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1/10
Since June 2019 the Ontario Province has amended a number of Provincial Statutes + policies that impact how municipalities plan for growth..
#SaveTheFarmOnt
Since June 2019 the Ontario Province has amended a number of Provincial Statutes + policies that impact how municipalities plan for growth..
#SaveTheFarmOnt
2/10 including the following:
The Provincial Policy Statement,
A Place to Grow: The Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe,
The Development Charges Act,
The Planning Act,
The Environmental Assessment Act,
and The Conservation Authorities Act;
#SaveTheFarmOnt
The Provincial Policy Statement,
A Place to Grow: The Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe,
The Development Charges Act,
The Planning Act,
The Environmental Assessment Act,
and The Conservation Authorities Act;
#SaveTheFarmOnt
3/1010 These significant changes include:
reduced density targets
reduced intensification targets
and will create car dependent communities;
#SaveTheFarmOnt
reduced density targets
reduced intensification targets
and will create car dependent communities;
#SaveTheFarmOnt
4/10 Halton Hills, Burlington, Oakville, Milton and Halton Region have all declared climate change emergencies and must consider the role of land use planning in their strategies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions;
#SaveTheFarmOnt
#SaveTheFarmOnt
5/10 These changes create pressure to convert more class 1, 2 and 3 farmland in Halton (and elsewhere) to urban uses than would otherwise be necessary which is contrary to Halton’s Official Plan and its 2019-2022 Strategic Plan. #SaveTheFarmOnt
6/10 The change of the planning horizon to 2051 means that future municipal councils and the public will have little power to change decisions about how they will grow for the next 30 years; #SavetheFarmOnt
7/10 Halton Hills has adopted a public engagement charter that is based on transparency, notification+participation; and the current pandemic is making effective, in person public consultation impossible at a time when robust, informed public consultation is needed more than ever
8/10 THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Region of Halton be requested to delay its final report on its Official Plan Review until proper, in person, informed consultation with the public has been conducted; #SavetheFarmOnt
9/10 AND FURTHER THAT the Province be requested to suspend the timetable for
municipal conformity to the Growth Plan and the Provincial Policy Statement to
ensure that the public can fully participate in the process of planning their
communities for the next 30 years of growth;
municipal conformity to the Growth Plan and the Provincial Policy Statement to
ensure that the public can fully participate in the process of planning their
communities for the next 30 years of growth;
