Planning News

Bill 98 is a major provincial proposal that would standardize planning rules, speed up housing approvals, and shift some planning authority away from upper‑tier municipalities, while also limiting municipalities’ ability to impose certain environmental or […]

On March 31 the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing introduced the Building Homes and Improving Transportation Infrastructure Act  a new piece of legislation aimed at reducing barriers to homebuilding, improving transit, and streamlining planning […]

Town of Collinwood has advised that significant portions of the Town’s Official Plan are no longer under appeal Town-wide, meaning the policies are now in force and effect for all properties other than those under […]

Bill 109 passed in 2022 .It  gives the approval authority the ability to reinstate a lapsed draft plan approval.  The lapse date must have been within the past 5 years.  It is a one-time ability […]