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Communities that are well-designed and planned attract jobs and investment. Ontario’s simple and streamlined land use planning system gives municipalities the major role in planning decisions. The ministry identifies and protects provincial interests, as well as promoting sound infrastructure planning, environmental protection, economic development and safe communities
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Community Planning and Development 3D Visualization Portal This land use planning portal conveys visually how Ontario's policy-led land use planning system can take shape "on the ground" and the planning and financial tools that can be used to support local planning and economic development objectives. The Portal requires Flash. |
Planning and Application Resource Centre Welcome to the source for information and tools related to the One Window land use planning service in Ontario. Browse Land Use Planning Resources Find resources and guidance materials that may help you prepare your land use planning application, including required background studies. |
How to apply for a Planning Decision Read about how to get started with a planning application and where the approval authority rests. Access planning application forms for use where the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing is the planning approval authority. |
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Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan An ecologically based plan established by the Ontario government to provide land use and resource management direction for the 190,000 hectares of land and water within the Moraine. |
Ontario’s Greenbelt is an area of permanently protected green space, farmland, forests, wetlands and watersheds. |
The Provincial Policy Statement provides direction on matters of provincial interest related to land use planning and development, and promotes the provincial “policy-led” planning system. |
More in Land Use Planning:
- Planning and Application Resource CentreYour source for information and tools on land use planning in Ontario.
- Citizens' Guides to Land-use PlanningA series of Citizens’ Guides to help you understand how the land use planning process works in Ontario. These updated Guides reflect changes introduced by the government’s Planning Reform initiative through Bills 26 and 51 which received Royal Assent on November 30, 2004 and October 19, 2006 respectively.
- Related Legislation
- Provincial Policy StatementThe Provincial Policy Statement is the complementary policy document to the Planning Act. It provides policy direction to decision makers on matters of provincial interest related to land use planning and development. The Planning Act requires that the Provincial Policy Statement be reviewed periodically to make sure its policies are still effective. The Provincial Policy Statement, 2005 took effect on March 1, 2005.
- Ontario Municipal BoardFact Sheet
- Greenbelt ProtectionThe Greenbelt Act, 2005, Greenbelt Plan, Greenbelt maps, Greenbelt Council, and all Greenbelt related information
- Brownfields OntarioBrownfields 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.
- The Oak Ridges MoraineThe Oak Ridges Moraine is an environmentally sensitive geological landform in south central Ontario, covering 190,000 hectares.
- Central Pickering Development Plan
- Parkway Belt West Plan
- Niagara Escarpment Commission (NEC)
- Municipal Planning & Development Tools
- Places to Grow
- Planning Act Approval Authority in OntarioAn overview of where planning approval authority rests.