Hello, I would like to say…

Hello,
I would like to say that I agree with this proposed policy as my husband and I are currently trying to severe three acres of our ninety eight acre property in Grand Valley of which some of it is classified as conservation and three acres of it is still classified as agricultural which we already got approval and built our family home on the other portion of the agriculture land in 2021. The remaining three acres is not viable agricultural land to produce anything and it never has been farmed, as per our planning consultant this three acre portion of our property located directly at the road is mis-designated and we’ve been trying very hard to work in partnership with the municipality to re-zone it and severe off the three acres to be able to build another modest sized family dwelling so another family can enjoy the beautiful nature surroundings that we have. We’ve been working with the Grand River Conservation authority since we bought the land and built our home to re-naturalize and re-vitalize the ninety two acres of environmentally protected conversation land by planting over 1200 trees and working with them to plan natural wetland space with all of that done in less than a year all of which was done on our own initiative. Our municipality officials are making it extremely difficult for us to be able to do this even though it is very clear from seeing our property and where the proposed land to be severed is situated that there is no way it can be farmed. We’ve received resistance and push back at every every step. We’ve hired a planning consultant who’s told us that the land is clearly not agricultural and that the land doesn’t even meet the current policies definition. Despite this, the municipality is still unwilling to even consider our proposal. Land is not infinite, we rely on our government officials to make sure that our land is used responsibly whether the case may be for agricultural, conservation or housing. Thank you for taking the time to read our comment.