NOTICE: Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use Bylaw Agricultural Amendments

TAKE NOTICE that on Monday, July 6, 2026, the Municipal Council for the Municipality of the County of Pictou adopted amendments to its Municipal Planning Strategy and Land-use Bylaw, relating to the protection of agricultural lands.

The Municipal Planning Strategy (MPS) is the primary planning document for the Municipality which establishes the vision, goals and policies for growth and development. It is the roadmap that helps to guide decision making relating to what we build, where, and at what intensity. An MPS looks at many different aspects of life in the community including (but not limited to) housing, economic development, agriculture, drinking water, and infrastructure.

The Land Use Bylaw (LUB) is the companion document to the MPS, and puts the vision, goals, and policies into action through specific regulations that have to do with development activities. The LUB sets out things like the land-use zones, permitted uses for these zones, standards for development, performance standards, developments to be considered by development agreement, developments to be considered by site plan approval process, among other things.

On September 22, 2026, the Honourable John A. MacDonald, Minister of Municipal Affairs approved the amendments to Municipal Planning Strategy and Land-Use Bylaw with Ministerial Amendments in accordance with Section 208(6) of the Municipal Government Act.

Residents of the Municipality wishing to view the by-law in its entirety including the Ministerial Amendments can do so at the Municipal Administration Building, 46 Municipal Drive, Pictou, N. S. during regular business hours (8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) or on our website at www.munpict.ca.

In accordance with Section 208(8) of the Municipal Government Act, the Municipality hereby gives notice that the Municipal Planning Strategy and Land-Use Bylaw adopted by the Municipal Council on July 6, 2026 now have force of law and are in effect as of October 26, 2026, this being the date of publication.

Brian Cullen
Chief Administrative Officer
Municipal Clerk
Dated at Pictou, Nova Scotia this the 26th day of October 2026.