Environmental Planning: What We Do
Protecting people and property and supporting safe development
- Provide land use planning advisory services to identify natural hazard, development servicing, and natural resource planning concerns
- Assist municipalities with fulfilling their Planning Act responsibilities by identifying natural hazard areas and providing policy support
- Provide technical peer review services
- Administer the Conservation Authorities Act approval process
- Provide inquiry services (legal, real estate, general information)
PLEASE NOTE: On February 16, 2024, the Province introduced a new regulation under the Conservation Authorities Act. Ontario Regulation 41/24: Prohibited Activities, Exemptions and Permits will come into effect on April 1, 2024. For more information, please visit www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/240041 and www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90c27.
UTRCA is in the process of transitioning from the Development, Interference with Wetlands and Alterations to Shorelines and Watercourses Regulation (Ontario Regulation 157/06) to the new Prohibited Activities, Exemptions and Permits Regulation (Ontario Regulation 41/24). We will keep our partners, stakeholders, and the public informed as we work to minimize disruptions to the development approval process and to update our implementation documentation and support materials.
