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Notice of Public Hearing - Bylaw to Amend Land-Use Bylaw 2509
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A Public Hearing for the By-law to Amend the Land Use By-law 25-09 for the Municipality of Cumberland will be held at 4 pm, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, in the Council Chambers of the Upper Nappan Service Centre.
Note that this meeting may be rescheduled or conducted online, visit cumberlandcounty.ns.ca to verify meeting schedule.
The purpose of this By-law is to enable the implementation, under the Land Use By-law, of the Intermunicipal Service Agreement between the Town of Amherst and the Municipality of Cumberland regarding sanitary sewer service.
Hearing documents can be viewed at plancumberland.ca/hearings or by contacting our office at 902-667-1142.
Public Hearings are open to the public.
You may participate by submitting comments by email to:
Notice of Public Hearing - Proposed Sale Less Than Market Value
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TAKE NOTICE there will be a Public Hearing on Dec. 17, 2025 regarding the proposed sale of two parcels of land totalling 3.465 hectares (details below) at 30 Highway 242, Joggins, Cumberland County to the Joggins Improvement Business Development Association at less than market value. The Joggins Log Cabin is situated on this property. The estimated value of the property is approximately $140,000.
The land in question is owned by the Municipality but has been leased to local community groups to use the premises for non-profit purposes to showcase local cultural history, provide tourism information, and use of the space as a meeting place for community groups.
The Public Hearing will be held during the Regular Council Meeting on December 17th, 2025, at the E.D. Fullerton Municipal Building, 1395 Blair Lake Road, Upper Nappan, Nova Scotia. The Meeting will be held in the Council Chambers commencing at 4:00pm ADT. People wishing to speak during the Public Hearing may appear at the Council Meeting in person. Written comments or questions regarding the proposed sale can be sent prior to the meeting to:
Deputy Clerk, Municipality of Cumberland
1395 Blair Lake Road, Upper Nappan, B4H 3Y4
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The parcels of land in question have Property Identification (PID) numbers 25061961 & 25061987. PID 25061961 is 2.52 hectares (approximately 6.23 acres) and PID 25061987 is 0.945 hectares (approximately 2.34 acres), totalling 3.465 hectares (approximately 8.56 acres). The properties are represented in yellow in the sketches below:
Notice of Public Hearings - Bylaw to Amend MPS 25-12 and Amend LUB 25-13
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A Public Hearing regarding the By-law to Amend the Municipal Planning Strategy 25-12 and the By-law to Amend the Land Use By-law 25-13 for the Municipality of Cumberland will be held at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, in the Council Chambers of the Upper Nappan Service Centre.
Note that this meeting may be rescheduled or conducted online, visit cumberlandcounty.ns.ca to verify meeting schedule.
By-law to Amend the Municipal Planning Strategy 25-12
Redesignate PID 25224874, 40 Chapel St., Springhill from Residential to Commercial.
By-law to Amend the Land Use By-law 25-13
Rezone PID 25224874, 40 Chapel St., Springhill from Institutional (INS) Zone to Mixed-use (CMix) Zone.
Hearing documents can be viewed at plancumberland.ca/hearings or by contacting our office at 902-667-2313. Public Hearings are open to the public. You may participate by submitting comments by email to:
Municipality of Cumberland welcomes provincial commitment to Springhill public housing project
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The Municipality of Cumberland is welcoming the province’s commitment to building eight units of public housing on Junction Road in Springhill.
The announcement made Housing Minister John White on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. In total, sites in four communities have been selected for new public housing that will create up to 64 new safe and affordable homes.
The new housing in Middleton, Windsor, Shubenacadie and Springhill is part of the plan to build 515 new public housing units across the province over the next five years. Design work for the buildings in the four communities is now underway, and construction could start as soon as the spring.
“We’re very pleased that this much-needed public housing is being provided here in Cumberland County,” Municipality of Cumberland Mayor Rod Gilroy said. “We applaud the minister and the provincial government for including our area in what is the first significant announcement of public housing in our province in decades.”
Construction of the project at 24-26 Junction Road.