An aerial photo shows a housing development across the road from vacant land, one of twelve pieces of land across the community slated for development, at the northeast corner of Mt Hope Road and Columbia Way, on May 30.A town northwest of Toronto has passed rezoning changes to more than double its housing stock over the next two decades, despite concerns from residents about the rapid pace of development.
“I see this as an opportunity to do some good planning to look at how and what we want our communities to look like,” she said. Ms. Groves had initially vowed to use her strong mayor powers to push the plans through council. In the end, however, most of the zoning bylaw amendments passed by a 5-3 vote.
A letter sent Tuesday to Eric Lucic, Caledon’s commissioner of planning and development, says the ministry “is unable to support” the town’s plan to apply blanket holding provisions that would be lifted once it gets provincial clearances. Instead, Laurie Miller, regional director of planning for the ministry, asked the town to examine each rezoning amendment on a case-by-case basis.