Notices
Virtual Meetings Notice - Council and Council Committee Meetings (Aug – Dec 2025)
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- Published: Friday, 15 August 2025 08:50
Take Notice that the following Council and Council Committee/Presentation meetings will be held both in-person and virtually:
Council Committee Presentations (held on an as needed basis).
- August 5, 2025 CANCELLED
- September 2, 2025
- October 7, 2025 CANCELLED
- November 3, 2025 (Monday)
- December 2, 2025
Regular Council Committee
- August 14, 2025
- September 11, 2025
- October 16, 2025
- November 13, 2025
- December 11, 2025
Council
- August 28, 2025
- September 25, 2025
- October 7, 2025 (Special Council - 5:30 pm)
- October 30, 2025
- November 27, 2025
All meetings begin at 6pm unless otherwise noted. All open session portions of meetings are now being livestreamed here.
Dated August 11, 2025
Dan Troke
Chief Administrative Officer
Proposed Development Agreement
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- Published: Thursday, 17 July 2025 13:10

Proposed Development Agreement to permit a Multiple Unit Dwelling Development.
Notice of Approval - 2025 Colchester Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law
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- Published: Thursday, 12 June 2025 20:27

TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Municipality of the County of Colchester has approved the 2025 Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law.
The purpose of the Colchester Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law is to guide growth and development and to control land use in all of Colchester, including previously unzoned areas of the Municipality. Second Reading and approval of these documents was given at a meeting of Council on March 27, 2025.
The effective date of the documents is the date of publication of this notice (June 12, 2025).
Copies of the 2025 Colchester Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law may be inspected at the Community Development Office, Municipality of Colchester building, 1 Church St., Truro, NS, during regular business hours or online www.colchester.ca.
Dated June 12, 2025
Dan Troke
Chief Administrative Officer
Notice of Participation - Canoe Procurement
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- Published: Thursday, 29 May 2025 10:46

Date: May 29, 2025
Author/Byline: Scott Fraser, Director of Corporate Services
Category: Public Notices
Notice of Participation - Canoe Procurement
The Municipality of Colchester intends to participate in one or more procurements conducted by Canoe Procurement Group of Canada during the period of June 1st, 2025 to May 31st, 2026. For further information and access to the Canoe RFP notices, please visit the Canoe Procurement Portal at https://canoe.bidsandtenders.ca/Module/Tenders/en, www.purchasingconnection.ca or review the Nova Scotia Provincial Procurement designated tendering site at https://procurement-portal.novascotia.ca/tenders. For further information about Canoe, please visit their website at www.canoeprocurement.ca.
Notice of Approval: Ainslee Lane, Valley
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- Published: Friday, 21 March 2025 10:21
TAKE NOTICE that the council of the Municipality of the County of Colchester, at a hearing held on March 20, 2025, approved amendments to an existing Development Agreement on PID# 20331225, Ainslee Lane (Lot F1-2 - Private Lane) off Pictou Road, Valley. The requested amendments will permit developmetn of eight (8) accessory buildings (storage sheds).
The amendments to the development agreement may be inspected at the Community Development Office, County Court House, 1 Church Street, Truro, N.S. during regular business hours and are also posted on the Municipal website at Planning - Municipality of Colchester.
This decision may be appealed to the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board within fourteen (14) days of the date of the publication of this notice.
Planning | Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board
Dated in Truro, March 21, 2025
Dan Troke
Chief Administrative Officer
pdf Notice of Development Agreement Approval - March 2025(125 KB)
Notice of Approval: 149-151 Pictou Road, Bible Hill
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- Published: Friday, 21 March 2025 10:15
TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Municipality of the County of Colchester, at a hearing held on March 20, 2025, approved amendments to the Central Colchester Land Use By-law. The amendments are for a rezoning on PID# 20440491, 149-151 Pictou Road, Bible Hill.
The land use by-law amendment may be inspected at the Community Development Office, County Court House, 1 Church Street, Truro, N.S. during regular business hours and are also posted on the Municipal website at Planning - Municipality of Colchester.
This decision may be appealed to the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board within fourteen (14) days of the date of publication of this notice.
Planning | Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board.
Dated in Truro, March 21, 2025
Dan Troke
Chief Administrative Officer