Please accept the following…

Please accept the following comments on the Proposed Policies adapted from A Place to Grow and Provincial Policy Statement to form a new provincial planning policy instrument.
• The recent Bill/proposal to allow severance of lots on farm properties should not have been completely abandoned and the reasoning behind the decision to do so does not necessarily reflect the view of all members of the rural community.

While three lots per farm may have been an aggressive approach, consideration should be given to allow for complete severance of one lot per farm. Long term leasing options for an additional dwelling on a farm property should not be considered. Leasing additional homes on a solely owned farm property creates challenges with succession, inheritance, or in the circumstance of divorce or partnership breakdown.

• Development should be focused on brownfield lands before considering use of greenfield or agriculturally zoned lands.

• Settlement areas should not be permitted on prime agricultural land.