The City of Brampton …

The City of Brampton (hereinafter referred to as ‘the City’) appreciates the opportunity to provide comments on the proposed changes outlined in the Environmental Registry of Ontario posting 019-6813 – Review of proposed policies adapted from A Place to Grow and Provincial Policy Statement to form a new provincial planning policy instrument.

These comments are applicable to the June 16, 2023 update, which added the natural heritage policies.
The City is supportive of the Province’s proposal to keep the natural heritage policies and related definitions similar to those currently within the PPS 2020. However, the City provides a number of recommendations below in response to the proposed changes related to the Natural Heritage policies and subsequent loss of the Growth Plan policy direction.

Please see below specific comments on individual aspects of the proposed legislative changes. Please note that the proposed changes are listed in order of occurrence within the proposed Provincial Planning Statement, 2023 (PPS 2023) and make reference to the corresponding policies in the current Provincial Policy Statement, 2020 (PPS 2020), and A Place To Grow: The Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (Growth Plan).