The Brownfields Renaissance Community Improvement Plan encourages the cleanup and reuse of contaminated lands through financial incentives. Submit your application for brownfields financial incentives to Planning Services.

Brownfields Study grant program

This program provides grants for environmental studies of brownfield sites.

Brownfields property tax cancellation program

This program provides cancelled property taxes to property owners who clean up brownfields. The City may also apply to the Region of Durham for regional property tax assistance. Additionally, the City may also apply to the Province for matching education property tax assistance.

Brownfields Redevelopment grant program

This program starts after the Brownfields Tax Cancellation Program ends and provides an annual City and Regional grant to property owners who undertake redevelopment of their properties in the project area, which will increase the assessment.

Boundaries

The boundaries of the Project Area include all lands within the Major Urban Area as identified in the Oshawa Official Plan.