Site Plan Control Paper

Everyone wants live in a safe affordable well planned community with easy access to community amenities and employment. When it comes to planning those communities, landowners, developers, planners, public agencies and municipal councils all play a role in determining future land use. It is also important to ensure that residents have also opportunities to connect with stakeholders and express opinions and concerns regarding future development. Municipal planners are at the heart of community planning working with all parties to ensure common community goals as outlined in the official plan are met, while still taking into consideration the competing interests of the all parties involved.
In Ontario, development is regulated by the provincial …show more content…
In this paper, I will focus on the process involved in the Site Plan Control application process. Site Plan control is enabled through Section 41 of the Planning Act. Municipalities pass a Site Plan control by-law that details in where and under what circumstances approvals for development are required, site plan control is normally applied to allow industrial, commercial and institutional uses and may also include select residential areas (eg. Heritage districts, properties fronting roads with future road widenings). It allows for a municipality to regulate and enforce the design and functionality of a development proposals. Through a site plan control process various design elements such as, storm water management, elevations and architecture, landscaping, fire protection, parking, servicing and accessibility are reviewed and approved. Everything agreed upon during the review process of the site plan is included in a legal agreement that is registered on title against the property to ensure compliance through out the development process and in the