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Redefining “significant woodlands”

From our 2015-16 Annual Report: The 2014 version of the Provincial Policy Statement obliges municipalities to adopt the criteria set out in the Ministry’s Natural Heritage Reference Manual to determine whether a woodland is “significant” and thus part of the Natural Heritage System. Erwin [Dreessen] and Owen Clarkin attended a stakeholder consultation meeting called by the City’s senior environmental planner; other attendees were the Conservation Partners, the NCC and Ecology

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DevAdmin October 2, 2016 October 7, 2024

Greenspace Alliance appeals OPA 173 and location of Stormwater Pond

On July 13, 2016 , Ottawa City Council approved an Official Plan Amendment to implement a Community Design Plan for Kanata North — a 181 ha parcel, variously owned, and future location of some 3,000 housing units, schools and much retail and sports fields.  The plan was three years in the making. Contrary to how an integrated process under the Environmental Assessment and Planning Acts is supposed to work, the

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DevAdmin August 23, 2016 October 7, 2024