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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