This proposal is to renew Permit to Take Water No. 6382-ACJQ4K for REDHAWK CONSTRUCTION CO LTD. Water will be taken from Saugeen River and one pond related to golf course irrigation activities, in the Town of Saugeen Shores, County of Bruce, Ontario.
July 18, 2025 - September 1, 2025 (45 days) Closed
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A renewal of an Environmental Compliance Approval with Limited Operational Flexibility (air & noise) was issued to GreenMantra Recycling Technologies Ltd., for their site located in the City of Brantford, Ontario.
The facility manufacturers wax and styrenic polymer products with a production limit of up to 14,000 tonnes of Plastic Feedstock.
We have granted a new Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) to Rafat General Contractor Inc., for the operation of a mobile crushing plant, equipped with a combined crusher/screener unit, associated conveyors and one diesel-fired engine.
A new Environmental Compliance Approval was granted to 1000265915 Ontario Limited, operating as KingsOne Farms Inc., for stormwater management works serving a total drainage area of 11.15 hectares for Phase 1 greenhouse development, located at 838 Road 3 East, in the Town of Kingsville, County of Essex, Ontario.
A new Environmental Compliance Approval was granted to Denva Greenhouses Inc. for the stormwater management works serving a total of 11.44 hectares of drainage area (watershed 1 and watershed 2) of greenhouse development, located at 2980 South Talbot Road, in the Town of Kingsville, County of Essex, Ontario.
November 14, 2025 - December 29, 2025 (45 days) Closed
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The ministry has issued an amended Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA) to Ontario Power Generation Inc. for stormwater management works associated with the Phase II Pickering Waste Management Facility (PWMF) located at 1675 Montgomery Park Road, in the City of Pickering, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario.
New Permit to Take Water No. 0008-DRGQM2 was issued to Explor Resources Inc. on March 23, 2026, to support mining and domestic water supply for advanced exploration purposes. Water will be taken from the Mattagami River, near the City of Timmins, District of Cochrane, Ontario for 2 years.
The 2025-26 Annual Report from the Committee on the Status of Species at Risk in Ontario (COSSARO) to the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks is now available on Ontario.ca. The report includes COSSARO’s assessments and resulting classifications of species in accordance with the Species Conservation Act, 2025 (SCA).
We amended Renewable Energy Approval No. 6457-9L6QLC for the Grand Valley Wind Farms Phase 3 Project, located in the Town of Grand Valley and Township of Amaranth. This is to allow the capacity increase of fourteen turbines from 2.483 megawatts (MW) to 2.648 MW, increasing the overall nameplate capacity of the facility from 40 MW to 42.368 MW.
The Ministry of Energy and Mines is launching a study to preserve a corridor of land within and adjacent to the Parkway Belt area for future transmission infrastructure. The purpose of the study is to identify which of those lands will be needed to ensure electricity demand growth in the Greater Toronto Area can be met reliably and affordably.
We are seeking feedback on a proposal to amend R.R.O. 1990 Regulation 826 under the Niagara Escarpment Planning and Development Act to update the Area of Development Control where it overlaps with the Parkway Belt West Plan within the City of Burlington, and to align with the Niagara Escarpment Plan boundary in Dufferin County.
MMAH is seeking feedback on a proposal to revoke the Parkway Belt West Plan,1978, and the Parkway Belt West Plan Planning Area. This notice re-engages on the previous 2022 proposal in order to seek current input. See ERO 026-0230 for a proposal to revoke the five remaining Minister’s Zoning Orders used to establish the Parkway Belt West Plan.
This notice seeks feedback on a proposal to revoke the five remaining Minister’s Zoning Orders used to establish the Parkway Belt West Plan (“PBWP” or “Plan”) and the Parkway Belt West Planning Area. This notice is part of the proposal to revoke the Parkway Belt West Plan (see ERO 026-0229).
October 25, 2022 - December 30, 2022 (66 days) Closed
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MMAH sought feedback on a proposal to revoke the Parkway Belt West Plan. The province has considered feedback received on this proposal and has decided to initiate two new ERO proposals (026-0229 and 026-0230) to gather input based on the current provincial land use planning system and additional government corridor-protection related initiatives.
October 23, 2025 - November 22, 2025 (30 days) Closed
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The government has proposed Planning Act and City of Toronto Act, 2006 changes to create a regulation-making authority to establish a minimum residential lot size in urban areas. The government is consulting on a proposed regulation that would set a minimum residential lot size of 175 square metres.
October 23, 2025 - November 22, 2025 (30 days) Closed
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The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing consulted from October 23 to November 22, 2025, on municipal use of Enhanced Development Standards at the lot level. The Ministry received 134 submissions and reviewed this input to help inform future policy direction.
October 23, 2025 - November 22, 2025 (30 days) Closed
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The government has proposed legislative changes to the Planning Act through the proposed Building Homes and Improving Transportation Infrastructure Act, 2026 to simplify, standardize and make more permissive municipal official plans so they are shorter, easier to understand, and more consistent across Ontario.
