This project is now complete.

Building on the success of the 2019 Hidden Valley Land Use Implementation Plan that was shaped by community conversations, Council approved land use and zoning changes for the Hidden Valley Community, ensuring the conservation of the approximately 95-hectare significant and sensitive Hidden Valley natural area.

The Council’s decision also creates a more complete community in Hidden Valley, with approximately 75 hectares of land now available for a range and mix of housing and supportive commercial uses.

For more details, please read the staff report.

Community engagement related to this project included:

• Two Public Information Centres hosted in 2018 as part of the Land Use Master Plan
• Ongoing meetings with landowners and stakeholders throughout the Land Use Master Plan, Implementation Project, and concurrent Environmental Assessments, including site visits

• Two Virtual Public Open Houses in 2021 as part of the Upper Hidden Valley Pumping Station and Forcemain Environmental Assessment
• One Public Information Centre in October 2023 as part of the Hidden Valley Flood Risk Reduction Environmental Assessment
• One Public Information Centre in May 2024 as part of the Land Use Implementation Project
• The January 27, 2025, statutory public meeting with notice published in the Waterloo Region Record on January 3, 2025
• Conversations with the statutory public meeting delegate in April and a site visit in May 2025
• Ongoing engagement and information shared via Engage Kitchener.

If you have any questions, please email SecondaryPlans@kitchener.ca.