Areas.
See also: Visualization, Massing and Height Study [PDF/16.6MB], prepared by Sweeny Sterling Finlayson &Co Architects, dated February 2010.
For more information, please contact the planning@newmarket.ca for more information.
Current status
The transformation of Davis Drive and Yonge Street has begun. To date, the following has been completed:
- Multiple residential and office developments are in process, have been approved, or are already under construction.
- Viva rapidway along Davis Drive is complete.
- Work has begun on the Yonge Street Viva rapidway.
- CreateIT Now innovation centre has been established at Southlake Regional Health Centre
The Secondary Plan envisions intensified Yonge Street and Davis Drive Corridors:
Supporting policies
The main objective of Newmarket's Urban Centre's Secondary Plan [PDF/3.7MB] is to provide a framework to guide the redevelopment and intensification of the Yonge Street & Davis Drive Urban Centres. Various other policies have been created and/or updated to further support this vision:
The Town is currently developing other policies to encourage redevelopment and intensification within the corridors. Please contact the Town of Newmarket's Planning Department at 905-895-5193 or email planning@newmarket.ca for more information.