Simcoe County Official Plan Amendment Form

/ The Corporation of the County of Simcoe
1110 Highway 26, Administration Centre
Midhurst, Ontario L0L 1X0
(705) 735-6901 or (800) 263-3199 Fax: (705) 727-4276 Email:

APPLICATION TO AMEND THE COUNTY OF SIMCOE OFFICIAL PLAN

INTRODUCTION

The submission of an application for an amendment to the County of Simcoe Official Plan is provided for under Section 22 of the Ontario Planning Act. This form must be completed and accompanied with the required fees prior to consideration by the County. Should you require clarification or additional information on any matter covered by this application form, please contact the County at the address noted herein.

APPLICATION FEES

Each application must be accompanied by the application fee in the form of a cheque payable to the County of Simcoe Planning Department. The fee for a requested amendment to the Plan, in accordance with Bylaw 5170, is $5000. The fee shall be accompanied also by a Contingency Fee of $3000. The Contingency Fee may be used to cover costs related to peer and professional reviews, and meetings with respect to processing the application. The County may require additional deposit money if such is required to complete the County=s review. Alternately, if these costs are less than the deposit, the balance of any deposit will be returned to the applicant once a decision is made on the application.

AUTHORIZATION

In the case of a site specific application, if the applicant (agent or solicitor) is not the owner of the subject land, a written statement by the owner(s) must accompany the application authorizing the applicant to act on behalf of the owner(s) on matters relating to the subject application.

Pre-ConsulatationINFORMATION REQUIREMENTS

Pre-submission consultation is required for all official plan amendment applications by the County’s Pre-consultation By-law as per Section 22(3.1) of the Planning Act. In order to determine the submission requirements, applicants are required to arrange a pre-consultation meeting with a County Planner, Local Municipal Planner, Provincial Planner(s) and representatives from any other agency having an interest, to determine the information required.

A “Complete Application” includes information: prescribed by the Planning Act Regulation 543/06, required by the Planning Act, and required by the policies of anyrelevant Provincial Plans and the County Official Plan. The County may not consider an application to be complete if this information is not provided.

Studies and reports may be required to deal with such matters as environmental impacts, cultural heritage resources, traffic impacts, water supply, sewage disposal and storm water management, or other such matters as necessary. The type and extent of information is determined at the time of pre-consultation.

Notes:

a)Consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement

The proposed amendment must be consistent with provincial policies as they are set out in the Provincial Policy Statement 2005 (PPS). Information demonstrating consistency with the PPS is required to be provided within the application form and the Planning Report.

b)Conforms with Relevant Provincial Plans

The following Provincial Policies also have information and policy requirements. It is the responsibility of the applicant to demonstrate how the proposed development meets the policies and information requirements of these documents.

Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe
Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan
Greenbelt Plan
Niagara Escarpment Plan

It is the responsibility of the applicant to research and evaluate the site and the proposal to ensure that the development will conform with the policies of relevant Provincial Plans, and is consistent with the Provincial Policy Statement, and the requirements of, and matters addressed in, the Planning Act. Sufficient studies for the proper consideration of the application need to be carried out prior to making a formal application, and copies are required to be included with the application. Decisions can not be made with incomplete information.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Upon receipt of an application, the required administrative and contingency fees, and information package, the County will determine within 30 days (section 22(6.1)) if the application is complete. Notice will be provided to the applicant and local municipal clerk by either requesting further information, or determining the application complete.

When it has received a complete application and the application fees, the County will determine whether there is sufficient merit in processing the application further (i.e. the circulation of notice and the holding of at least one public meeting). Where the County wishes to proceed, a public meeting will be held at least 20 days after the notice of the application has been sent. The application and related information is also forwarded to the approval authority which is the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. In the event the amendment is not adopted by the County, a Notice of Decision, including a 20 day appeal period from the date of notice, will be issued. In the event the amendment is adopted it will be forwarded to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing for approval. The Ministry will then provide Notice of Decision including a 20 day appeal period from the date of notice.

APPEALS TO ONTARIO MUNICIPAL BOARD

Applicants are advised they have the right to appeal in the following circumstances:

the determination of a complete application;
lack of municipal of Provincial decision within specified time frames;
a municipal refusal;
the Provincial decision or part of theProvincial decision.

Note that an application for the expansion of a settlement area can not be appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board (s. 22(7.1 to 7.3)).

Appeals are filed directly with the County or the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, depending on the time of appeal. The applicable fee ($125.00 payable to the Ministry of Finance) must also be paid at the time of appeal. More information on this process can be obtained if necessary.

REQUIRED INFORMATION

$Application Fees including Contingency Fee

$Two (2) Originals of the Completed Application Form

$Ten (10) copies of the Completed Application Form

$Authorization, if the owner is not the applicant

$Six (6) copies of reports and studies that accompany the application

$One (1) copy of Registered Deed of Title for the subject lands

$If applicable, four (4) copies of plan showing property in context of surrounding properties and land uses, with key maps, date, legend, map scale, property boundaries, civic address, name of person or firm which prepared plan, owner=s name

$Ten (10) copies of proposed official plan amendment

$One (1) copy of all agency, Provincial, Municipal and CountyPre-Consultationresponses

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

For additional information please contact:

County of Simcoe Planning Department

Administration Centre

1110 Highway 26

Midhurst, ON

L0L 1X0

Phone: 705-726-9300 Fax: 705-727-4276

E-mail:

COUNTY OF SIMCOE OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENT APPLICATION FORM

OFFICE USE ONLY
File No. / File Name:
Date Received: / Amount Paid:
Date Complete: / Date Fee Received:

TYPE OF APPLICATION

___ Site specific (please attach map or plan)

___ Textual (please attach proposal onseparatepages)

___ Combination

APPLICANT INFORMATION

Note:All information will be directed to the Prime Contact

Prime Contact’s Name______

Address______