By Bill French AWARE Springwater August 1 2102 As a guiding principle the lower tiered governments are permitted to make their official plans more restrictive than the provincial policies. They have the authority to be quite restrictive in their OP placing much more control on how development should ...
By Sandy Agnew AWARE Oro-Medonte July 28 2012 The greatest weakness of the OP is its failure to provide a vision of a long term stable society in Simcoe County. Twenty years is much too short a time span to establish population targets. Those of us over 50 have seen rural municipalities in the GTA [...
Comments on the Simcoe County Official Plan Draft By Bernard Pope Ontario Farmland Preservation July 27, 2012 The Draft version of the Simcoe County Official Plan that was recently released by the County has the basis for general guidelines for the County and the lower tier municipalities in the Coun...
Timing couldn't be worse for public input on Official PlanBy Sandy Agnew North Simcoe Community News August 9 2012Simcoe County has released its draft Official Plan. This is perhaps the most important document that will shape the future of Simcoe County and all the sixteen member municipalities. It’s...
Some municipalities don't want Ombudsman looking into their in camera dealings By Douglas Glynn Midland Free Press August 9 2012In the past three years, 1,438 people from across Ontario -- with nowhere else to turn -- have complained to the Ontario Ombudsman about a wide range of municipal government...
New Tecumseth Free Press August 9, 2012Simcoe County's Corporate Services committee will be asked next week to approve spending $360,000 to erect a noise attenuation barrier as part of the new $2.4 million Beeton roads garage after failing to convince New Tecumseth to relieve it of that site plan obl...
Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin August 9 2012 WASAGA BEACH — One of the two brothers who planned a grand vision for the main beach area has been charged.On Tuesday, the OPP charged 42-year-old Dov Levy of Thornhill with theft and fraud over $5,000. Police say the charges stem from a year-long investi...
Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin August 8 2012 CLEARVIEW TWP. — A group of Clearview Township residents fighting a windfarm proposal west of Stayner are upping the stakes....
By Sara Ross, Orillia Packet & Times August 7, 2012 SIMCOE COUNTY - The County of Simcoe is continuing to seek public input in finalizing its food and agriculture charter....
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