Ontario Planning and Development Act, 1994 (S.O. 1994, c. 23, Sch. A). Country/Territory Canada Territorial subdivision Ontario Document type Legislation Date 1994 (2021) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Land & soil Keyword Environmental planning Sustainable development Policy/planning Land-use planning Public participation Geographical area Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Abstract The Act, under Section 2, confers to the Minister the power to establish, by order, any area of land defined in the order as “development planning area”. Furthermore, when a “development planning area has been established, the Minister shall, (a) cause to be carried out an investigation and survey of the environmental, physical, social and economic conditions affecting the development planning area or any part of it; and (b) cause a proposed “development plan” for the planning area or part of it to be prepared, within a period of two years or such other period of time as the Minister considers appropriate. The Act prescribes development plan content and provides regulation for its submission and approval process. Full text English Website www.gov.on.ca References - Legislation Amended by Ontario's Building Better Communities and Conserving Watersheds Act (2017, S.O. 2017, c. 23). Legislation | Canada | 2017 Keyword: Access-to-information, Access-to-justice, Land commission, Land valuation, Land-use planning, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Local government, Court/tribunal, Climate change, Basin/catchment/watershed, Governance, Inland waters Source: FAO, FAOLEX