Among the flurry of legislative changes recently announced on
May 2, the Province introduced a new Growth Plan for the
Greater Golden Horseshoe ("A Place to Grow").
First introduced in 2006, the Growth Plan outlined a Provincial
vision for the management of growth in the Greater Golden Horseshoe
by focusing growth in urban areas, encouraging more compact urban
development and protecting natural systems and agricultural lands.
The Growth Plan was last updated in 2017 with, among other things,
revised targets for density and intensification, and policies with
respect to major transit station areas.
A Place to Grow closely tracks the proposed amendments first
announced by the Province on January 15, 2019. These proposed
amendments introduced for the first time the concept of
provincially significant employment zones, and adjusted
the minimum density and intensification targets for a number of
single- and upper-tier municipalities. Aird & Berlis previously
reported on
