06-06-2015, 01:38 PM
(05-26-2015, 02:17 PM)Spokes Wrote: A new OP I would imagine.
There won't be a new ROP - with this settlement it will be amended and be subsequently (stamp) approved by the OMB.
The 'planning horizon' of an Official Plan is typically 20 years - and despite being appealed and held up for 6 years now, the 2009 ROP has a horizon year of 2031.
This settlement does not mean the ROP is now in full force and effect. There are other non-growth related policies (i.e. aggregates) under appeal that still need to be resolved in another phase. Also now that the amount of new greenfield land for growth has been determined, the area(s) that this land will be allocated to needs to be determined. I would assume that southwest Kitchener (Fischer-Hallman and Plains Road area) and north Cambridge (south of Airport) are the most likely contenders.
(05-27-2015, 09:13 AM)Spokes Wrote:(05-27-2015, 07:43 AM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: On one hand, 455 is closer to the region's 85 than to the developers' 1,000+.
On the other hand, the amount of developable land the developers would have had in our region with their number, new and existing: ~4,500
Now, they see "only" ~4,000.
So really, it's only reducing the developable area by ~10%, not 50%+. I'm also curious if the rationing - 200 now, 255 in a few years - will add argument to make this a regular assignment of land to the developable area, that being whatever land a developer purchased at a discount on the peripheree of the region.
I wondered if it had to do with particular plots of land being approved while others being rejected
If I had to guess, I think this is likely due to servicing capacity constraints. Further to what I said above, if north Cambridge is allotted some of this new greenfield land, the servicing strategy for it likely needs to be given further consideration, through, say the Region's Master Environmental Servicing Plan for what they call the "East Side Lands".