Planning By Design: a healthy communities handbook (2009)The Planning by Design handbook is the result of a partnership between the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing and the Ontario Professional Planners Institute. The purpose of this initiative is to share and generate ideas on how places can be planning and designed more sustainably for healthy, active living and to retain and attract residents, investors and visitors.
Planning Act ToolsA series of publications that support planning sustainable, well-designed communities.
Community Improvement Planning Handbook 2008This handbook is intended to inform and assist municipalities and others interested in community improvement planning under section 28 of the Planning Act.
BrownfieldsBrownfields redevelopment is a
critical part of building strong,
healthy communities. Redeveloping
unused, former industrial or
commercial sites will help revitalize
neighbourhoods, create jobs and
housing, and boost development in
areas with existing transit,
infrastructure and community
facilities.
Municipal Plan Review and One Window Provincial Planning Service(September 1999) - This handbook
gives
an overview of municipal plan
review and
the one window provincial planning
service. The purpose of the
handbook is
to provide a general understanding
of the
various planning approval
processes,
outline the roles and
responsibilities of
the municipality and the province,
and to
identify strategies to assist
municipalities
in the delivery of municipal plan
review.
Development Permit System (DPS)Development Permit System (DPS)
Information and resource materials for the DPS, a land use planning tool helping to facilitate growth and build strong communities.
Changes to Ontario Planning Act for Persons with DisabilitiesSeveral changes to the Planning
Act come
into effect September 30, 2002 to
support
the Ontarians with Disabilities Act,
which
the Ontario Government passed
last year.
The purpose of the Ontarians with
Disabilities Act is to improve access
and
opportunities for persons with
disabilities.
As a result of the passage of this
Act,
complementary amendments were
made
to several other statutes.
Citizens Guides to Land-use PlanningA series of Citizens' Guides has
been prepared to help you
understand how the land use
planning process works in Ontario.
