Whereas the Township of…

Whereas the Township of Puslinch will have limited land opportunities available for rural residential growth with the pending designation of Prime Agricultural Areas, Natural Heritage System and Greenbelt Expansion (which will take up 93% of Township lands); and whereas the Province is encouraging the construction of new homes as exemplified in its Bill 109, More Homes for Everyone Act, 2022. The Township of Puslinch Council supports the proposed changes in the ERO posting No. 019-6177 - Review of A Place to Grow and Provincial Policy Statement, and specifically in respect to the following statements:

Residential Land Supply
1. Settlement Area Boundary Expansions – streamlined and simplified policy direction that enables municipalities to expand their settlement area boundaries in a coordinated manner with infrastructure planning, in response to changing circumstances, local contexts and market demand to maintain and unlock a sufficient supply of land for housing and future growth

2. Rural Housing – policy direction that responds to local circumstances and provides increased flexibility to enable more residential development in rural areas, including rural settlement areas

3. Employment Area Conversions – streamlined and simplified policy direction that enables municipalities to promptly seize opportunities to convert lands within employment areas for new residential and mixed-use development, where appropriate