Appendix B
Excerpts from the
Provincial Policy Statement (PPS) 2020

Applicable PPS Sections:

1.1.1 Healthy, liveable and safe communities are sustained by:

  1. promoting efficient development and land use patterns which sustain the financial well-being of the Province and municipalities over the long term;

  2. accommodating an appropriate affordable and market-based range and mix of residential types (including single-detached, additional residential units, multi-unit housing, affordable housing and housing for older persons), employment (including industrial and commercial), institutional (including places of worship, cemeteries and long-term care homes), recreation, park and open space, and other uses to meet long-term needs;

  3. avoiding development and land use patterns which may cause environmental or public health and safety concerns;

  4. avoiding development and land use patterns that would prevent the efficient expansion of settlement areas in those areas which are adjacent or close to settlement areas;

  5. promoting the integration of land use planning, growth management, transit-supportive development, intensification and infrastructure planning to achieve cost-effective development patterns, optimization of transit investments, and standards to minimize land consumption and servicing costs;

  6. improving accessibility for persons with disabilities and older persons by addressing land use barriers which restrict their full participation in society;

  7. ensuring that necessary infrastructure and public service facilities are or will be available to meet current and projected needs;

  8. promoting development and land use patterns that conserve biodiversity.

1.1.3.2 Settlement areas shall be the focus of growth and development.

1.1.3.2 Land use patterns within settlement areas shall be based on densities and a mix of land uses which:

  1. efficiently use land and resources;

  2. are appropriate for, and efficiently use, the infrastructure and public service facilities which are planned or available, and avoid the need for their unjustified and/or uneconomical expansion;

  3. minimize negative impacts to air quality and climate change, and promote energy efficiency;

  4. prepare for the impacts of a changing climate

  5. support active transportation;

  6. are transit-supportive, where transit is planned, exists or may be developed; and

  7. are freight-supportive; and