I appreciate the editing…

I appreciate the editing that contributes to a more comprehensible document and share the following recommendations.

1. Please retain an intensification-first, efficient, environmentally-sensitive approach to planning. Specifically:
a) Retain “sufficient opportunities to accommodate growth and to satisfy market demand are not available through intensification, redevelopment and designated growth areas to accommodate the projected needs over the identified planning horizon” as one of the criteria which must be demonstrated prior to identifying a new settlement area or expanding an existing settlement area under Section 2.3.4.
b) Revise 4.3.3.2 to read “Official plans and zoning by-laws may contain provisions that are more restrictive than policy 4.3.3.1 (a)."
c) Revise Section 2.3.2 to read
"Land use patterns within settlement areas shall be based on densities and a mix of land uses which:
a) efficiently use land and resources;
b) optimize existing and planned infrastructure and public service facilities and avoid the need for their unjustified and/or uneconomical expansion;
c) support active transportation;
d) are transit-supportive, where transit is planned, exists or may be developed as appropriate;
e) are freight-supportive;
f) minimize negative impacts to air quality and climate change, and promote energy efficiency; and
g) prepare for the impacts of a changing climate."

2. Please ensure continued strong watershed planning by retaining
a) “ensuring stormwater management practices minimize stormwater volumes and contaminant loads, and maintain or increase the extent of vegetative and pervious surfaces" and
b) “evaluating and preparing for the impacts of a changing climate to water
resource systems at the watershed level”
as two of the means by which Planning authorities shall protect, improve or restore the quality and quantity of water under Section 4.2.1.

3. Please retain the definition and each occurrence of “affordable housing” as found in the existing Provincial Policy Statement (2020).

4. Please do not permit Ministerial Zoning Orders to override provincial legislation and policy.