We are writing to request…

We are writing to request the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH) to modify the Official Plan of the Regional Municipality of Durham for the three properties within the Region of Durham as a whole, to allow parks and stormwater management facilities to be located within the Greenbelt Areas and credited as parkland through any development application submitted under the Planning Act and/or associated regulations, including Section 42 and/or Section 51 of the Planning Act.

We note that the Major Open Space Area designation does not fully align with the Rural Lands policies of the PPS and Provincial Plans and are of the opinion that these Lands should permit a more flexible list of permitted uses that is consistent with the Greenbelt Rural Lands designation, including recreational, tourism, institutional, and resource-based commercial and industrial uses.