CITB01H3 Midterm: CITB01 - Midterm Study Notes.docx
Document Summary
Planning act lays out rules for land use planning in ontario. How land uses may be controlled and who controls them. To promote sustainable development in a healthy natural environment. Provides a land use planning system led by provincial policy. Under the planning act, the provinces role is to issue provincial policy statements (under the. Planning act), prepare provincial plans like the greenbelt plan, growth plan for greater golden. Horseshoe, and to promote provincial interests such as protecting farms, natural resources and the environment. Under the planning act, the role of the municipalities is to prepare planning documents like an. Official plan, which sets out the municipalitys (citys) general planning goals and policies that will guide future land use. Also so prepare zoning by-laws, which set out the rules that control development. Also, to ensure that planning decisions do not conflict with provincial plans.
