Send your comments by noon Thursday December 2, 2021 to officialplan@brant.ca For the most current information about the new Official Plan for the County of Brant visit engagebrant.ca There is immense pressure on the County of Brant to cater to the requests of developers to convert agricultural land to employment land and to convert employment…
Below are suggested comments for your consideration. Please send your message to OfficialPlan@brant.ca TODAY! Dear Planning Staff, In 2017, Brantford and Brant County negotiated a 9,000-acre mega-sprawl deal. Brantford annexed 6,700 acres of mostly prime farmland from Brant County, and agreed to extend water and sewer services to Cainsville and the airport community to enable…
David Neumann, former MPP, Mayor, Councillor and Alderman for Brantford has generously agreed to share his submission to the Environmental Registry of Ontario (ERO Registry #019-3136 Consultation on Growing the Size of the Greenbelt). Comment submissions are due April 19, 2021 at 11:59PM. We encourage everyone to submit comments! A simple-to-use quick comment submission form…
The province has undertaken a consultation to expand the Greenbelt. This consultation closes Monday April 19, 2021 at 11:59PM. Please consider submitting a comment to the province in support of expansion of this protection beyond the existing boundaries. We have been working with a number of groups including Ontario Nature, the Ontario Headwaters Institute, as well as…
Hidden in Bill 257, Supporting Broadband and Infrastructure Expansion Act, 2021 a bill that is clearly supposed to be about broadband internet, is Schedule 3 – legislation that would change the law to make Ministerial Zoning Orders (MZOs) anywhere outside the Greenbelt exempt from Ontario’s basic rules of good land-use planning, the Provincial Policy Statement. The government is trying…
Now available to view! On Wednesday March 10, 2021 a webinar was hosted by CELA (Canadian Environmental Law Association). This virtual event featured local speakers from Brantford Brant Wellington and CELA to help understand what is at stake, and how to have your say about the consultation and support the expansion of the Greenbelt. Ontario’s…
June 1st, 2019 Mr. John Ballantine, Manager Municipal Finance Policy Branch Municipal Affairs and Housing 13th Floor, 777 Bay St. Toronto , ON M5G 2E5john.ballantine@ontario.ca Municipal Affairs and Housing Provincial Planning Policy Branch 13th Floor, 777 Bay Street Toronto, ON M5G 2E5 planningconsultation@ontario.ca re: Ontario Greenbelt Alliance Submission on Bill 108, ERO 019-0017 and 019-0016…
Submit comments on the Proposed Amendment to the Greater Golden Horseshoe Growth Plan, 2017. To access the Environmental Registry of Ontario regarding the changes to the Growth Plan visit https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/013-4504/ This proposal is linked to three other associated proposals – you are also able to make comments on these linked proposals. You can submit the…
